On April 3, Taichung City Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen led a team from the city government on a visit to Singapore, where they visited a waste recycling facility, the Great Singapore Sale, and the Singapore National Stadium. They returned to Taiwan on the morning of April 6. Mayor Lu expressed her deep appreciation for the warm and thoughtful hospitality extended by the Singapore Government during their three-day visit.
Hsinchu County is a major Hakka region. County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke continues working hard to revitalize the Hakka language and promote Hakka culture. He recently led a delegation to Sabah, Malaysia to visit the Labuan Hakka Association, the Kota Kinabalu Hakka Association, and Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School.
On the path of smart city development, New Taipei City will collaborate with the international organization, Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), to host the “2024 NTPC Smart City Forum and ICF Top7 Global Cities Announcement” this year. This international event will kick off in New Taipei City on June 19th, bringing together experts and leaders from smart cities worldwide to discuss the benefits that AI innovation brings to sustainable smart city governance.
Auckland City of New Zealand and Taichung City have been sister cities since 1996, fostering a close relationship for 27 years. Today (18th), the Auckland City Council Delegation visited the Taichung City Government to exchange ideas on fire safety, economy and trade, education, and transportation. Deputy Mayor Yu-Min Wang expressed welcome on behalf of Mayor Shiow-Yen Lu.
The 31st Chiayi City International Band Festival is about to kick off on December 15. There are 13 bands and 3 renowned musicians from Finland, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia participating. Chiayi City Government held the press conference for the festival and invited the 2 golds from All-Japan Marching Contest: Narashino High School Symphony Band and Takigawa II Wind Orchestra & Marching Band to give performances.
The New Taipei City Government continues to utilize information technology and digital tools to create a better living environment for the citizens. This year, the “NewTaiPAY” mobile payment app is nominated to compete with international applicants from 20 countries/regions, including the UK, USA, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and more in the 2023 International Innovation Awards.
In collaboration with Welcome Holiday Travel Service Co., Ltd. of Kaohsiung City the Chiayi County Government extended an invitation to over ten Filipino travel agency operators to form a tour group and visit the tourism attractions of the Alishan Mountains. The Chiayi County Government hopes that business operators can promote Chiayi County tourism after returning to the Philippines.
To attract international startups and foster collaboration with local businesses, Taipei City is promoting the Taipei Entrepreneurs Hub (TEH) as the brand for the city’s international startup community. Today, on the 10th, TEH hosted the “2023 Global Health Tech Connects Taipei” at t.Hub, with the theme of Greater Health. 6 selected international startup teams, along with 6 Taipei startups, including Taipei Biotech Award-winning teams, have been invited to participate in this grand event.
New Taipei City visited to Singapore today to participate in the “2023 IDC Future Enterprise Awards” Asia-Pacific Awards Ceremony. The New Taipei City Government competed with more than a thousand of projects from 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Australia, etc., competing together for 18 categories of awards, with the result of winning the most awards out of all the Asia-Pacific region.
In order to deepen international exchanges and promote New Taipei City’s key policies and events, the New Taipei City Government invited 30 distinguished guests from 6 countries, including Paraguay, Guatemala, the United States, Switzerland, Hungary, and Indonesia, to attend the “2023 Taiwan Design Expo”. The VIPs included delegations from New Taipei City’s sister cities and friendship cities, ambassadors and representatives to Taiwan, and foreign visitors.
