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2022 Tainan International Mango Festival Officially Kicks Off, Mayor Hosts Industry Tour For Diplomatic Missions In TaiwanPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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2022 Tainan International Mango Festival Officially Kicks Off, Mayor Hosts Industry Tour For Diplomatic Missions In Taiwan

The 10th edition of the Tainan International Mango Festival officially kicked off at Tsou Ma Lai Farm on July 2. Singapore Trade Office in Taipei Deputy Trade Representative Philip Ong and officials from the Taipei and Kaohsiung Offices of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association were invited by the Tainan City Government to take part in the opening ceremony. The guests then toured local mango processing and exporting facilities.

World Baseball Softball Confederation Congress wraps up in TaipeiPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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World Baseball Softball Confederation Congress wraps up in Taipei

The fourth World Baseball Softball Confederation Congress wrapped up July 5 in Taipei City, bringing more than 200 representatives from 133 member federations together to discuss key issues of one of the world’s most popular sports.

Tainan’s Shueijiaoshe Historical Dormitory wins FIABCI World Awards 2022Photos - New Southbound Policy
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Tainan’s Shueijiaoshe Historical Dormitory wins FIABCI World Awards 2022

Tainan’s Shueijiaoshe Historical Dormitory, which was designated as a city historic site in 2004, won the silver award in the Heritage category at the prestigious 2022 FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence Awards, demonstrating the international standard of Taiwan’s heritage and landscape restoration projects.

Sun Moon Lake Receives the Silver Award for Green Tourism Destinations

In response to the climate change crisis, sustainability has become a key goal of industries around the world. A top challenge is how to achieve sustainability while also promoting economic development. The Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration has been actively working toward these goals over the past three years. The Administration is part of the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation & Communications.

Taipei again named Best Asian Leisure Destination by Global Traveler

Taipei has been named Asia’s Best Leisure Destination for a fifth consecutive year by Global Traveler, a monthly United States-based magazine catering to frequent business and luxury travelers.

Australian representative Ms. Jenny Bloomfield visited us to talk about bilingual educationPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Australian representative Ms. Jenny Bloomfield visited us to talk about bilingual education

On 3rd May, the representative of Australian Office Taipei, Ms. Jenny Bloomfield paid a second visit to Hsinchu City’s Mayor, Lin Chih-Chien. Both exchanged views on deepening Taiwan-Australian cooperation in bilingual education and teacher training. Mayor Lin thanked Australia for the active assistance reaching the goal of 2030 bilingual policy. He said, Hsinchu City is now working with Tsinghua University on the promotion of bilingual education.

Hsinchu City won 13 prizes of Germany’s iF Design AwardPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Hsinchu City won 13 prizes of Germany’s iF Design Award

Germany’s iF Design Award, also known as “the Oscar in product design,” recently announced a list of the winners of the iF Design Award 2022. Hsinchu City stood out from over ten thousand pieces of work, winning 13 prizes from the four fields of architecture, interior architecture, communication and professional concept.

Australian Office In Taipei Representative Jenny Bloomfield Visits Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, Praises Tainan’s Beautiful Orchids and Looks Forward To More CollaborationsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Australian Office In Taipei Representative Jenny Bloomfield Visits Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, Praises Tainan’s Beautiful Orchids and Looks Forward To More Collaborations

On March 30, Australian Office In Taipei Representative Jenny Bloomfield, Economic and Policy Section Deputy Director Laura Salt, and colleagues paid a visit to Tainan City Mayor Huang Wei-che. Tainan City Government’s Bureau of Education Director-general Cheng Hsin-hui, Department of Information and International Relations Director-general Su En-en​, Economic Development Bureau Deputy Director-general Xiao Fu-Ren, and Simen Experimental Elementary School Principal Lu Cui-Ling were also present.

Taichung City won the only international Smart 50 Awards recognition with “Air Quality Sensor IoT” in East AsiaPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Taichung City won the only international Smart 50 Awards recognition with “Air Quality Sensor IoT” in East Asia

To celebrate the influential smart cities worldwide, Smart Cities Connect started to hold the annual event of “Smart 50 Awards” in 2018. Taichung City, which joined the 2022 Smart 50 Awards with “Air Quality Sensor IoT”, has a blockbuster result this year! It stood out from almost 200 applicants around the world and received the honor of the “Smart 50 Awards”.

2022 Smart City Mayors’ Summit & Leading Women Summit to Spotlight How Cities Respond to the “New Normal” with Digital TransformationPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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2022 Smart City Mayors’ Summit & Leading Women Summit to Spotlight How Cities Respond to the “New Normal” with Digital Transformation

While Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) is now the largest smart city tradeshow in the world, one of its biggest spotlights is the Mayors’ Summit, which has been co-organized by Taipei City and Taipei Computer Association since 2014. The platform engages city leaders worldwide in sharing how smart technologies bring about new opportunities and convenience for cities.