The mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon has introduced a five-year plan for developing the blockchain industry in the city, Korean news agency Yonhap News reports Thursday, October 4.The project entitled "Blockchain City of Seoul" contains a number of measures for promoting and developing blockchain-related initiatives and education in the city from 2018-2022, Park revealed in a speech in the city Zug, Switzerland on Thursday.
By 2022, the city plans to set up a public-private fund of 100 billion won in order to invest in blockchain startups in Seoul.
The fund will acquire 13.6 billion won from the city government.
City authorities are planning to spend 60.3 billion won on creating two business centers to house 200 blockchain firms by 2021.
The two upcoming complexes, which will be located in the western and southeastern parts of the city, will operate two educational centers, aiming to train 730 industry experts in the next five years.
According to ZD Net Korea, Park also revealed plans to apply blockchain technology in the city's administration.
Starting this year, authorities are planning to launch 14 blockchain-powered systems, including a voting system, charity management, and vehicle history reports.
Park commented that distributed ledger technology is undoubtedly "The core technology of the fourth industrial revolution," which will be the basis for the future of IT. By rolling out the new plan, he intends to make the city "The center of a blockchain industry ecosystem."
In August 2018, South Korean authorities announced a plan to develop eight sectors of domestic economy, including blockchain technology, by investing $4.4 billion in 2019.
The local government has reportedly opted to increase the amount of funds spent on fields such as blockchain, big data and artificial intelligence by 65 percent from estimates earlier in the year.
Seoul Mayor Announces Five-Year Plan for Promoting Blockchain Industry
Published on Oct 4, 2018
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