Sustainable and Dynamic Competitiveness towards Technological Leadership of Industry 4.0: Implications for East African Community

Table 4

Industry 4.0 initiatives launched in Asia and Oceania.

S/N	Country	Industry 4.0 initiatives	Year	Funding	References
1	China	Made in China 2025 (MIC 2025)	2015	Public	[41, 92]
		Internet Plus (+)	2015	Public-private	[93, 94]
		Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)	2013	Public	[95–99]
		13^th five-year plan (13^th FYP)	2016	Public	[100–103]
2	Taiwan	Taiwan productivity 4.0	2015	Public	[72]
		Smart machinery	2017	Public	[24]
		Asia Silicon Valley development	2017	Public	[24]
3	South Korea	Manufacturing innovation (MI) 3.0	2014	Public	[104]
		I-Korea 4.0	2018	Public	[105]
		Innovation Platform Programme (IPP)	2017	Public	[106]
4	Japan	Industrial value chain initiative (IVI)	2016	Private	[8, 107]
		Revitalization and Robot strategy (Robot revolution initiatives (RRI))	2015	Private-public	[9, 108–114]
		Society 5.0 (5^th Science and Technology Basic Plan), super smart society	2016	Public-private	[20, 115]
		AI technology strategic conference (AITSC)	2016	Public	[116]
		IoT Acceleration Consortium (IoTAC)	2015	Private	[53]
		Industry 4.1 J	2015	Public	[104]
5	Singapore	Infocomm Media (ICM) 2025	2015	Public	[117, 118]
		RIE 2020 plan (research, innovation, and enterprise)	2016	Public	[119]
		Smart nation	2014	Public	[120]
		Service and digital economy technology roadmap (SDETRM)	2018	Public	[121]
6	India	Make in India (MII)	2014	Public	[122, 123]
		Startup India	2015	Public	[124]
		Digital India (DI)	2014	Public	[125]
		Skill India (SI)	2015	Public	[126]
		Smart India	2015	Public	[124]
7	Indonesia	Making Indonesia 4.0 (MI 4.0)	2017	Public	[53]
		2020 Go digital vision	2015	Public	[121]
8	Russia	National Technology Initiative (NTI)	2015	Public-private	[127]
		Data Economy Russia 2024	2017	Public	[128]
9	Thailand	Thailand 4.0	2016	Public	[129]
10	Turkey	Digital conversion association	2016	Public	[52]
11	Vietnam	Strengthening the country’s capacity to address industry 4.0	2017	Public	[22]
12	Malaysia	Industry 4WRD or National Policy on Industry 4.0	2018	Public	[130]
		Eleventh Malaysia plan	2015	Public	[72]
13	Philippines	Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy Programme	2016	Public	[131]
14	Australia	Industry 4.0 Testlabs	2017	Public-private	[132]
		Industry 4.0 prime minister taskforce	2016	Private	[132]
		The next wave of manufacturing	2013	Pubic	[73]