Jakarta, Jan. 6 -- Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science, and Technology Stella Christie said that Indonesia must develop science- and technology-based industries to remain competitive in the global market.

"If we improve industry without (also advancing) the science, that industry will get left behind," the deputy minister said during the Indonesia-Japan Workshop in New Energy and Industrial Technology here on Tuesday.

She emphasized that industry, science, and technology are inseparable, making cross-sector collaboration essential to strengthening the national science and industrial ecosystem.

"If we advance the science without paying attention to the industry, it means that the application of those scientific approaches will...