On January 6, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that considering that the number of travelers coming to Taiwan would increase as the Lunar New Year holiday approaches, which would increase inbound travelers’ need for places to undergo quarantine, it would make 1,500-2,000 rooms of group quarantine facilities available for travelers entering Taiwan.
The Executive Yuan 11th National Science and Technology Conference ended successfully in December 2020. There are many important consensuses of topic in conclusion. In the aspect of “Talent and Value Creation”, the consensus focus on to develop human capital and to cultivate the international talents in key fields. The policy goal is to outline technology vision of Taiwan including innovation, inclusiveness, and sustainability.
To expand business opportunities with new emerging markets and facilitate Taiwan’s economic exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN countries, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) continues to subsidize the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) in implementing the “Taiwan-ASEAN Smart Industry Cooperation Plan.” Since 2014, the TCA has carried out the plan in Myanmar, and to further facilitate more business opportunities, this plan was expanded to include Singapore in 2019.
Taiwan moved up three spots to sixth globally and retains its position as top in Asia based on data used to compile the most recent U.N. Gender Inequality Index, according to the Executive Yuan's Department of Gender Equality Jan. 5.
In the 2021 Gender at a Glance in R.O.C. (Taiwan) report published Tuesday by the Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality (DGE), Taiwan moved up three notches this year to place sixth globally and first in Asia. The rankings are based on five indicators in the three dimensions of productive health, empowerment and the labor market as used by the U.N. Development Programme to compile the 2019 Gender Inequality Index.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Malaysia and Han Culture Centre Malaysia (HAN) jointly held the launching ceremony of the “Malaysian and Taiwanese Folklores and Legends of Indigenous Peoples Illustration Books Project” at the event space of GMBB, Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 5.
On January 1, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced three new confirmed imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. The three new cases arrived in Taiwan from Indonesia and the United States.
Taiwan’s gross domestic product is forecast to increase by between 3.8 and 4.2 percent in 2021 on the back of successful management of the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing local economy, according to the National Development Council.
Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) has been selected by CNN Style, a website that mainly covers design and architecture topics, one of its “most anticipated buildings opening or completing in 2021.”
