The recent worsening pandemic situation is having huge impact on Taiwan industries but creates opportunities for startups. For the first time this year, COMPUTEX goes hybrid, offering a combination of innovative online and offline experience. COMPUTEX d&i awards, a global design and innovation contest, which aims to drive innovation and optimized R&D attracted 166 submissions of innovations from 7 countries.
Technologies such as artificial intelligence are set to transform the medical sector.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Sydney Australia and the Sydney Opera House jointly organized the digital exhibition “Returning: Chapter 2” for the first time. The director of TECO in Sydney Fan Huei-Chun (范惠君) and Head of Programming at Sydney Opera House Fiona Winning signed a cooperation agreement on May 28 as the starting point for further cultural exchange activities between the two sides.
Several heads of foreign missions in Taiwan have offered words of encouragement and support for Taiwan's efforts to contain its recent surge of domestic COVID-19 cases.
The Distinguished Taiwan Alumni Awards, inaugurated in 2018, are presented biennially to foreigners who have studied in Taiwan. The winners are selected for their outstanding achievements and considerable contributions to their country and society.
Film and video productions of the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei won 26 Remi awards of various categories in the 54th WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival (休士頓獨立製片與國際影片影展) . “A True Taiwanese Welcome (故宮好客),” an English-language brochure packed with information about the historic museum, won a platinum Remi award in the TV Commercials / Public Service Announcements category.
Since becoming the Asia-Pacific region’s first certified eco-port in 2014, Port of Kaohsiung has renewed its EcoPorts certification regularly in 2016, 2018, and 2020. EcoPorts certification has helped bring international attention to the environmental protection efforts of Taiwan’s international commercial ports.
The World Health Organization has designated 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers, and launched a year-long campaign under the theme “Protect. Invest. Together.” In order to echo this theme, the TaiwanICDF will co-host a webinar with global partners, and has produced a video titled “Joining Hands for Good.”
Taekwondo athlete Lo Chia-ling (羅嘉翎) became the fourth and final member of the Taiwanese team to secure a berth at the Tokyo Olympics Games, after beating her opponent in the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan, Saturday.
Taiwan is exhibiting artworks by local contemporary artists abroad as part of government efforts to grow the country’s cultural footprint in the international arena.
