1. LEE, Eun Young Ambassade de Corée
FKPPL-TYL/FJPPL Workshop
Strasbourg
R&D in Korea
LEE, Eun Young
Ambassade de Corée

2. -Contents-
Basic Understanding of Korea
R&D Structure
R&D Activities

3. Basic Understanding of Korea
Area : 99,618㎢ / 675,417㎢(Fr)
Population : 50.2 M / 66.6 M(Fr)
Life expectancy : 81.1(2013)
Literacy rate : 98%(2012)
GDP : $1,417 B(2014) / $2,461 B(Fr, 2016)
GDP per Capita : $28,100(2014)
/ $36,960(Fr, 2016)
Growth Rate : 3.3%(2014) / 1.1%(Fr, 2016)
Trade volume (Ko-Fr) : $ 8.7 B(2015), ($-3.5 B)

4. R&D Structure National Science and Technology Council
Co-Chair : Prime Minister / Private expert
Policy making, Budget allocation
MSIP (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future planning)
Science, ICT, Startup support
National Research Council
19 Government supported Institutes(KISTI..), 6 Affiliated Institutes
National Science Foundation(funding agency)

5. R&D Activities(1)
R&D intensity(% of GDP) : 4.23%(2015, highest in OECD)
OECD 2.4%, US 2.79%, France 2.23%
R&D expenditure : $74 B(2015)
US $503 B, Japan $170 B, France $61 B
Basic Research expenditure(% of GDP) : 0.73%(2015)
France 0.55(2014), Japan 0.42(2015)
R&D By Government sector : 11.74%(2015)
OECD 11.06%, France 13.07%

6. R&D Activities(2) Total Researchers : 437,447 person(2014)
Japan 926,671 France 369,998
Total Researchers(FTE) : 345,463(2014)
US 1,351,903 France 267,307
Total Researcher per 1,000 labor force : 13,120 person(2014)
Finland 14,180 France 9,080 US 8,600
Women Researchers (% of total researchers) : 18.49%(2014)
UK 37.41%, France 26.14%

7. R&D Activities(3) Global Cooperation in S&T
Joint Agreement : 48 Countries + EU
Joint Committee : 29 Countries + EU
Cooperation between France and Korea
Joint Agreement
Joint Committee(S&T, Nuclear Energy)
L’année France-Corée
AeroSpace/Nuclear Energy/Nuclear Fusion

8. R&D Activities(4) R&D Budget(2017) : \13T(=$11.4B)
R&D Focus in 2017 (budget allocation)
Basic Science : $1.1B
Future Growth Engine(smartcar..) : $1.0B
Enterprise R&D(Tech Transfer) : $1.5B
4th Industrial Revolution(AI..) : $ 0.4B
Clean Energy(climate change..) : $0.5B

9. R&D Activities(5) R&D Budget(2017) : \13T(=$11.4B)
R&D in 2017 (technological focus)
Ready for commercialization
Bio Technology : New Drugs, Medical appliances
Future Materials, CO2 resources
Korea Space Launch vehicle, Future Nuclear Energy system
Artificial Intelligence
New science vision expected…

10. Thank you!!