City Partnerships

U-12 Baseball World Cup to kick off in Tainan

From Overseas Community Affairs Council 2017-07-31

This year's biennial WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup will kick off in Tainan on Friday, with 12 teams from home and abroad competing.

The Taipei 2017 Universiade torch relay continues its LOVE route across Taiwan to boost the morale of our own contestants in Kaohsiung

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-28

The relay reached Kaohsiung City on July 27. Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee specifically invited Taipei City Deputy Mayor Chia-Chi Teng to lead Zhi-Jian Zhao, who is the torchbearer representing Taipei City and have won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2007 Bangkok Universiade, as he passed the torch to Kaohsiung City’s torchbearer.

2017 WCIT World Congress to Take Place in Taipei Sep. 10 through 13

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-27

The 21st World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) will be held in Taipei from September 10 through 13. The press conference announcing the major IT occasion took place on July 25 with Deputy Mayor Charles Lin presiding over the event.

The Taipei Universiade torch relay continues on its LOVE route across Taiwan The torch relay passes Hengchun Old Town gates in Pingtung in the second leg of the V shaped part of the relay route

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-26

Taipei 2017 Universiade will begin on August 19. The torch relay will now follow a LOVE shaped route as it links 22 counties and cities across Taiwan, promoting this major sporting event and spreading the Universiade spirit. The V part of the relay connects all these cities and counties as a heart shape, representing the Love & Peace spirit of the sacred flame. The torch relay reached Hengchun in Pingtung County on July 26. Taipei City’s torch relay team was led by Taipei Universiade Organizing

The Taipei 2017 Universiade torch relay continues its LOVE route across Taiwan The torch was carried by hot air balloon in Taitung on the first leg of the V-shaped route

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-25

As the torch relay was held in Taitung on July 25, amidst the major event on the local event calendar, Taiwan International Balloon Festival. The county government arranged for the torch to be carried in a hot air balloon, which is a distinctive and innovation approach.

Taipei Universiade torch relay continues on its LOVE route across Taiwan The last stage of the O part of the relay route began at the National Taichung Theater on July 23

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-24

After more than six months of planning, Taichung City Government arranged for the torch handover to take place at the city’s new landmark, the National Taichung Theater which opened in September 2016 and designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito.

Invited by the 2017 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Mayor Lin and the Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics Lectured at the Same Event

From Taichung City Government 2017-07-18

The 2017 Asian Real Estate Society and Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Joint Annual Conference was ceremoniously launched on July 11 in Taichung. Mayor Lin Chia-lung and Dr. Robert J. Shiller, the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, were invited to deliver key-note speeches respectively.

Universiade closing ceremony to feature solar-powered robot performance

From Taiwan Today 2017-07-18

The closing ceremony for the 2017 Summer Universiade, the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan, will feature a wide array of dance and music performances and conclude with a light show produced by a team of solar-powered robots, the Taipei Summer Universiade Organizing Committee announced July 17.

Universiade MRT Train Brings Passengers Closer to Sports Venues

From Taipei City Government 2017-07-11

With roughly one month remaining before the start of the 2017 Summer Universiade, the city government announced that trains sporting the Universiade theme will begin operations on the Green Line (Songshan-Xindian) on July 10.

Snacks made by disabled to be sold during Taipei Universiade

From Taiwan Today 2017-07-10

Ten venues for the upcoming Summer Universiade, the largest global sporting event ever staged in Taiwan, will exclusively sell food products made by the intellectually and physically disabled so as to foster social inclusion and promote the important work of local welfare organizations, the Taipei Universiade Organizing Committee announced July 5.