Named as one of the world’s Top 7 smart cities in the 2018 smart city evaluation, Tainan City held the “Tainan City Global Top 7 Smart City Site Visit Press Conference” on April 23. Tainan City Mayor Li Men-yen welcomed ICF Chair and Co-Founder John G. Jung to the city and shared the city government’s achievements in transforming Tainan into a smart city.
To show support to the central government’s New Southbound Policy and cement friendship between Taiwan and Vietnam, Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun led a delegation to attend the 2018 Đồng Tháp Lotus Festival.
The 2018 Taipei City Chinese Language Study Scholarships, as part of the Program for Enhancing International Exchange, is granted to encourage city-to-city exchange and to inspire more people who are interested in Chinese culture to come and study Chinese in Taipei.
The 20th Kaohsiung International Travel Fair wrapped up April 23 in the southern Taiwan city, with more than 300,000 visitors from home and abroad attending the four-day event spotlighting the nation’s diverse cultural and natural attractions.
Creative Expo Taiwan kicked off April 18 in Taipei City, spotlighting the nation’s spirit of innovation and dynamic cultural and creative industry.
The 2018 Smart City Expo and Mayor Summit have reached a successful conclusion last week. A total of 120 city leaders from all over the world participated in a series of summits focused on the theme of “Linking the power of industries and taking cities as experimental platforms”. Taipei City Government initiated the "Global Organization of Smart Cities (Go Smart), gaining the support of city leaders from Europe and America, as well as the heads of major domestic enterprises.
The upcoming Taichung World Flora Expo is about to launching on 3rd November so Taichung City Government is under intensive preparations for it and has won a lot of attentions of many organizations domestically or internationally. The Sun (Malaysia) is especially giving high recognition to the green spirit of「Exploring GNP」as Taichung decided to change the program venues for Flora Expo because of Leopard cats habitat conservation.
English-language audio tours of nine temples in Tainan City are set to be released in July as part of local government efforts to promote the southern Taiwan metropolis’s rich religious heritage among international tourists.
A 14-year high of more than NT$10.96 billion (US$375.5 million) in export orders was racked up at last month’s Taiwan International Orchid Show, underscoring the local industry’s reputation for cutting-edge cultivation techniques and high-quality products.
A delegation composed of representatives from Tainan City Government and Chinese Taipei Baseball Association gave a presentation to the WBSC Executive Board in Paris to petition to make Tainan a permanent hosting city of the U-12Baseball World Cup.
