DG Fan joined City of Ryde Mayor Sarkis Yedelian, Clr Trenton Brown and all the fellow Councilors to celebrate Year of Rabbit with VIP guests from Federal and State Governments.

In the early morning of 1st January, 2023, H.E. Ambassador Vanessa Shih, accompanied by Deputy Director John Chang, participated in the New Year beach cleaning activity which was jointly organized by Brunei Buddha Light Association and the Taiwan Business Association in Brunei Darussalam at Maura Beach.

Representative Anne Hung and colleagues from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia wish everyone a Happy New Year at the 2023 Chinese Taipei School Kuala Lumpur New Year Flag Raising Ceremony and School Fair on 1st of January 2023. The event was hosted by Mr. Tu Shu Yao, the Chairperson of the school and Ms. Cheng Ya Fen, the Principal.

Last 27 July 2022, the northern part of Luzon was jolted by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which adversely affected and damaged key cities and municipalities, including the cultural and historical structures in Vigan City.

On behalf of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Representative Peiyung Hsu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) donated US$ 400,000 to the Republic of the Philippines as a disaster relief fund at a hand-over ceremony in TECO on 11 November 2022, to assist the people affected by the recent storm Paeng (Nalgae).

An online ceremony for food and agricultural education cooperation between Mitagri Co., Ltd. and Chinese Taipei School Kuala Lumpur was launched on October 31st, 2022, to promote the food and agricultural education program overseas.

Following the establishment of the partnership with the University of Belize, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) has made further progress in its international expansion by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to a partnership agreement with Western Sydney University (WSU) on October 25, 2022, opening up more possibilities for future exchanges and cooperation between the two universities.

On 6th October, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai, Taiwan’s overseas mission in southern India, hosted a dinner reception at Taj Coromandel celebrating Taiwan’s 111th National Day. In his opening remarks, Director-General Ben Wang recounted the recent development of Taiwan-India relations anticipating ever closer bilateral cooperations to achieve the greatest potential in economic growth for both sides.

To reinforce the talent exchange between Malaysia and Taiwan, The Federation of Alumni Association of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia and National Development Council, Taiwan co-hosted a seminar for talent recruitment and Employment Gold Card on September 8th, during which both sides signed an MOU on talent recruitment to facilitate talent exchange, witnessed by Representative Anne Hung of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia.

The opening ceremony of 2022 Taiwan Higher Education Fair, organized by the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia (FAATUM), was held on August 19, 2022 at World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.