Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Chern-chyi led a delegation to Peru to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s 14th Energy Ministerial Meeting, highlighting the importance the government places on sustainability and the clean energy transition.
The Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) hosted the APEC Digital Innovation to Implement SMEs Low-Carbon Transformation Workshop on June 12-13.
The 12th Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM12) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will be held in Peru starting on June 8, 2024. To continue dialogue with the tourism industry and respond to post-pandemic international tourism recovery trends, Deputy Minister Kuo-Hsien Lin and Director General Yung-Hui Chou will lead a delegation representing Taiwan.
Taiwan is committed to implementing stricter trade standards to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership while urging the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies to address the issue of unfair trade competition, according to Minister without Portfolio Yang Jen-ni.
Hosted by the Ocean Affairs Council, the APEC Workshop on Fostering Women’s Economic Empowerment for a Resilient Marine Industry kicked off today (May 6) at the Fulong Visitor Center in New Taipei City. Over two days, government officials, experts, scholars, and representatives from non-profit organizations from nine APEC member economies, including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Taiwan, gathered for discussions.
The workshop, organized by the Ocean Affairs Council, continued on May 7th at the Chaojin Intelligent Ocean (iOCEAN) within the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology (NMMST) in Keelung City.
Deputy Director-General Wu Chia-ying of the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA), Ministry of Economic Affairs led a delegation to attend the 57th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia, from April 24th to 25th. Gogolook Co., Ltd. joined the meeting along with the delegation, and shared how the public-private partnership (PPP) mechanism has increased startup opportunities in the international market.
With APEC approval, the Sports Administration (SA) annually hosts the 2024 ASPN Round Table Meeting through the APEC Sports Policy Network (ASPN) platform. A recent roundtable meeting took place in Taiwan on February 27th, followed by visits to the Taipei Dome and the Organizing Committee of the World Masters Games 2025 Taipei & New Taipei City (WMG2025 OC) on the 28th.
The Ministry of Finance actively promotes international exchange and cooperation. In collaboration with the Taxation Administration, Customs Administration, National Taxation Bureaus, Fiscal Information Agency, and Training Institute, the Ministry of Finance and these agencies have jointly advanced international fiscal exchanges.
At Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Premier Chen Chien-jen received a briefing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Development Council on Taiwan’s participation in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings. The premier said that this year’s APEC economic leaders’ and ministerial meetings saw fruitful results and the premier extended his special thanks to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder Morris Chang for representing Taiwan at APEC for a seventh year.
