The 11th Smart City Expo and the 2nd Net Zero City Expo showcase diverse applications of digital and green transformation. (Photo: Hsu Tsu-lin)
The 2024 Smart City Expo and 2050 Net Zero City Expo kicked off in Taipei on March 19, showcasing smart city technologies in transportation, healthcare, construction, manufacturing, security, and net-zero emissions applications.
This year's exhibition has marked a record-breaking scale, with a total of 600 exhibitors and 2,200 booths across the Taipei and Kaohsiung venues, attracting 112 city representatives and 1,697 international professional buyers, with the largest delegations coming from Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Taiwan boosts green, smart transformation while fostering digital new Southbound
The Taiwanese government is working to shape Taiwan into an island of technology. As a leading nation in ICT and semiconductor industries, Taiwan has developed various smart and net-zero city solutions ready to be promoted to the world, said Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), secretary general to the president.
“A smart city must be a green city, and a green city must be a smart city”, he added.
Lin said he will work with the Office of International Cooperation in Strategic Industries, headed by Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津), senior advisor to the president, to launch a new digital New Southbound Policy incorporating the Five Plus Two Industry Innovation Plan, the Six Core Strategic Industries, and the New Southbound Policy under the Tsai administration.
The Executive Yuan has also passed the Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan 3.0 and the financial assistance measures for the new Southbound Policy, integrating the industry, talent, and capital to boost the digital and green transformation.
