The China Post
Date: October 29, 20173
By: Timothy Huang and Frances Huang
TAIPEI (CNA) – Four cities and counties in Taiwan – Chiayi City, Kinmen County,
The former Tainan District Court is seen in this undated file photo. Tainan is among the four cities named Friday among the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2018 by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), in addition to Chiayi City, Kinmen County and Taoyuan City. (NOWnews file photo)
Tainan City and Taoyuan City – were named Friday among the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2018 by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
According to the ICF, the Smart21 list is a group of cities, counties and rural communities that have decided to apply digital tools to building local economies and societies so that they can prosper in an age of “digital disruption.”
The number of finalists from Taiwan for the 2018 list fell by one this year compared to last year, but the number was the highest in the Asian region.
Kinmen County made it on the list of finalists for the first time. [FULL STORY]
