The Taiwan-Australia Hydrogen Trade and Investment Dialogue was hosted by Australian Office Taipei on July 29th, 2021 in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to discuss development opportunities of low emission hydrogen energy technology between Taiwan and Australia. Australian Trade, Tourism, and Investment Minister Hon Dan Tehan and Taiwan MOEA Minister Wang, Mei-Hua were invited as honored guests and delivered opening speeches.
Taiwan is ranked the world’s fourth-best investment destination in a recent report by the US-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence SA (BERI).
To promote the development of cross-domain innovation ecosystems in combination with digital platforms so as to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs, Chinese Taipei co-proposed the “APEC Cross-Domain Innovation Ecosystem Initiative: Facilitating the Inclusive Growth of SMEs through Digital Platforms across the APEC Region” with the Philippines.
The APO was established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1961. It currently has 21 member countries/economies and the Republic of China is one of the founding members.
Taitung County is holding Taiwan’s first Cloud Travel Expo. The online event aims to bring together the south-eastern county’s tour operators and accommodation venues to attract visitors from neighboring countries.
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom has signed an agreement to participate in a multilateral project to lay an undersea cable connecting several countries in Asia in a bid to deepen its international business presence, the company announced on Monday.
To strengthen Taiwan startups’ international reputation, on top of the national startup brand Startup Island TAIWAN, the National Development Council (NDC) launched the NEXT BIG project. Together, the startup communities and industry key opinion leaders jointly nominated nine startups to become NEXT BIG representatives. With NEXT BIG leading the way, Taiwan hopes to see more young people be inspired and Taiwan’s thriving entrepreneurial energy be conveyed to the world.
The 10th Meeting of the MECO-TECO Technical Working Group on Agricultural Cooperation was held via video conference on July 29, 2021. Deputy Minister Chin-cheng Huang of Council of Agriculture of Taiwan and an Undersecretary of Department of Agriculture of the Philippines hosted the meeting jointly. Ambassador Pei-yung Hsu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines and Vice Chairman Lauengco of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei also participated in the meeting.
This month, Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) has initiated “Optimized Service, Maximized Exposure, and Continued Growth,” three key digital transformation strategies, to continue empowering global startups in the post-pandemic era. Through digitization of services, the initiative aims to empower startups to seize international business opportunities via OMO (Online-Merge-Offline) international exhibitions, zero-boundary resource connections, and TTA one-stop digital service official website.
The Taiwan Research Institute (TRI) on Wednesday raised its forecast for Taiwan’s economic growth in 2021 to 5.12 percent, citing strong exports amid the global economic recovery from COVID-19.
