The leaders of seven cities and counties in Taiwan’s south gathered in Chiayi County on Friday to take part in an annual summit about governance cooperation. The leaders of Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Taitung and Penghu discussed how they could share resources to make the south a hub of Taiwan’s future economic development. They discussed Taiwan’s nascent drone industry, as well as high tech fields. Let’s hear what they had to say.

A mayoral summit in Southern Taiwan was held on Friday in Taibao City in Chiayi County. The heads of seven counties and cities from across the political spectrum attended. The host, Chiayi County Commissioner Weng Chang-liang, expressed hope that in the future Taiwan’s south could become an economic development hub.

Weng Chang-liang
Chiayi County commissioner
The central government actually attaches great importance to these proposals, because all the county and city governments, after discussion with their supporting agencies, considered that they could be sent to this platform and become joint resolutions. Therefore among the 16 proposals, each one is extremely important.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai said that the development of the drone industry in Chiayi was worth learning from. Taiwan’s star chipmaker TSMC, and AI was also a focus of the discussions. Chen said that southern counties and cities could vie to attract international manufacturers and they could jointly cooperate.

Chen Chi-mai
Kaohsiung Mayor
We can move in the direction of cyber-physical systems, apply them across the semiconductor supply chain upstream and downstream, such as IC design, software application services and so on. Therefore our individual conditions are actually complementary, and the cooperation between us can balance development in Taiwan.

At the summit, the mayors and county commissioners put forward a total of 16 proposals for joint discussions, covering topics including reaching net-zero goals and integrating tourism resources. They hope to strengthen regional cooperation and development among the seven cities and counties.

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