Cuifeng Lake Circular Trail in Yilan County’s Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area was recognized by an international non-profit on Monday as the world’s first “Quiet Trail.”
The 10th edition of the Tainan International Mango Festival officially kicked off at Tsou Ma Lai Farm on July 2. Singapore Trade Office in Taipei Deputy Trade Representative Philip Ong and officials from the Taipei and Kaohsiung Offices of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association were invited by the Tainan City Government to take part in the opening ceremony. The guests then toured local mango processing and exporting facilities.
The fourth World Baseball Softball Confederation Congress wrapped up July 5 in Taipei City, bringing more than 200 representatives from 133 member federations together to discuss key issues of one of the world’s most popular sports.
Tainan’s Shueijiaoshe Historical Dormitory, which was designated as a city historic site in 2004, won the silver award in the Heritage category at the prestigious 2022 FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence Awards, demonstrating the international standard of Taiwan’s heritage and landscape restoration projects.
In response to the climate change crisis, sustainability has become a key goal of industries around the world. A top challenge is how to achieve sustainability while also promoting economic development. The Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration has been actively working toward these goals over the past three years. The Administration is part of the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation & Communications.
Taipei has been named Asia’s Best Leisure Destination for a fifth consecutive year by Global Traveler, a monthly United States-based magazine catering to frequent business and luxury travelers.
On 3rd May, the representative of Australian Office Taipei, Ms. Jenny Bloomfield paid a second visit to Hsinchu City’s Mayor, Lin Chih-Chien. Both exchanged views on deepening Taiwan-Australian cooperation in bilingual education and teacher training. Mayor Lin thanked Australia for the active assistance reaching the goal of 2030 bilingual policy. He said, Hsinchu City is now working with Tsinghua University on the promotion of bilingual education.
Germany’s iF Design Award, also known as “the Oscar in product design,” recently announced a list of the winners of the iF Design Award 2022. Hsinchu City stood out from over ten thousand pieces of work, winning 13 prizes from the four fields of architecture, interior architecture, communication and professional concept.
On March 30, Australian Office In Taipei Representative Jenny Bloomfield, Economic and Policy Section Deputy Director Laura Salt, and colleagues paid a visit to Tainan City Mayor Huang Wei-che. Tainan City Government’s Bureau of Education Director-general Cheng Hsin-hui, Department of Information and International Relations Director-general Su En-en, Economic Development Bureau Deputy Director-general Xiao Fu-Ren, and Simen Experimental Elementary School Principal Lu Cui-Ling were also present.
