Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/23
By: Wei Shu and Flor Wang

Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) Taipei has made it onto an “Emerging World Cities” list alongside four other cities, according to a research note issued by Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) earlier this month.

In the report, titled “Globalization and Competition: The New World of Cities” and issued by JLL Nov. 4, Taipei is named by the real estate services firm in the “Emerging World Cities” category, along with Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai and Instanbul, because of their “long-term growth opportunities and increasing volume of real estate activity.”

According to JLL Taiwan Managing Director Tony Chao (趙正義), Taipei is one of the emerging cities that has grabbed a high degree of global attention, as it ranks top in terms of public infrastructure, second in terms of higher education levels and seventh in innovation capabilities.     [FULL  STORY]