Park Geun-hye Supplement VI

140 Policy Tasks

A Jobs-centered Creative Economy

Strategy: To establish an ecosystem for a Creative Economy

1. To foster creative industries through science and technology

2. To upgrade the structure of flagship industries through the convergence of IT and software engineering

3. To foster a viable ecosystem for creative industries through linkages among industry, academia, research institutions and local governments

4. To strategically promote the service industry

5. To strengthen the foundations of the capital markets

6. To create a cooperative business ecosystem

7. To create the world's best Internet ecosystem

8. To lay the foundation for expanding youth-friendly jobs

9. To strengthen the system for the evaluation of the impact of government-led projects on employment to formulate employment-friendly government policies

10. To promote compassionate growth by stimulating the establishment of cooperatives and social enterprises

Strategy: To strengthen national growth engines for job creation

11. To build an ITC superpower

12. To promote the agricultural, forestry and livestock industries as new growth engines

13. To forge new growth engines in the maritime industries and bring maritime affairs under systematic management

14. To foster fisheries into a viable future industry

15. To develop the healthcare industry into a future growth industry

16. To cultivate senior-friendly industries

17. To upgrade logistics, maritime development and transportation systems

18. To provide support for Korean businesses to participate in overseas projects to construct buildings, plants and nuclear power plants

Strategy: To promote a primary role for small and medium-sized enterprises

19. To install a ladder of hope for small and medium-sized companies to climb

20. To help sharpen the export competitiveness of SMEs and mid-to large businesses

21. To create jobs by encouraging the establishment of startups and ventures

22. To restore vitality to small business owners and the self-employed as well as traditional markets

23. To upgrade the small-scale transportation industry

Strategy: To advance science and technology through creativity and innovation

24. To bolster capabilities in scientific and technological innovation

25. To realize the vision of becoming a space powerhouse by developing indigenous space technologies

26. To develop the International Science and Business Belt into a new growth hub

27. To improve the infrastructure for generating, protecting and utilizing intellectual properties

Strategy: To establish a principled market economy

28. To protect the rights and interests of the economically vulnerable

29. To protect consumer rights

30. To improve ways of enforcing the Fair Trade Act for the sake of practical remedies for damages

31. To eliminate illegal profit-taking practices by controlling stockholders of large business groups

32. To improve corporate governance

33. To establish a level playing field in the financial services industry

Strategy: To manage the economy in support of growth

34. To reinforce the economic safety valve against external risk factors

35. To take preemptive measures to cope with instabilities in financial markets

36. To stabilize the real estate market

37. To promote structural stabilization in prices

38. To secure stable food supply sources

39. To expand stable sources of tax revenue

40. To maintain sound financial management

41. To facilitate the effective management of public sector debts and government assets

Tailored Employment and Welfare

Strategy: To provide welfare services tailored to different life stages

42. To install a welfare payment system tailored to different needs of low-income families

43. To reform the welfare delivery system focused on recipients

44. To initiate programs to nurture healthy families

45. To provide support for young people to enhance their potential and support healthy growth

46. To ensure a comfortable and active life after retirement

47. To expand national insurance coverage and enhance its sustainability

48. To establish a healthcare service system aimed at improving the quality of life

49. To protect the rights and interests of people with disabilities and increase services for them

50. To enhance support for bicultural families to help them better adapt to Korean society

51. To enhance the livability of farming and fishing communities by increasing welfare

Strategy: To establish a welfare system that promotes independence

52. To provide job support for people to lift themselves out of poverty

53. To provide customized job matching services and expand the employment service network

54. To create more social welfare jobs and improve working conditions

55. To increase professional social service jobs

Strategy: To support the working class and promote employment stability

56. To strengthen measures for housing stability

57. To alleviate the financial burden on low-income families

58. To lessen the burden of educational expenses

59. To lower the burden of communication expenses

60. To help increase incomes from farming and fishing

61. To streamline the distribution structure for agricultural, livestock and marine products

62. To eliminate discrimination against non-regular workers and guarantee a basic standard of living for workers

63. To promote job-sharing by cutting down on long work hours and extending the retirement age

64. To strengthen endeavors to help guarantee employment security against business fluctuations and increase support

Strategy: To address low fertility and expand economic participation by women

65. To help ensure a care-free pregnancy and childbirth

66. To create conditions conducive to raising children without anxiety

67. To expand free education and childcare for newborns to five-year olds

68. To expand economic participation by women and promote gender equality

Creativity-oriented Education and Cultural Enrichment

Strategy: To provide education that nurtures dreams and talents

69. To push ahead with the normalization of public education

70. To simplify the college admission process to alleviate related pressures

71. To promote specialized education at universities and expand financial assistance

72. To create conditions in which teachers can focus on their teaching

Strategy: To cultivate professionals and create a system for lifelong education

73. To strengthen the vocational training for nurturing professionals

74. To intensively nurture community colleges as key players in higher vocational training

75. To establish a national lifelong education system in preparation for a time when the average life span reaches one hundred

Strategy: To provide cultural opportunities to enrich life for everyone

76. To increase government spending on culture to 2 percent of the government budget and legislate a framework act on culture

77. To enhance support for artists and establish a safety net conducive to creative activity

78. To expand public access to rich cultural opportunities and narrow the gap in cultural activities

79. To preserve and make use of cultural assets and promote Korean culture

80. To help people live a healthy life through increased participation in sports

81. To sharpen the competitive edge of the tourism industry

82. To create pleasant spaces for living and cultural activities by expanding ecological leisure parks

A Safe and United Society

Strategy: To create a society free from crime

83. To make a society safe from sexual violence

84. To prevent domestic violence and strengthen protection of victims

85. To emerge as a nation with unparalleled food safety through food quality control

86. To create an environment where students are safe from violence and other risks

87. To enhance protection of children`s rights and provide support for their sound growth and development

88. To expand support for and strengthen protection of the victims of crime

89. To nurture a culture of respect for law and order

90. To lay the groundwork for strengthening public security

Strategy: To prevent and systematically manage disasters

91. To expand the scope of reportable violations of the public interest concerning safety in everyday life and bolster protection of whistleblowers

92. To reinforce the comprehensive national disaster management system

93. To advance traffic safety, including air and maritime transportation

94. To strengthen the management of hazardous substances and bolster compensation for damages

95. To set up a nuclear power safety management framework

96. To enhance safety control at energy supply facilities

97. To create safe and agreeable workplaces and promote the health of workers

Strategy: To build a pleasant and sustainable environment

98. To take action against climate change, including through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

99. To adapt to the consequences of climate change such as abnormal weather conditions

100. To ensure a sufficient and stable supply of energy and advance the industrial structure

101. To expand the supply of new and renewable energy and promote related industries

102. To improve the quality of environmental services

103. To pursue land development in harmony with nature

104. To strike a balance between the preservation of the maritime environment and development

105. To reduce the waste of resources and energy and realize a recycling society

Strategy: To realize a community of unity and harmony

106. To restore the honor of victims of past wrongful government action for reconciliation with the past

107. To promote equal opportunities and impartial treatment in public service employment

108. To establish labor-management relations based on dialogue and mutual benefits.

109. To strengthen the system for managing public conflict

110. To create a system that protects human rights in furtherance of social cohesion

111. To build a society that focuses on skills rather than academic background

Strategy: To promote balanced regional development and decentralization

112. To promote balanced regional development for grand national integration

113. To expand support for local universities

114. To increase local government finances with enhanced financial integrity

115. To strengthen decentralization efforts and invigorate civil society and regional communities

116. To enhance regional economic and industrial vitality

Strong Security Measures for Sustainable Peace on the Korean Peninsula

Strategy: To realize water-tight security and a sustainable peace

117. To establish solid defense readiness that is trusted by the people

118. To strengthen future-oriented defense capabilities that adapt to changes in the strategic environment

119. To pursue the continued advancement of the Republic of Korea-United States military alliance and strengthen defense cooperation with neighboring countries

120. To promote innovative management of national defense and advancement in related science & technology

121. To make military service rewarding and pursue national defense policies that take into account public opinion

122. To ensure that veterans receive due honor

123. To strengthen the impetus to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue

Strategy: To strengthen the impetus to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue

124. To normalize inter-Korean relations through a process of trust-building on the Peninsula

125. To strive for a gradual expansion of the scope of unification policies

126. To strengthen the capabilities for unification as part of a process of substantive preparations

Strategy: To practice trust-based diplomacy in partnership with the people

127. To promote the Northeast Asian Peace and Cooperation Initiative and expand cooperation with Eurasia

128. To coordinate and advance the alliance with the United States and the partnership with China as well as stabilize relations with Japan

129. To strengthen cooperation for industrial resources for the purpose of expanding Korea`s presence in emerging markets

130. To play a role as a responsible middle power contributing to world peace and progress

131. To protect the safety and rights of Korean nationals residing abroad and expand both public diplomacy and jobs diplomacy

132. To strengthen the capacity for economic cooperation, including through the FTA network

133. To promote continuous expansion of ODA and implement exemplary integrative development cooperation practices

Basis for Implementing Administrative Goals: A Trustworthy Government

Strategy: To achieve the "Government 3.0" model of openness in information-sharing

134. To establish a people-centered and services-oriented "Government 3.0"

135. To maximize government efficiency by facilitating a smooth transition to Sejong City

136. To strengthen responsible management of public organizations as part of a government-wide rationalization initiative

137. To prevent inappropriate regulations and rationalize existing regulations

Strategy: To establish a Government defined by competence and ethical practices

138. To realize a government that upholds the highest standards of integrity and ethics

139. To restore public trust in the prosecution

140. To pursue the regulation of the underground economy and other measures to promote tax justice

Administrative Goals

Administrative Vision: A new era of hope and happiness

Goal 1 A jobs-centered Creative Economy

1. To establish an ecosystem for a Creative Economy

2. To strengthen national growth engines for job creation

3. To promote a primary role for small and medium-sized enterprises

4. To advance science & technology through creativity and innovation

5. To establish a principled market economy

6. To manage the economy in support of growth

Goal 2 Tailored employment and welfare

7. To provide welfare services tailored to different life stages

8. To establish a welfare system that promotes independence

9. To support the working class and promote employment stability

10. To address low fertility and expand economic participation by women

Goal 3 Creativity-oriented education and cultural enrichment

11. To provide education that nurtures dreams and talents

12. To cultivate professionals and create a system for lifetime education

13. To provide cultural opportunities to enrich life for everyone

Goal 4 A safe and united society

14. To create a society safe from crime

15. To prevent and systematically manage disasters

16. To build a pleasant and sustainable environment

17. To realize a community of unity and harmony

18. To balance regional development and promote decentralization

Goal 5 Strong security measures for sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula

19. To realize water-tight security and a sustainable peace

20. To establish new conditions for peaceful unification

21. To practice trust-based diplomacy in partnership with the people

[Basis for Implementing Administrative Goals] A Trustworthy Government

To achieve the “Government 3.0” model of openness in information-sharing,

To establish a Government defined by competence and ethical practices

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