Premier Cho Jung-tai said Oct. 17 that the government will continue to promote the five trusted industry sectors proposed by President Lai Ching-te to further shape Taiwan into an inclusive, innovative, smart and sustainable country.
Cho made the remarks when opening the Taiwan Innotech Expo Oct. 17- 19 at the Taipei World Trade Center. Organized by Academia Sinica and 10 ministries and agencies, the event includes the Innovation Pilot, Future Tech and Sustainability pavilions.
The premier voiced expectations for TIE, hoping that it presented an opportunity for government bodies to exchange experience with enterprises and research institutions from home and abroad in pursuit of further development.
He went on to say that the government will boost inclusive growth by promoting innovative technology. It will also continue to assist digital transformation of micro-, small-, and medium-enterprises via an initiative to strengthen national personnel competitiveness proposed by the National Development Council and also through industrial counseling projects offered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, he added.
Cho further encouraged academics, businesses and government bodies to serve as a bridge for technological exchange with other countries and to assist democratic partners to grow together. He concluded by saying that Taiwan needs to speed up software application development and employ more artificial intelligence technology in the public domain so that innovative technologies bring solutions across a wide range of sectors.
Among sessions displayed by the AS and ministries, one highlight is an area organized by the Ministry of Environment Resource Circulation Administration in the Sustainable pavilion. Focusing on digital and green transformation driven by AI technology, the administration demonstrated technology including that used in recycling of inorganic resources and metal chemicals.
Forty-five research results were also shown in a session organized by the Ministry of Agriculture in the same pavilion, including a cloud-based automated interpretation of, and algorithmic assistance for, chemical residue detection, developed by the Agricultural Chemicals Research Institute.
In the Future Tech pavilion, three technologies supported by the Ministry of Education were awarded the Future Tech Award. These included a deep space radiation probe to explore the lunar and astronomic environment developed by National Central University in northern Taiwan’s Taoyuan City. (YCH-E)
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