The government will offer policy financing worth 25-point-five trillion won, or around 17-point-six billion U.S. dollars, in the four major cutting-edge strategic industries of semiconductors, secondary battery, bio and display next year.

Presiding over a meeting of related officials on Friday, acting president Han Duck-soo pledged to secure competitiveness in the industries through various means, including finance, taxation, and infrastructure.

The promised injection is about 39 percent more than seven-point-one trillion won spent this year.

The government has also designated one cutting-edge strategic technology in both the robot and defense industry, which are set to be officially announced in January.

Han also promised to complete the establishment of a specialized complex for 12 cutting-edge industries, enact a special law to offer support for the semiconductor industry, and to support research and development.