At the Cabinet’s weekly meeting Thursday, Premier Chen Chien-jen received a National Development Council briefing on the Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan 3.0. The premier said this third phase of the plan will focus on the development of technologies including artificial intelligence, 5G and satellite networks in order to accelerate both the digital transition and net-zero carbon transition of Taiwan’s industries.

Taiwan and India concluded a memorandum of understanding Feb. 16 to facilitate employment of Indian workers in Taiwan, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) extends sincere congratulations to Indonesia on the smooth completion of democratic elections for its president and parliament on February 14.

Taiwan is committed to cooperating with all World Trade Organization members to support the international body’s work, Taiwan’s permanent mission in Geneva said at the Global Review of Aid for Trade earlier this month.

Days of heavy rain in the southern Philippines have resulted in the deaths of at least 20 people and have impacted over 810,000 residents. The heavy rains also triggered a disastrous landslide in a mining community in the province of Davao de Oro in southern Mindanao. Search and rescue operations are currently underway.

A roundtable seminar on Taiwan’s bid to participate in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership was staged Jan. 31 in Kuala Lumpur, spotlighting government support from its Southeast Asian like-minded partner, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered congratulations to Li Meng-lian, who was selected for this year’s Young Professional Programme organized by the World Trade Organization, Feb. 3 in Taipei City.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters MP and Minister of Defence Judith Collins KC MP of New Zealand visited Australia from January 31 to February 1. Together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong of Australia, they held the inaugural session of the Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN). The joint statement issued following the meeting reiterat

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu said that Taiwan decides its leader and the future direction of the country through fair and open national elections every four years. This is the true meaning of democracy, but authoritarian China cannot accept it.

The Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality (DGE) on Monday published the 2024 Gender at a Glance in R.O.C. (Taiwan) report. In 2023, the nation ranked sixth globally and first in Asia in Taiwan’s first ever inclusion in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Social Institutions and Gender Index.