Taichung City is welcoming the Flora Expo. Not only the popular mascots “Leopard Cat Family & Omi Horse” are busy promoting the international event, the first mascot themed convenient store, 7-11 at city hall, also has mascot paintings on their glass walls and over tabletop in the sitting area. The Flora Expo decoration has attracted many people to take photos on their way to city hall. The city government reminds that the “Super Early Bird Ticket” is available through to 2/28. Get your tickets
Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung is in Israel to attend the 32nd International Mayors Conference and promote the central Taiwan metropolis, according to Taichung City Government Feb. 12.
Taiwan’s Chiayi, Tainan and Taoyuan cities are among the seven finalists worldwide for the 2018 Intelligent Community of the Year award organized by New York-headquartered think tank IC Forum.
Yuejin Lantern Festival, the romantic grand event everyone has been waiting for, will be held between Feb. 10 and Mar. 4 this year at Yuejin Harbor in Yanshui District, Tainan City, with the theme “Rendezvous”. The curation team invited international and domestic artists, as well as local college students, to submit their artworks and present a brand new visual production at the festival.
Deputy Mayor Chen chin-chun unveiled the mini-lantern for the Year of the Dog and promised to bring alive the glory of Taipei at the upcoming lantern festival during a press event on February 2.
Mayor Ko Wen-je arrived in Istanbul Airport at 10 PM on February 3. Turkey is the last stop of the Taipei delegation’s trip to Europe.
Mayor Ko Wen-je earnestly promoted Taiwan as a gateway to Asian market in an address delivered at “Taipei-Holland Entrpeneurship & Innotech Forum” on January 30.
Tainan is ranked number seven on the 2018 Top Asia Destinations on the Rise recently announced by the world’s largest travel website TripAdvisor. The listed destinations are selected by evaluating feedback on the website from billions of travelers in the past year, such as comments and ratings on hotels, tourist sites, and restaurants at the destination.
To promote smart machinery and smart city and accelerate the industrial upgrade and development of digital technology, Taichung City Government entered into an MOU with Industrial Technology Research Institute and Microsoft in Singapore today (January 19) in the hope of building a world-class smart machinery park that accelerates the smart development in Greater Taichung.
To improve the exchange between Taichung and Singapore, Mayor of Taichung City Lin Chia-lung led the delegation to Singapore today (January 17) to attend the 14th Joint Meeting between Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) and Singapore Business Federation (SBF).
