“Welcome to Taichung for the most beautiful flower seeing experience!” Taichung City in 2018 will host the World Flora Exposition. The one-minute image video was launched on the 28th on the Fanpage of Taichung World Flora Exposition on Facebook. Directed by Sean Chuang and created by Wu Nien-jen, this video shows the Expo from the perspective of local growers.
The 23rd World Orchid Conference will be held grandly in March 2020. Taichung City Government held a presentation on the 27th. Deputy Mayor Chang Guang-yao hosted the AIPH autumn conference on behalf of Mayor Lin Chia-lung to discussed matters over with members invited from various countries.
In expanding into the South Asian market, the central government has held the 15th Asia Business Day for the first time in Taichung, where 70 medium to large buyers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal negotiated one on one with over 400 manufacturers in Taiwan.
Taichung City Government is endeavoring to promote the export of its specialty agricultural products. Mayor Lin Chia-lung signed the MOU on agricultural cooperation with Nicolas Floch, the mayor of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, the premier center of agriculture and horticulture France. In the future, both parties will cooperate to promote the import and export of produce, flowers, and gardening products.
Today (29), Deputy Minister Kung Ming-hsin, Acting Mayor Lee Meng-yen of Tainan, and National Cheng Kung University President Su Huey-jen jointly hosted the opening ceremony of the 2017 Taiwan Design Expo.
The Department of Information and Tourism (TPEDOIT) will beef up its campaign to lure tourists from the Philippines in line with Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ latest measure granting visa-free entry for visitors from the Southeast Asian country.
New Taipei City won the IFEA WORLD FESTIVAL & EVENT CITY AWARD, which presented by international Festivals & Events Association (IFEA). New Taipei City was the only recipient city of Taiwan. Recipient cities came from all over the globe including Philadelphia, Sydney, etc. We expect that it will attract more foreign tourists to visit New Taipei City.
With Taichung City hosting the World Flora Expo next year, the flora expo mascots Leopard Cat Family and Omi Horse were unveiled this year. Life, the first mascot unveiled, participated in numerous activities recently, charming the public with its adorable looks.
Taiwan’s outlying Penghu County welcomed Sept. 19 competitors from 40 countries and territories for the finals of a beauty pageant designed to promote the archipelago’s tourism resources and the 2018 World Congress of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club.
The 44th Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) was held in Taichung from September 7-14. Taking place in Taichung for the first time, the event attracted 485 international IT experts from 43 countries to share major trends in the future of network development.
