A total of 55 Malaysian students were awarded Taiwan Ministry of Education scholarships this year to undertake an academic degree program or a short-term Mandarin course in Taiwan. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia held a Ministry of Education Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship award ceremony and pre-departure orientation for the recipients at Ibis Kuala Lumpur City Centre on July 25, 2022.
Thirty-eight restaurants in Taiwan have earned Michelin stars this year, according to Michelin’s 2022 gourmet food guide on Taiwan released Tuesday that covered Tainan and Kaohsiung for the first time.
Taiwan is committed to implementing the Food Security Roadmap Towards 2030, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture Aug. 26.
To promote the regulatory convergence and enhance the efficiency and quality of the registration of the medicinal products among Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is hosting the ‘2022 APEC Good Registration Management (GRM) Regulatory Science Center of Excellence (CoE) Workshop’ from August 29th to September 15th.
Taiwan sparked interest in its blockchain-based system to combat illegal logging at a recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting of forestry ministers while showing curiosity in South Korea’s forest therapy programs.
As part of Taiwan’s continuous effort in the promotion of using international standards for medical devices and the advancement of regulatory harmonization in the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is hosting the ‟2022 TFDA Medical Devices Regulatory Science Center of Excellence (CoE) Workshop” during August 26 to September 11 by online courses and videoconferences.
“Girl in the Water (水中的女孩),” a Taiwanese animated short film directed by Huang Shi-rou (黃詩柔), was awarded the first prize in the Short Film Competition at the 5th Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, which was held from July 28 to August 13.
To showcase Taiwan’s rich cultural heritage to the world, Discovery and TaiwanPlus jointly launched a brand-new TV series titled “TaiwanPlus Presents (TaiwanPlus鉅獻).” The premiere on Aug. 18 was attended by some of the most important masters of Taiwanese folk arts.
Innovations from Taiwan made a splash at the eighth edition of the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC) held in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, finishing with 28 gold, six silver and three bronze medals, according to the Chinese Innovation and Invention Society.
Prof. Dr. Yao-Chien Alex Chang at National Taiwan University who is Taiwan’s national representative in the ISHS Council, won the seat of the four-year representative for the Asian region on the ISHS Board by receiving 24 votes out of 33 present national representatives. The election result was approved by the General Assembly on August 18.
