Indonesian Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Teten Masduki , at the 2022 Innovation Conference. Baqir Idrus Alatas)Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Teten Masduki on October 6 stated that his government is preparing a policy to expedite the growth of digital economy in Indonesia. President Joko Widodo was said to have assigned Minister Masduki to work on a digital economy development policy with three main missions, with the first being to protect domestic e-commerce. Under the second mission, the government aims to protect MSMEs by opening business opportunities in various digital platforms. The government is paying significant attention to the digital economy, as Indonesia is projected to become a country having the largest digital economy value potential in Southeast Asia by 2030, at around 4,500 trillion Rp (315.7 billion USD)./.
