Prime Minister Han said, "Small and medium-sized venture companies will be placed at the center of economic vitality."

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said he will put small and medium-sized businesses and ventures at the center of economic vitality and make them grow into leading players in new industries in the future.

Prime Minister Han attended the "2024 Small and Medium Business Leaders Forum" held in Jeju today and said, "Small and medium-sized enterprises are the root of our economy and the foundation of our competitiveness."

He then emphasized that he will speed up innovation of traditional SMEs, such as the spread of smart factories, and introduce a specialized company system to spread smart manufacturing, and make efforts to raise the technology level of SMEs by more than 5% by 2027.