The UAE Policy for Advanced Industries aims to promote industrialization and the application of fourth industrial revolution across all sectors.

The strategy aims to:

• encourage businesses to adopt and develop futuristic industries and advanced technologies
• promote the competitiveness of local industries on the global level
• push the UAE towards clean and sustainable industries
• attract talent and create jobs for the UAE’s citizens.

The main enablers of the strategy are:

• developing a supportive infrastructure for advanced industrial sectors
• adopting proactive regulations, laws and governance to achieve leadership in advanced manufacturing across industrial sectors
• investing in advanced industries and new technologies
• developing specialised workforce and identifying advanced skills required for industries
• promoting industrial research and development.

Read about the performance of the UAE’s industrial sector in the Annual Economic Report - 2019 (PDF, 18.5 MB).