In order to encourage high and quality economic growth, the government is currently focusing on efforts to develop downstream industries to optimise added value.

Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for Industry, Bobby Gafur Umar, said that industrial downstreaming requires a large amount of investment. In addition, downstreaming also needs to be supported by technology adoption.

"Investors can be invited to develop technology, if we don't have it. Because, this technology is key. So there will be technology transfer so that the nation's children can master it too," Bobby said at the Indonesian Data Economic and Conference (IDE) Katadata 2024 held in Jakarta, Tuesday (5/3/2026).

Over the past five years, the realisation of downstream investment in Indonesia has continued to increase. In fact, in 2023 the realisation of downstream investment reached Rp 375 trillion, of which the mineral sector received the largest portion, namely Rp 216.8 trillion.

IDE Katadata 2024 features a special format, namely a leadership roundtable forum with five different sessions on the topics of food, industry, digital, finance, and energy.