The China Post
Date: November 6, 2017
By: Lin Yu-li, Wei Shu, Wang Shwu-fen and Flor Wang
TAIPEI (CNA) – Taiwan won a total of 36 medals out of more than 800 submissions
The newly developed approach to electrocardiography by the Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital has already received a patent in Taiwan and the hospital is currently applying for a patent in the United States. (CAN/ KVGH)
from across the world at this year’s iENA International Trade Fair Ideas – Inventions – New Products held in Nuremberg, Germany from Nov. 2-5.
Both President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) sent congratulatory messages to the Taiwanese competitors following their outstanding performance at the fair – an invention market that offers opportunities to exchange innovative ideas.
According to Shen Yu-hao (沈毓豪), head of the delegation representing Taiwan at the annual event, Taiwanese inventors performed brilliantly by winning 14 gold medals, 14 silvers and 8 bronzes. Grape King Bio and Kaohsiung Veteran General Hospital were among those who received gold medals at the fair’s closing ceremony on Sunday.
Grape King Bio, one of the top health food manufacturers in the biotechnology industry in Taiwan, secured two gold medals and a special award for two inventions related to its unique liquid state fermentation technology. [FULL STORY]
