South Korea's National Bio Committee to be launched in December, KAIST vice president appointed as vice chairman

The National Bio Committee, which will be chaired by the president and oversee and coordinate domestic bio policy, will be launched in December. Park Sang-wook, senior secretary for science and technology at the presidential office, said at a press conference on the 3rd.
"In response to this, we announced the Advanced Bio Initiative in April of this year and quickly put related governance in place, which led to the launch of the National Bio Committee," he said.
Secretary Park Sang-wook said, "Until now, the bio field has been handled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Technology (equivalent to Japan's Digital Agency) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (
"It has been pointed out that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare), the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), and other ministries are handling their own policies and research and development (R&D), and that the ministry is fragmented," he said.
"Through the Bio Committee, we will be able to organically connect the entire value chain, from basic research to clinical trials and commercialization."
The National Biotechnology Committee is chaired by President Yoon Seok-yeol, and the Vice President
The chairman will be Lee Sang Yeob, vice president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a leading scholar in the field of biotechnology. The committee will be made up of up to 40 members, including the president as chairman and one vice chairman.
The National Bio Committee will be formed with a support group of private sector experts and related public officials. Secretary Park Sang-wook said, "The National Bio Committee will be a member of the National Space Committee and the National Artificial Intelligence Committee.
The committee is the third strategic technology committee chaired by the president, following the previous committee. The quantum science and technology field is the last of the three "game-changing" technologies, and the Quantum Strategy Committee will be launched within the year.
"We plan to do so," he said.