韩国自上世纪60年代以来,用了短短40年时间,成功实现了人均国民生产总值由不足100美元向1万美元的跨越,一举跻身世界中等发达国家的行列。在韩国经济腾飞的过程中,科技起着重要的引领和支撑作用。1990～2000年期间,技术进步对韩国经济增长的贡献率达到了39.54%。2003年,韩国在人口超过2000万人的国家中科技竞争力排 Since the 1960s, South Korea has succeeded in achieving a per capita gross national product of less than 100 U.S. dollars to 10,000 U.S. dollars in just 40 years, making it one of the top middle-developed countries in the world. In the process of economic take-off in South Korea, science and technology play an important role of leading and supporting. From 1990 to 2000, the contribution of technological progress to Korea's economic growth reached 39.54%. In 2003, South Korea ranked in a technology-competitive tier of countries with more than 20 million inhabitants