
Minister of Planning and Budget Park Hong-geun held a policy meeting with past ministers of the Ministry of Planning and emphasized the need to use excess tax revenue resulting from the semiconductor boom as a future response fund to open the door to future growth and strengthen structural reform and planning functions.
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Minister of Planning and Budget Park Hong-geun held a policy meeting with previous Ministers of Planning and Budget to discuss the current economic situation and future response plans.
The Ministry of Planning announced on the 1st that Minister of Planning and Budget Park Hong-geun held a policy meeting with previous ministers of the Ministry of Planning (1999-2008).
The meeting held in Seoul the afternoon before was attended by former Minister of Strategy and Finance Jin Nyum, former ministers Park Bong-heum, Kim Byeong-il, Byeon Yang-gyun and Jang Byeong-wan, as well as key executives from the former Ministry of Strategy and Finance.
Minister Park Hong-geun said, "Recently, our economy is continuing to recover thanks to strong semiconductor exports, but we are also facing structural risks such as weakening growth potential and K-shaped polarization," and explained that to respond to this, we are making preemptive and bold investments, structural reforms, and planning for the future 20 years from now.
Former ministers pointed out that while the transition to artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly, internal and external uncertainties still exist, and emphasized the need for innovation that leads change in times like these.
In particular, former ministers said, "It is the Ministry of Planning and Budget's job to use the excess tax revenue resulting from the semiconductor boom as a springboard for the future response fund to open up future growth," and requested that the ministry play a role like a 'libero' of government policy beyond the scope of specific fields and ministries for national development.
In addition, in order to respond to the changing environment, he expressed hope that this reform of education financial grants will serve as an opportunity for the budget to be used evenly across early childhood, high school, and lifelong education courses.
Former ministers said, "It is important to strengthen planning functions to prepare for the future, such as fiscal policy as well as structural reform," regarding the future direction of the Planning Ministry, and asked to balance 'planning' and 'budget' because policy effectiveness is maximized when fiscal policy and structural reform interact and are promoted in a consistent direction.
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The Ministry of Planning and Budget will implement a plan to open future growth by using excess tax revenue as a future response fund.
Likely · Within months
The reform of education financial grants will serve as an opportunity for budgets to be used evenly in early childhood, higher education, and lifelong education courses.
Possible · Within months

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