To expand and deepen Taiwan’s cooperation with like-minded partners in Europe, National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Tsung-tsong and other officials visited science minsters and research institutions in the U.K. June 9 through 12.
The delegation, whose members came from the NSTC, Taiwan Space Agency and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, called on Minister of State George Freeman of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to discuss issues ranging from the development of advanced technology to semiconductors and the impact of geopolitics on the global supply chain.
Wu also met with Paul Scully, minister for technology and the digital economy, who praised Taiwan’s developments in epidemic prevention and control and expressed his wish that the U.K. continue to collaborate with Taiwan, according to the NSTC. Wu said that the NSTC has launched a platform integrating precision medicine research and industry to enable biotechnology advances, adding that Taiwan looks forward to strengthening cooperation with the U.K. in chip design and manufacturing to co-build a resilient chip supply system.
The NSTC said that when discussions with the U.K. technology minister turned to the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity, Wu introduced the Taiwan AI Center of Excellence, which focuses on achieving a balance between AI technology innovation and social security. (POC-E)
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