東南アジアでＤＸ推進　新型コロナ克服へ行動計画―日ＡＳＥＡＮ

　日本と東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）の経済担当相が２９日、テレビ会議を開き、デジタル技術で既存制度を変革するデジタルトランスフォーメーション（ＤＸ）の推進を柱とする行動計画をまとめた。ＤＸを通じて新規事業を創出し、新型コロナウイルスの流行で打撃を受けた東南アジア経済の回復につなげるのが狙いだ。
　行動計画は約５０項目で構成。感染リスクを回避しつつビジネスの機会を模索するため、オンライン上で日本と各国の企業間連携を支援する新たな枠組み「ＤＸプラットフォーム（基盤）」を創設。ＩＴを活用した教育サービスを日本企業が提供する実証事業や、ＩｏＴ（モノのインターネット）を使って環境に優しい街づくりを実現する「スマートシティ」の推進も盛り込まれた。
　梶山弘志経済産業相は会議の冒頭、行動計画について「経済活動の再開が本格化する動きを力強く後押しする」と述べ、コロナ感染防止と経済活性化の両立に意欲を示した。（2020/07/29-18:55）

Economy ministers from Japan and the 10 ASEAN member states have drawn up an action plan calling for, among other things, the promotion of digital transformation, or DX, to overhaul existing systems through the use of digital technologies.
   The action plan, adopted at a videoconference among the Japanese and Association of Southeast Asian Nations ministers on Wednesday, is aimed at revitalizing the ASEAN economies, which have been stricken by the novel coronavirus pandemic, by creating new businesses.
   The program comprises 50 items, including the establishment of an online "DX platform" for supporting collaboration between Japanese and ASEAN companies to help them seek business opportunities while avoiding the risk of novel coronavirus infection.
   Also among the measures in the action plan are a project for Japanese companies to offer education services employing information technologies and another to realize environmentally friendly smart cities through the use of the internet of the things, or IoT.
   The action plan will "strongly support moves to fully reopen economic activities," Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kajiyama said at the start of the videoconference, underlining the need to balance measures to contain the coronavirus crisis with efforts for economic revitalization.