Research Report
Ⅰ. Background and Purpose of Research
▶ The need for a comprehensive approach to research on the improvement of legislation on government policies
⚪ It presents legislative tasks from an integrated and macro perspective by analyzing the implementation strategies according to the major national goals of the national task and deriving the direction and characteristics of the policy, and contributes to the establishment of a continuous and effective legal system
▶ Need to discuss major national affairs and policies that are closely related to the lives of the people and are of high public interest among national affairs
⚪ The government operates state affairs by presenting tasks across the state affairs, including politics, diplomacy, economy, and society, and it is necessary to look at policies in the economic, industrial, social and welfare sectors that are close to people's lives and are highly urgent
- Accordingly, it is necessary to select and analyze detailed state affairs on the national goals of ‘innovation economy leading the world’, ‘balanced growth where everyone lives well’, and ‘a society with strong foundation’ among the national affairs tasks, to derive the direction and characteristics of government policies, and to conduct legal research to stabilize people's lives by reviewing major tasks with high public interest and effective policy changes among related policies
▶ The need for legislative support to implement state affairs
⚪ The new government established a legislative plan for the implementation of state affairs, and made a plan that requires a total of 951 legislation, including 731 laws and 220 subordinate laws
⚪ Given that the government plans to establish a legislative situation management system to promote legislation quickly to manage legislative plans, it is necessary to support preemptive analysis and review of legislative issues
▶ the purpose of the study
⚪ The purpose of this study is to analyze the new government's national affairs and economic growth strategies to derive strategies that are closely related to the public, review the ministry's specific implementation plans according to the detailed implementation tasks, analyze the policy-related legislative trends, and present legislative issues and future tasks necessary to lay the foundation for the legal system
Ⅱ. Contents
▶ Policy direction and legislative tasks for ‘Innovation Economy’
⚪ Significance and characteristics of policies for ‘Innovation Economy’
- Emphasizing the introduction of AI and the establishment of a foundation for AI in all areas of the country, including the economy
- We intend to provide package support such as innovation of major industries, fostering new industries, financial support through the selection of leading projects, and deregulation
⚪ Major policy initiatives related to the innovation economy include initiatives to advance AI transformation and ultra-innovation economy, innovation of R&D systems in science and technology, securing industrial competitiveness, and financial innovation
⚪ Reviewing the legislative trends and issues of policies for the innovation economy
- Support of the smart manufacturing industry to promote AI transformation and innovation economy leading projects, Expand AI data resources and prepare data protection legislation
- Establishment of the mandatory basis for budgeting to secure stable R&D budget as a way to support basic science and technology research, and establishment of the basis for regional-led R&D implementation
- Enactment of a general law to advance major industries as a way to secure industrial competitiveness, supporting K-culture as an aspect to foster new industries, and enacting a basic law to strengthen the foundation of the service industry
- Creating a National Growth Fund as a Plan for Financial Innovation and Establishing a Basic Law for Stable Growth in the Blockchain Industry
⚪ As a future task, most policy plans point out that strengthening support from the state, easing regulations, and preparing financial support measures through the introduction of state funds, and suggesting that it is necessary to continuously judge issues on deregulation and examine measures to protect basic rights of the people
▶ Policy direction and legislative tasks for ‘Balanced Growth’
⚪ Significance and characteristics of policies for ‘balanced growth’
- It emphasizes the promotion of policies to strengthen decentralization of autonomy for ‘balanced growth’ and allows balanced development to be made according to the characteristics of each region
- Recognizing that the recovery of the people's livelihood economy is an important task, it supports vulnerable groups such as ordinary people and small business owners to get opportunities for growth
- It is characterized by the fact that the state's responsibility is particularly emphasized for the growth of farming and fishing villages
⚪ Major policy initiatives related to balanced growth include revitalizing the people's livelihood, establishing a fair economy, and supporting farming, mountain and fishing villages
⚪ Reviewing the legislative trends and issues of policies for ‘balanced growth’
- Revision of individual laws to reduce living costs, establishment of grounds for alleviating the management burden of small business owners, expansion of public housing supply to strengthen residential welfare, improvement of housing benefits, and improvement of minimum housing standards to revitalize the people's livelihood economy
- Prepare legislation to establish fair trade on platforms for the fair economy, introduce a ‘Korean-style discovery system’ to eradicate technology theft, improve the fair trade dispute mediation system and the consumer class action system
- To support farming and fishing villages, prepare basic bills for the conversion of farming and fishing villages, improve the legal system to strengthen the income safety net for farming and fishing villages, and prepare legal grounds for basic income for farming and fishing villages
⚪ As a future task, policies for ‘balanced growth’ have been continuously raised, and on the other hand, issues of sustainability and equity should also be considered in terms of the necessity of huge finances
▶ Policy direction and legislative tasks for a ‘Society with Strong Foundtions’
⚪ Significance and characteristics of policies for a ‘society with strong foundtions’
- It is characterized by the fact that it does not clearly explain the meaning of a ‘basic society’ while promoting a ‘society with strong foundtions’ as its national goal, and that it is intended to guarantee areas related to the basic lives of the people, such as basic welfare, health care, and education, for the realization of a ‘society with strong foundtions’
- Referring to the need for state responsibility for the lives and safety of the people to protect them from disasters that have recently been pointed out as a serious problem, this is considered the top responsibility of the state
- In addition, it emphasizes the guarantee of basic labor rights and promotes the improvement of welfare and health care
⚪ Major policy implementation plans for a ‘society with strong foundtions’ include laying the foundation for a ‘basic society’, strengthening the national income safety net for welfare, health and medical care, guaranteeing the health rights of the people, guaranteeing workplace rights, establishing a disaster safety system for the protection of life and safety, and establishing a national responsibility system for industrial accident compensation
⚪ Reviewing the legislative trends and issues of policies for a ‘society with strong foundtions’
- To lay the foundation for a 'Basic Society', the 'Basic Social Law' and the enactment of a basic bill to revitalize the social solidarity economy
- For welfare and health and medical care, legislation is promoted to improve the standard of payment of benefits to improve the basic living security system, introduce AI technology to the welfare sector, strengthen local and essential medical support, and protect basic rights of patients
- Enactment of basic laws to guarantee workplace rights, implementation of the principle of equal pay for equal value labor to build a workplace without discrimination, and legislation to prevent overwork and reduce working hours
- Improvement of overall industrial safety, such as the enactment of the Framework Act on the Guarantee of Safety Rights to ensure the lives and safety of the people, and the protection of special types of workers, etc
⚪ Point out that while presenting various policy objectives to move toward a ‘basic society’ as a future task, it does not clearly explain what ‘basic society’ means
- Point out that continuous discussion is needed on the issue of ‘basic society’ because there is an unresolved conflict of opinion on differences in political views, relationships with existing laws, and financial burdens
- In order to guarantee ‘basic life’, if the state clearly bases its protection targets and scope of protection by law or implements policies for the universal welfare of all citizens, it is also necessary to consider financial issues and disputes over whether rights are violated
Ⅲ. Expected Effects
▶ Provide basic theoretical data necessary for the establishment of a specific legal system in the future by presenting problems and legal issues that may arise in the process of realizing policies or legislating
▶ By selecting issues closely related to the lives of the people and deriving major policies through the analysis of state affairs and ministries' business promotion plans, use them as reference materials for the government's plan for establishing specific tasks and enacting and revising laws and regulations