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Indonesia itself will become a base for electric vehicles, fuel cells, batteries, and in the future will be encouraged to optimize the potential of semiconductors.

The government believes that a new engine for economic growth is needed in line with the challenges of future technological developments, namely through digitalization. Indonesia's digital economy currently reaches USD 80 billion and is projected to continue increasing.

Considering this potential, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that efforts are needed to promote the creation of competent human resources (HR) in line with the needs of future industries.

"So, when we talk about the digital economy, we need to have human resources. Therefore, we need more students to be given the opportunity to study at Tsinghua, especially in the current geopolitical conditions and challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and generative AI. I think this is the right time, and we have facilities available at Kura Kura Bali," he said while attending a Breakfast Meeting with the Chairperson of Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China, Prof. Qiu Yong, on Saturday (3/08), as quoted from the press release of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs.

On that occasion, Coordinating Minister Airlangga added that Indonesia is also targeting to become a developed country by 2045. At that time, Indonesia is expected to have around 320 million people with a per capita income of around USD 26,000, so the Indonesian economy is projected to reach around USD 9 trillion. For that, quality education centers are needed, especially in the fields of innovation and technology, one of which is through Tsinghua University.

Coordinating Minister Airlangga also mentioned that there is currently a need for digital commodities such as semiconductors. In order to meet these needs, competent human resources are needed to design microchips, so Coordinating Minister Airlangga hopes for support to encourage the skills of semiconductor human resources.

Furthermore, Indonesia itself will become a base for electric vehicles, fuel cells, batteries, and in the future will be encouraged to optimize the potential of semiconductors. For this, the availability of human resources and exchange centers for learning is expected to increase capacity in this field.

"We need human resources. Therefore, we hope for Tsinghua's support to develop it and allow students from Indonesia to study at Tsinghua, or alternatively, training for trainers. Not for short courses, but for specific periods at the university. So, I think that's the next thing I want to work on," concluded Coordinating Minister Airlangga.

In closing his remarks, Coordinating Minister Airlangga also expressed his hope to make China a partner for Indonesia in commodities and other strategic sectors such as oil, technological support, AI, climate change, carbon capture and storage, to mitigate dependence on energy imports and fossil fuels.

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