CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to secure industrial competitiveness, improve the quality of life of citizens, and contribute to national economic development, by promoting the digital transformation of industries through the facilitation of the generation and utilization of industrial data and the industrial application of intelligent information technology.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1. The term "industrial data" means any kind of materials or information that can be processed by optical or electronic means and that is generated or utilized in the course of activities, such as developing, producing, distributing, and consuming products or services (hereinafter referred to as "industrial activities"), in the sectors of the industry under Article 2 of the Industrial Development Act, mining defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 3 of the Mining Industry Act, industries related to energy defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Energy Act, and industries related to new energy and renewable energy defined in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of the Development, Use and Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy;
2. The term "industrial data generation" means production of industrial data that did not previously exist in the course of industrial activities (including production of new industrial data that can be recognized for their uniqueness, through the utilization of industrial data) through substantial investment and efforts in terms of human or material resources;
3. The term "utilization of industrial data" means collection, linkage, storage, holding, processing, analysis, use, provision, and disclosure of industrial data and other acts similar thereto;
4. The term "industrial digital transformation" means a series of acts that facilitate the process of industrial activities and create new added value by applying industrial data and intelligent information technology defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on Intelligent Informatization, to industries;
5. The term "leading project for industrial digital transformation" (hereinafter referred to as "leading project") means a project selected pursuant to Article 15 that has a great ripple effect on industrial digital transformation, among projects implemented by one or more enterprises, research institutes, universities, colleges, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "enterprises, etc.") for the purpose of industrial digital transformation;