“Thailand 4.0” is a policy vision for Thailand's economic development or the government's economic development model. Under the leadership of General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), who came to run the country under the motto "Stable, Prosperous and Sustainable", with an important mission Driving the reform of the country in various fields in order to adjust, organize, adjust the direction and create a way to develop the country to prosper. able to deal with new opportunities and threats changing rapidly severe in the 21st century. In order to understand "Thailand 4.0" before coming to Thailand 4.0, Thailand has developed into Continuous hierarchy starting from "Thailand 1.0"

The existence and development of the country focuses mainly on agriculture, such as production and sale of field crops, horticulture, meat, forests, etc. “Thailand 2.0” besides agriculture, it focuses on industry, but is light industry, such as the production and sale of footwear, leather goods, and beverages. jewelry, stationery, bags, apparel, etc. "Thailand 3.0" which is the present Emphasis on heavy industry and exports such as production and sales, export of steel, automobiles, oil refining, natural gas separation, cement, etc. Thailand in the 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 era, the country's income is still moderate. or being trapped in a middle-income country Therefore, it is necessary to hurry to develop the economy because Thailand 3.0 as we have been together until today only makes the country's income in the middle level. We cannot move away from this point. 50 years ago, during the period 1957 - 1993, the Thai economy grew very strongly, reaching a level of 7 - 8% per year, but after 1994 until the present, the Thai economy only growing 3 - 4% per year There is also the matter of “Income inequality” and finally the issue of "Imbalance in development", which these issues cause the government to pay attention to accelerate the development of economic reforms In order to transcend from Thailand 3.0 to Thailand 4.0, thereby leading to the fourth era, known as “Thailand 4.0”, defines guidelines for developing the country into a new economy (New Engines of Growth), a country and a high-income population. by setting goals to achieve development results or a clear picture of the economic future of developed countries such as the United States of America “A Nation of Makers”, England “Design of Innovation”, India “Make in India” or South Korea. that puts an economic model called “Creative Economy” Including the fact that Thailand has also laid down Basic Infrastructure. technology And innovation is not sufficiently complete, resulting in Thailand 4.0 still not meeting the current goals. There are also further observations from considering the evolution of the world's economic development. which started with the green revolution To the Industrial Revolution and the New Economy to the Digital Economy, from the Green Revolution to the Digital Economy of today, there is a narrowing gap, so the Thailand 4.0 policy faces inevitable challenges. Because at present, the world has entered Economy of Speed.

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