ECCT meets Taipei Mayor Chiang

The ECCT arranged a Premium Event lunch with Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-An (蔣萬安) and senior officials from the Taipei City Government. The annual roundtable lunch has become an annual tradition since it was first held in 1998. At the event, the mayor gave a short speech after which Chao Shih-Lung, Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology (DOIT, 資訊局 趙式隆局長) gave a presentation on Taipei’s development as a smart city. This was followed by a Q&A session with Mayor Chiang, moderated by Tim Berge, Co-chair of the ECCT’s Better Living committee. The event concluded with lunch with the mayor and city government officials, who were seated at different tables in order to receive feedback and exchange ideas with members.



In his speech, Mayor Chiang said that he welcomed feedback from the ECCT on any matter aimed at making the city more attractive and liveable. He reported that he had already held a meeting with the chamber’s Low Carbon Initiative where they agreed to collaborate on ways to reduce the city’s carbon emissions on the path towards net zero by 2050. He also said that he would take the chamber’s suggestions into consideration when devising policies for electric vehicles, as well as social issues. He noted that the city is already cooperating with five sister cities in Europe and is open to expanding its cooperation further in Europe. He concluded by saying that Taipei will be hosting a number of events for international visitors and specifically invited ECCT members to the forthcoming Smart City Expo and Summit (to be held at the end of March), which will be one of the largest events to be held in Asia.