Vice President: Indonesia Must Benefit From Technology Transfer

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin hopes that Indonesia will not only become a big market for global products in the digital sector, but must be able to stand alone in taking the benefits of technology transfer. "Indonesia should not only be a big market for digital technology products. Indonesia must have a strong bargaining position and be able to take advantage of the transfer of technology and innovation," said the Vice President when delivering a key speech at the 2020 National Press Day National Convention (HPN) via video conference from Jakarta, Monday, February 7. "So that the wheels of the digital economy are able to reach business actors, both large, medium, small and micro," he said. The vice president also reminded that the digital independence effort should not be interpreted rigidly. Indonesia must continue to build relative independence. "Digital independence does not have to be interpreted literally and rigidly. Indonesia must be able to build relative independence in the face of the strengths of the global digital platform," he stressed.

The relationship with the digital platform must continue to be well established, he continued, because it will not rule out the possibility of new technologies and media in the future. , small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and provide space for digital innovation. "On the other hand, we want to continue to protect the democratic climate, freedom of opinion and expression through regulations that regulate aspects of digitalization," he said. hope that proportional regulation must continue to be implemented and avoid the tendency of overregulation or the application of excessive regulation.