Taiwan is planning to hold five trade fairs in South and Southeast Asia next year to promote trade exchanges. That’s the word from Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James Huang on Thursday. The trade fairs will be held in Mumbai, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and the Indonesian city of Bandung.
Foreign investment in Taiwan during the first 11 months of the year was up nearly 20 percent year on year, driven mainly by investment from European wind power developers, the Investment Commission (IC) reported Friday.
Taiwan and Vietnam have signed a new version of a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) in a bid to provide better protection for Taiwanese investors in the Southeast Asian country, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Local startups now have a badge they can wear with pride following the launch of the Startup Island Taiwan branding Dec. 18 in Taipei City by the Cabinet-level National Development Council, spotlighting government efforts to promote the country’s budding entrepreneurs.
In order to promote the interaction between Taiwan startups and overseas talents, Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), the flagship startup ecosystem building program organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST), once again cooperates with the Singularity University, which is known as the “smartest university in the world,” to host the “SingularityU APAC Global Impact Challenge 2019”.
Taiwan and the U.S. staged the third Digital Economy Forum Dec. 10-11 in Taipei City, bringing together academics, business representatives and officials to examine new ways of utilizing information and communication technology in promoting sustainable development and inclusive prosperity.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI) on November 28 co-hosted the Third Annual Forum of Asia Pacific Industrial Collaboration Platform, inviting four Taiwanese companies that have already started business operations in New Southbound Policy (NSP) target countries to share their experiences and insights with nearly 400 participants.
Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 9 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday donated US$550,000 to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to support the forum's initiatives in advancing economic integration and sustainable growth across the region, according to the nation's representative office in Malaysia.
The Collaboration Project between the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Taiwan and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson), the first academia-industry collaboration that Taiwan has forged with a global pharmaceutical company, is bringing funding and focus to specific disease areas.
State-run oil supplier CPC Corp., Taiwan opened a representative office in New Delhi on Monday as part of its plans to set up a plant in India and forge ties in the petrochemical industry here.
