Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-20
By: Wendy Lee , Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Four cities and one county in Taiwan – Chiayi, Keelung, Tainan, Taoyuan Cities as well as Yilan County

Tainan City at night.

were named among the “Smart21 Communities” of 2017 by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), standing out as the best performer in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Intelligent Community Forum in New York on Wednesday named its Smart21 Communities of 2017 among 140 communities worldwide as semi-finalists for the Intelligence Community of the Year Award, which the ICF will in February select from this group its Top7 as the finalists for the annual award, and in June announce the final winner in New York.

The award program salutes “the accomplishments of communities in developing inclusive prosperity on a foundation of information and communications technology,” the ICF website said, using six intelligent indicators including broadband, knowledge workforce, innovation, digital equity, sustainability and advocacy.     [FULL  STORY]