在2000年年底,韩国总统金大中在国会发表施政报告,提出了迎接“无限竞争时代”的信息政策,其重点是“进一步提高国家的竞争力”。首先是集中全力进行新技术开发,以建立面向未来的数字经济基础。为此,韩国将把研究开发投资从2000年占预算总额的4％增加到4.3％,重点扩大对提高国家竞争力起决定作用的数字化信息技术的投资。其次是集中发展数字化信息产业,在2002年前把韩国发展成世界“十大知识信息强国”。 At the end of 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung delivered an address in his parliamentary policy address and proposed an information policy to meet the “era of unlimited competition.” Its emphasis is on “further enhancing the competitiveness of the country.” The first is to concentrate on developing new technologies so as to establish the digital economy foundation for the future. To this end, South Korea will increase R & D investment from 4% of total budget in 2000 to 4.3%, focusing on expanding investment in digital information technology, which plays a decisive role in enhancing national competitiveness. Followed by the focus on the development of digital information industry, by 2002, South Korea into the world’s “top ten knowledge and information power.”