President Tsai Ing-wen attended the opening ceremony of Google’s new office building this afternoon (25th). She thanked Google for continuing to invest in Taiwan, expand the scale of Taiwan’s digital economy, and cooperate with the Institute of Information Security to contribute to Taiwan’s information security. Tsai Ing-wen also pointed out that Taiwan’s industrial clusters are now more complete, and the supply chain has also shown resilience during the epidemic. Foreign investors attach great importance to various high-quality investment conditions. We hope that with the launch of the Google Hardware R&D Center, through more comprehensive and in-depth cooperation, Taiwan will continue to play a key role in the fields of chips, 6G and AI technology applications. , and make more contributions to the world.
In her speech, Tsai Ing-wen said that she is very happy to witness with everyone today the opening of Google’s hardware R&D center in Taiwan and its new office building. She still remembers the enthusiasm and vitality she felt when she visited Google’s Taiwan office in 2019. At that time, Google also expressed that it would continue to invest in Taiwan and build a trillion-dollar cloud industry.
In the past two years, in addition to setting up an office park in Banqiao, Google has completed its hardware R&D center today, making Taiwan the largest hardware R&D base after its headquarters in the United States. Google’s investment and construction in Taiwan also shows the government’s efforts to improve Taiwan’s competitiveness. It has made Taiwan visible to the world and continues to be optimistic about Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen said that in the past eight years, the government has promoted the “5+2 Industrial Innovation Plan”, “Six Core Strategic Industries”, and various infrastructure construction to promote Taiwan’s progress and development. Now Taiwan’s industrial clusters are more complete and the supply chain is also improving. It has shown resilience during the epidemic, and various high-quality investment conditions have attracted great attention from foreign investors.
Tsai Ing-wen further pointed out that from 2016 to last year, the average annual foreign investment in Taiwan was approximately US$10.3 billion, much higher than the US$5.36 billion from 2008 to 2015. Last year, the amount of foreign investment in Taiwan also exceeded US$11.25 billion. As more and more foreign businessmen choose to invest in Taiwan, Taiwan will continue to occupy a key position in the global supply chain; Taiwan’s international visibility will continue to increase.
Tsai Ing-wen thanked Google for promoting the “Smart Taiwan Project” in 2018 to help upgrade Taiwan’s information industry, promote smart industrial applications, and expand the scale of Taiwan’s digital economy. In addition, Google also implements social care and cooperates with NGOs to help primary and secondary school students obtain More learning resources will shorten the education gap between urban and rural areas. In the face of problems such as false information and cyber attacks, Google has also cooperated with the Information Security Institute to help companies and NGOs strengthen their information security protection capabilities, cultivate local information security talents, and contribute to Taiwan’s information security.
Tsai Ing-wen said that with the launch of Google’s hardware R&D center today, she hopes that through more comprehensive and in-depth cooperation, Taiwan will continue to play a key role in the fields of chips, 6G and AI technology applications, and also make more contributions to the world. Contribute more.
Later, Tsai Ing-wen held the launch ceremony with the distinguished guests and visited the employee restaurant coffee area, “G Logo area” and mobile phone sensing laboratory of Google’s new office building. Including Vice President-elect Hsiao Meiqin, Executive President Chen Jianren, Political Commissar Tang Zhenzhong, Spokesperson Lin Zilun, Economic Minister Wang Meihua, Digital Development Undersecretary Li Huairen, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi, Google Device and Service Chief Operating Officer Ana Corrales, Government Affairs and Public Policy Global Vice President Wilson White, Vice President of Software Engineering Seang Chau, Vice President of Hardware Engineering R&D Peng Yujun, and Director of the American Institute in Taiwan Taipei Office Sandra Oudkirk all attended the event.
