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Ministerial Meetings

Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting Latest Event : 2018-05-28
6th Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting
  • 2018-05-28
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry (2002~2008), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2009~)
Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2002~2004), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005~)
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication (2002~2008), Korea Communications Commission (2009~), Ministry of Science and ICT (2017~)

■ Outcome
• Shared the recent progress in ICT policies and implementation in each country, and exchanged their views about current situations, challenges and future initiatives regarding “Development of new technology in the field of ICT” and “Utilization of ICT towards the new generation”
• Recognized that the initiatives would make a contribution to the sustainable development of Northeast Asia and would be the basis for solving regional and global issues as well as achieving SDGs
• Acknowledged the need to continue the discussion at all levels for revising the arrangement signed on the occasion of the last Ministerial Meeting in January 2011, by setting up a working-level consultations on a regular basis
• Welcomed the holding of the CJK ICT companies exchange meeting on 5G, AI/IoT and 8K and confirmed the importance of promoting dialogue and exchange among business sectors in the field of ICT
• Agreed to closely collaborate with the TCS, to firmly support the TCS to continue its role as a hub for trilateral cooperation in the ICT mechanism and to involve the TCS in the future projects conducted under the mechanism to the maximum extent
5th Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting

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  • 2011-01-14
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry (2002~2008), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2009~)
Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2002~2004), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005~)
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication (2002~2008), Korea Communications Commission (2009~)

■ Outcome
The three Ministers discussed the importance of trilateral cooperation in responding to emerging technologies and standardizations, and shared the view to reorganize the cooperation structure and revise the cooperation areas, signing the revised Arrangement.
Major points of the revision are as follows:
a) Cooperation Areas
Agreed to cooperate in following areas such as emerging ICT, network deployment and application, telecommunications, network and information security, radio, and human resources and development.
b) Exchange and Meeting
Agreed to hold Ministerial Meeting once a year, in principle in order to strengthen the exchange and cooperation among the three Parties.
c) Structure and Operation of the International Cooperation Committee
Agreed to set up International Cooperation Committee designating Director-General level officials as representatives. The
International Cooperation Committee is tasked to carry out mutual cooperation in the following areas:
1) Prepare Trilateral ICT Ministerial Meeting
2) Coordinate various cooperation activities
3) Identify new issues and work out cooperation agenda
4) Other areas decided by the three Parties

■ Documents
- Arrangement among the three Ministries on cooperation in information and communication (2011.01.14)
- Minutes of the 5th Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting (2011.01.14)
4th Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting

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  • 2006-03-06
  • Xiamen, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry (2002~2008), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2009~)
Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2002~2004), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005~)
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication (2002~2008), Korea Communications Commission (2009~)

■ Outcome
The ICT Ministers of the three countries agreed to encourage following programs to be implemented as priority.
a) ICT Human Resource Development Program for ASEAN Countries
Agreed to provide human resource development project in ICT sector to ASEAN countries, and to appoint experts for program design and on-site lecture and cover the expenses incurred by the trainees of undeveloped ASEAN member countries.
b) Strengthening Network and Information Security Information
Agreed to strengthen exchange and cooperation in network and information security by utilizing the existing information sharing mechanism. The three Parties shall further enhance the sharing of such information as development trend, status assessment and the latest solutions of network and information security.
c) Exchanges and Cooperation on RFID/SENSOR Network Technology and Application
Agreed to seek wide cooperation on the technology development and application exploration of RFID/Sensor Network through strengthening human resource exchange, guiding and supporting the R&D, and implementing pilot project.
d) International Internet Connectivity (IIC) Tariff Settlement Model Study
Agreed to cooperate in making the exploration of new reasonable and operable model of Internet tariff settlement.
e) Joint Development, Optimization and Upgrading of Open Source Software
Agreed to explore the possibility of the creation of the CJK OSS Research Developer Community where researchers and developers can communicate with each other in the existing North East Asia Open Source Software Promotion Forum.
f) 4G Key Technology Standardization Study
Agreed to conduct a study of 4G key technology standardization toward the realization of global harmonization shifting their scope of cooperation from 3G mobile communications to 4G.

■ Documents
- 4th Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting Report (2006.03.26)
3rd Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting

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  • 2004-07-26
  • Sapporo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry (2002~2008), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2009~)
Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2002~2004), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005~)
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication (2002~2008), Korea Communications Commission (2009~)

■ Outcome
Recognizing the importance of further promoting trilateral cooperation in emerging technologies such as Radio Frequency ID
(RFID) tag and ubiquitous network, ICT Ministers of the three countries agreed to amend Arrangement among the ICT Ministries of the three countries on Cooperation in Information and Communication Sector adopted at the 2nd Trilateral ICT Ministerial Meeting in 2003. The contents of the amendment are as follows;
a) The name of the Meeting
The consultative mechanism of trilateral ICT cooperation is named “East Asia (CJK) ICT Summit.
b) International Cooperation
In order to identify possible areas of cooperation, coordinate activities of existing working groups, forum and liaison system, and ensure the efficient and systematic operation of the Arrangement, the three countries agreed to jointly set up an international cooperation working group and cooperate in the following areas;
(1) Support for smooth operation of “East Asia (CJK) ICT Summit” as a secretariat
(2) Preparation of the Trilateral ICT Minister’s Meeting
(3) Integration and coordination of activities of other working groups, forum and liaison systems
(4) Identification of emerging new issues and agenda for cooperation in the Parties
c) Next Generation Internet and RFID/Sensor Network
To promote the development of Next Generation Internet (NGI) technology such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Sensor Network technologies, the three countries agreed to set up an RFID/ Sensor Network subworking group in parallel with the existing Next-generation Internet Working Group to cooperate in the following activities;
(1) Exchange of information/experts and joint hosting seminars on RFID/Sensor Network
(2) Cooperation in R&D and standardization of RFID/Sensor Network technologies
(3) Demonstrative experiments of RFID inter-operability
(4) Exchange of information on Ubiquitous Network

■ Documents
- Amended Arrangement among the three Ministries on cooperation in information and communication (2004.07.26)
2nd Trilateral Information and Telecommunication Ministerial Meeting

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  • 2003-09-08
  • Jeju, Korea
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry (2002~2008), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (2009~)
Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (2002~2004), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2005~)
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication (2002~2008), Korea Communications Commission (2009~)

■ Outcome
Recognizing that information and communication technology (ICT) is an essential infrastructure for regional development and cooperation, the ICT Ministers of the three countries agreed to promote cooperation in the following 7 areas and signed the Arrangement among the ICT Ministries of the three countries on Cooperation in Information and Communication Sector. The 7 areas of cooperation are as follows;
a) 3G and Next-Generation Mobile Communications
Agreed to jointly set up a mobile communications working group to cooperate in the following areas;
(1) Wireless Internet service
(2) International roaming of mobile communications
(3) Joint R&D and standardization of mobile communications technologies and services
(4) Other mobile communications areas as agreed by the Parties
b) Next-Generation Internet
Agreed to jointly set up a next-generation Internet working group to cooperate in development and standardization of next-generation Internet technologies such as IPv6 and facilitate development of next-generation Internet-based businesses. The working group is to support the following activities;
(1) Exchange of information and joint hosting of seminars for the promotion of IPv6
(2) Cooperation in R&D and standardization of IPv6
(3) Development and promotion of IPv6 application services
(4) Exchange of exerts on IPv6
c) Digital TV and Broadcasting
Agreed to jointly set up a digital TV and broadcasting working group to cooperate in the following areas;
(1) Information exchange on digital TV and broadcasting technologies
(2) Promotion of digital TV and broadcasting technologies and related industries
(3) R&D of digital TV and broadcasting technologies and related industries
(4) Exchange of information and technologies on the digital TV and broadcasting industry
(5) Exchange of experts from industry, academia, research institutes and other related organizations
(6) Other digital TV and broadcasting areas as agreed by the Parties
d) Network and Information Security
Agreed to jointly set up an IT network and information security policy working group to enhance the exchanges in the following areas;
(1) Network and Information security policies and mechanism
(2) Joint response to cyber attacks including hacking and virus, and exchange of information
(3) Information of online privacy protection
e) Open Source Software
Agreed to jointly set up and operate Northeast Asia open source software promotion forum in order to promote cooperation in the following activities;
(1) Measures of open source software application promotion
(2) Exchange of technology and research information
(3) Exchange of experts from industry, academia, research institutes and other related organizations
(4) Joint R&D
f) Telecommunications Service Policies
Agreed to jointly set up and operate “China-Japan-Korea Policy Forum on Telecommunication Service” in order to exchange the following information for the effective governmental regulation on the telecommunication markets;
(1) Research on telecom service policies
(2) Classification of telecom service providers
(3) Management policies concerning the construction projects of telecom service providers
(4) Telecom market entry
(5) Universal telecom services
(6) Interconnection policies
(7) Dispute settlement among telecom agencies
(8) Protection of telecom service users
(9) Other regulation policies for fair competition
g) The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Agreed to cooperate in construction and enhancement of communications network, network and information security, system integration, and e-government for the Beijing Olympics.

■ Documents
- Arrangement among the three ministries on cooperation in information and communication (2003.09.08)
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Director-Generals' Meetings

Northeast Asia OSS Forums Latest Event : 2019-11-21
18th Northeast Asia OSS Forums
  • 2019-11-21
  • Seoul, Korea
■Participants:
​​•ROK: National IT Industry Promotion Agency of the ROK, Korea OSS Promotion Forum
•Japan: Japan OSS Promotion Forum
•China: China OSS Promotion Union

■Outcomes:
​Technology Development & Assessment, Talents Education and Incentives, Study on Standardization & Certification and Application Promotion
17th Northeast Asia OSS Forums

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  • 2018-11-16
  • Yokohama, Japan
■ Participants
China: China OSS Promotion Union
Japan: Japan OSS Promotion Forum
ROK: Korea OSS Promotion Forum

■ Documents
Chairman’s Statement of the 17th Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum
16th Northeast Asia OSS Forums

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  • 2017-11-16
  • Tianjin, China
■ Participants
China: China OSS Promotion Union
Japan: Japan OSS Promotion Forum
ROK: Korea OSS Promotion Forum

■ Outcome
1) deepen the cooperation in cloud computing field
2) continue to develop technologies for trustworthy Inter-Cloud services and to expand InterCloud test-beds
3) establish the training camp institutionalization
4) continue to study for the FOSS related standardization and expanded its area
5) investigate and carried out social welfare use cases of CJK

■ Documents
Chairman’s Statement of the 16th Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum
15th Northeast Asia OSS Forums

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  • 2016-11-16
  • Jeju, Korea
■ Participants
China: China OSS Promotion Union
Japan: Japan OSS Promotion Forum
ROK: Korea OSS Promotion Forum

■ Outcome
1) continue to deepen the cooperation in cloud computing field
2) study compliance skills and curriculum
3) study for the standardization and expansion of Forum's achievements in 2016
4) the technical assistance to Tourist Information Platform of Luoyang Government

■ Documents
Chairman’s Statement of the 15th Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum
14th Northeast Asia OSS Forums

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  • 2015-11-17
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: China OSS Promotion Union
Japan: Japan OSS Promotion Forum
ROK: Korea OSS Promotion Forum

■ Outcome
1) continues to deepen the cooperation in cloud computing field
2) study compliance skills and curriculum
3) strengthen the research of Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) standard
4) marketing research and experience exchange for smart city and industry applications

■ Documents
Chairman’s Statement of the 14th Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum
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Working-Level Meetings

Next Generation Internet and RFID /Sensor Network Working Group Latest Event : 2007-01-11
6th Next Generation Internet and RFID-Sensor Network Working Group
  • 2007-01-11
  • Hainan, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged information about their policies, technologies, standardization, application as well as business model of RFID.
* Agreed to jointly set up an RFID expert group on a regular basis to share information about the current status of standardization of RFID technology as well as radio frequency allocation.
3rd Next Generation Internet and RFID-Sensor Network Working Group
  • 2019-10-16 ~ 2007-01-10
  • Hainan, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Agreed to facilitate cooperation among the private sectors to standardize their IPv6 technology at international level.
* Agreed to invite the private standardization associations in the next working-group meeting to promote the development and spread of IPv6 technologies.
5th Next Generation Internet and RFID-Sensor Network Working Group
  • 2005-06-09
  • Seoul, Korea
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged information about the current status of RFID technology and the strategy of developing relevant industries in each country.
* Agreed to explore possible cooperative areas and designate the organizations which would manage and conduct joint programs, in order to strengthen global competitiveness of the three countries in the field of RFID.
* Agreed to hold a workshop on RFID/Sensor Network regularly to facilitate information exchange as well as human resources exchange among the relevant industries of the three countries.
4th Next Generation Internet and RFID-Sensor Network Working Group
  • 2004-12-06
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
2nd Next Generation Internet and RFID-Sensor Network Working Group
  • 2004-11-16
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
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Digital TV and Broadcasting Working Group Latest Event : 2007-11-28
4th Digital TV and Broadcasting Working Group
  • 2007-11-28
  • Guilin, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Reviewed the development of digital TV and broadcasting since the last working-group meeting, such as the roadmap for transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Japan, the enforcement of Special Law on digital TV in ROK, and the promotional activities for the diffusion of digital broadcasting system in China.
* Agreed to strengthen the information exchange on their policies toward the switchover to digital TV in addition to experiences and technologies.
* Shared the view to promote a joint study on new broadcasting technologies such as IPTV and next-generation digital TV and technical exchange of innovative services utilizing the new technologies.
3rd Digital TV and Broadcasting Working Group
  • 2006-10-15
  • Jeju, Korea
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged information on each country’s policy toward digital TV and broadcasting as well as the current status of standardization and R&D of relevant technologies.
* Business professionals of the three countries presented the current status of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) industries and introduced TV-Anytime standards, which enable consumers to have access to content from a wide variety of sources.
2nd Digital TV and Broadcasting Working Group
  • 2005-07-13
  • Sapporo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
1st Digital TV and Broadcasting Working Group
  • 2004-04-29
  • Beijing, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
ICT Network & Information Security Policy Working Group Latest Event : 2007-05-22
3rd ICT Network & Information Security Policy Working Group
  • 2007-05-22
  • Beijing, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
2nd ICT Network & Information Security Policy Working Group
  • 2005-06-09
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
1st ICT Network & Information Security Policy Working Group
  • 2004-03-17
  • Seoul, Korea
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
Trilateral Policy Forum on Telecommunications Services Latest Event : 2007-10-30
3rd Trilateral Policy Forum on Telecommunications Services
  • 2007-10-30
  • Beijing, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged information on the current status of telecommunication market and regulation framework in each country, and their attention centered on the regulation policies for Next Generation Network in particular.
* Agreed to cooperate closely to formulate competition and regulation policies for the telecommunication business, and to develop convergent services in the telecommunication industry in the three countries.
2nd Trilateral Policy Forum on Telecommunications Services
  • 2005-07-28
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Had discussion under the agenda of “The trend and prospect of IP and Broadband” as well as “the trend and prospect of wireless communication.”
1st Trilateral Policy Forum on Telecommunications Services
  • 2004-03-30
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged information on
1) policies for the convergence of telecommunication services,
2) competition as well as regulation policies for telecommunication services and 3) policies for 3G (W-CDMA) service.
* Shared the view on the need to strengthen the cooperation among them in order to develop telecommunication services, and agreed to exchange their policy reports on telecommunication services every half year.
Next- Generation Mobile Communications Working Group Latest Event : 2007-01-09
3rd Next- Generation Mobile Communications Working Group
  • 2007-01-09
  • Hainan, China
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Agreed tocoordinate their policies to exert influence on the upcoming World Radio Communication Conference in 2007, where radio frequency spectrum for 4G mobile technologies would be allocated.
* Shared the importance of continuing to cooperate on the development and standardization of nextgeneraltion mobile communication technologies.
2nd Next- Generation Mobile Communications Working Group
  • 2005-04-24
  • Tokyo, Japan
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication
1st Next- Generation Mobile Communications Working Group
  • 2004-03-16
  • Seoul, Korea
■ Participants
China: Ministry of Information Industry
Japan: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
ROK: Ministry of Information and Communication

■ Agenda
* Exchanged views on standardization of next generation internet (NGI) technologies as well as promotion of business with NGI infrastructure.
* Discussed the plan to set up a trial network in Asia for compatibility of NGI technologies.
* Agreed to exchange information about their policy toward NGI through holding seminars regularly.