Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted the Feb. 3 opening of a retrospective marking the 50th anniversary of Taiwan Panorama, a monthly magazine published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ceremony drew academics, publishers, interviewees and readers, the MOFA said, adding that the show is part of the 2026 Taipei International Book Exhibition underway through Feb. 8 at the Taipei World Trade Center.
Lin said that the role of Taiwan Panorama must be redefined in light of the modern digital, artificial intelligence era to lay a firm foundation for the next five decades.
The minister laid out three expectations for the magazine: to leverage AI technology and digital networks to expand the magazine’s global influence, to systematically preserve literature and images accumulated over the past fifty years and construct a more comprehensive digital image archive, and to utilize the ministry’s international communication strategies to continue publishing stories about Taiwan and provide the world with insight into the country.
Founded in 1976, the publication was first titled Sinorama but was soon after renamed Panorama. The name stood for 28 years until it was modified to Taiwan Panorama in 2006.
The MOFA welcomed visitors to the magazine’s booth at TIBE to experience Taiwan’s development over the past fifty years, track its evolution from authoritarianism to democracy, and witness its transformation from an agricultural to a technological society. (POC-E)
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