Taipei Times
Date: 2018/09/07
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Friday that the government is
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, fifth from left)
determined to build Taichung City into a smart machinery manufacturing hub in the world.
Speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate a smart machinery development center in Taichung, Tsai said the production value of Taiwan’s smart machinery industry topped NT$1.1 trillion (US$35.75 billion) in 2017, making the island the fourth largest machinery exporter in the world.
Tsai said Taichung has become an anchor of Taiwan’s machinery production, and through the establishment of a smart machinery development center in the city, it is expected to continue to be an irreplaceable part of the global supply chain in machinery.
“We have a goal to build Taichung as a global smart machinery hub,” Tsai said. “We will integrate resources from the government, the industry and the academic circle to reach the goal.” [FULL STORY]
