The “2023 Taipei Lunar New Year Festival” event, themed “No Compromise for Lunar New Year Traditions,” connects ten major festive business districts, including Dihua Street, Huayin Street, Taipei Main Station, and the rear station area. It beautifies the streets while introducing the “Online Taipei New Year Shopping Street Section” which will be available for both online and offline sales until January 20^th.

The Taipei City Office of Commerce organized the 2022 Taipei Lunar New Year Festival, which was built around the concept of appreciating, enjoying, and feasting on the New Year, by integrating marketing efforts from 9 business districts. In an adaptation to the digital transformation that has occurred due to the pandemic, an online zone was also launched in collaboration with Shopee that featured 100 participating stores. This year, the festival teamed up with the Taipei Lantern Festival to decorate the surrounding business districts of Chengzhong, the rear entrance area of Taipei Main Station, and Huayin Street and create an even bigger Lunar New Year experience. The event ran until January 30.

The Taipei City Office of Commerce held the Taipei Lunar New Year Festival, with “Wonderful new year, heart-to-heart moments” as its theme. The Office collaborated with Dadaocheng-born papercraft artist Johan Cheng to help family members, lovers, and friends share blessings and feelings of nostalgia with each other. Decorative lighting was set up in 12 business districts and organization areas to make sightseeing and shopping at local brick-and-mortar stores even more enjoyable. The festival lasted until February 10.

The Taipei City Office of Commerce held the “Taipei Lunar New Year Festival.”  About 800,000 people participated in the event and created a turnover of approximately NT$1.4 billion from January 13th to January 26th.

The Taipei City Government organized the “2017 Zhuzihu Calla Lily Festival.” The theme of this year’s event was “Strolling Slowly.” It was the first time that the art of the natural landscape of Zhizihu Lake was launched. With the activities of the Calla Lily season, environmental artists were stationed in the Zhuzihu Lake area, utilizing local materials for their creations. It integrated the Zhuzihu Calla Lily Festival with cultural and ecological conservation. About 600,000 people participated in the event, creating a turnover of NT$110 million from March 24th to April 23th.

The Taipei City Market Administration Office held the "2017 Taipei Traditional Market Festival." The theme was "Taste the Market; Travel with Your Heart," and a press conference was held on April 6th. From April 8th to April 9th at the Promenade Square of Taipei Expo Park, the Taipei City Market Administration Office gathered 72 famous market stalls to provide participants preferential tastings. More than 40,000 people flood into the event within two days, and the event successfully extended its reputation as “The Best Stall in the World.” The overall turnover was significantly increased and the activity ended on July 31th.

Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government, invited 10 Biotech companies with excellence in academia-industry cooperation to organize the "Bio Taipei Pavilion" in participating in "2017 Taipei Biotech Awards" at the Technology Month exhibition, which effectively presenting the development characteristics of the Taipei Biotechnology Industry and its environmental conditions. Until July 2, it attracted a total number of over 1,900 domestic and international biotechnology industry-related professionals in visiting the pavilion. In conjunction with the exhibition period, it held the "Taipei City Biotechnology Industry Business Matchmaking, and the number of business opportunity matches reached 42 times. It was estimated that it would contribute to the investment amount to about NT$10 million. At the same time, in order to encourage excellent bio-tech companies and research institutes, the "2017 Taipei Biotechnology Awards Ceremony and Exhibition" was held, and an award of NT$6 million was given to the winners. By recognizing the success of companies in  international market layout as well as those with excellence in innovation and R&D, it at the same time establishes industry benchmarks and increases their visibility.

The Taipei City Office of Commerce held the “2017 Enjoy the Delicious Feast at Taipei City’s Night  Markets” event. This event involved 8 night markets with about 10,000 consumers until August 6, 2017.

The Taipei City Office of Commerce held the “2017 Fashion in Taipei.” Ten fashion designers were selected, and The Beauty Business Trade Association of Taipei and The Taipei Tailor Commerce The Same Trade Association were jointly organized to perform dynamic fashion shows. Through the exhibitions and performances by various industries as well as the related international conventions and exhibitions, it provided the best opportunity for Taiwan's outstanding designers to be seen by guests from the international society.

Taipei City's 2nd Dog Sports Park - "Tanmei Dog Park " was officially opened. It created the first national coin-operated self-service dog washing machine next to the dog park to enhance convenience facilities for pet welfare in Taipei City.

For the first time, the Taipei City Office of Commerce organized the “Taste the World in Taipei ” event, inviting 13 KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) from all over the world to take a five-day and four-night gastronomic journey in Taipei.

Taipei International Design Award" had its 10-year Proceedings Ceremony at Clapper Studio on the 5th Floor of Syntrend. Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government, held this event and It attracted a total of 4,757 entries from 63 countries, in which 58 pieces of nominated or awarded works were exhibited. In addition, on November 10th, the “2017 Taipei Design Award” was held at the 133 Cooperative Social Welfare Hall of Songshan Cultural Park. The Business Matchmaking Association invited well-known crowd-funding platforms, channel brands, and entrepreneurial resources to share and arrange consulting to build Taipei City as a design convergence platform.

Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government, organized the "2017 Taipei International Startup Week" from November 14th to 15th at the Taipei New Horizon. And from November 16th to 18th, at the Expo Park  "Leap Up Taipei" was the theme of a series of activities including International Forum and the business matchmaking on November 14th, the  Global Co-working Space Conference on November 15th, and the Taipei from November 16th to 18th. The Taipei City's diversified entrepreneurial energy in different industries was vividly presented.

Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government, held the “2017 Circular Economy Forum” with the theme “Green Cycling; Urban Turnover.” It invited domestic and foreign circular economy-related professionals from industry, government, and research institutes, to discuss the essence and core connotation of circular economy.

23

Taipei City Office of Commerce Sponsored the “2016 Taipei Lunar New Year Festival” was held in Dihua Street and 9 other business zones, creating a profit of about 5 billion NT dollars and attracting about 5.91 million visitors. It ended on February 6.

February

23

In 2015, the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan conducted the evaluation of “The Performance in Animal Protection” and “The Performance in Animal Shelter and Control” in special municipalities and county (city) governments. Taipei City Government was the only one that won the double “outstanding” award.

March

18

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government sponsored the “2016 Zhuzihu Calla Lily Festival,” attracting about 500 thousand visitors and creating the profit of about 105 million NT dollars. It ended on April 17.

20

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government held the “Mayor and AR/VR Industry Forum,” inviting representatives from Taiwan Association for Virtual and Augmented Reality (TAVAR), Asus, Acer, HTC, NVIDIA, AMD, and more to discuss the issues of promoting the industry. The meeting also aimed to provide understanding of the latest trends of AR/VR and its applicability on city administration, such as education, medicine, marketing the city, and more.

May

1

The Taipei City Office of Commerce promoted the “Taipei Travel Easy Pay” project to assist shops to expand the opportunities for visitors to exchange with micro-payments and speed up the time of billing processing and boost the applications of information technology.

12

The Taipei City Market Administration Office held a press conference for the “2016 Taipei Traditional Market Festival”, with the theme of “Happy Taipei, Considerate Market” on May 12. On May 14 and 15, 75 vendors gathered together at Yuanshan Plaza in the Taipei Expo Park. The vendors offered visitors free samples and big discounts. There were about 40 thousand visitors on those two days, successfully continuing the fame of the “First Stall.” The activity ended on August 30.

20

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government helped NVIDA, a leading graphic processor manufacturer to establish the first Virtual Reality Lab @ Taipei in Neihu, providing fundamental training and VR equipment to professionals. It also helped startup companies to engage in the development of VR technology.

30

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government held a press conference for the “Promotion of Energy Saving Products.” Collaborating with distributors and manufacturers, it worked as a warm-up to the “Energy Saving Season” in June and July. The campaign started on June 1, and the sponsor advocated people to buy energy saving home electric appliances. During the activity, the sales of electric appliances helped save 140 million degrees of electricity, at the value of 370 million NT dollars, with the diminishing of 70 thousand metric tons of carbon. The campaign ended on July 31.

July

9

The Taipei City Market Administration Office sponsored the Guanghua Digital Plaza Eighth Anniversary. By the end of the campaign on July 31, it reaped the media benefit of about 3,065,000 NT dollars.

15

The Taipei City Market Administration Office sponsored the “Enjoy a Delicious Feast at Taipei City’s Night Markets in 2016”, with 6 night markets joining this campaign. By the end of August 5, there was the total of 13 thousand visitors.  

21

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government invited 13 outstanding institutes in industry-academia cooperation in biotechnology to establish the “Bio Taipei Pavilion” to participate in the “BioTaiwan 2016”. It attracted about 3,600 local and international guests by the end of July 24. During the expo, the “Taipei City Biotech Business Opportunities Matching” helped 46 institutes to find business opportunities, creating 3.5 million NT dollars in transactions.
To honor biotech manufacturers that had succeeded handsomely in the international market and that had been innovative in R&D, 5.8 million NT dollars were awarded to 15 outstanding biotech manufacturers during the “2016 Taipei Biotech Awards” held on July 22 to establish the industry benchmark and promote their visibility.

August

25

The “2016 Taipei City City-owned Public Real Estate to Provide Support for Solar Power Generating Equipment Project” was announced. It was the first tender for installing solar power generators operated through inter-departmental collaboration in city-owned real estate. The bargain and tender award of this project was completed on October 20 (Tatung Co. Ltd. won the bid, and the capacity of the tender was 4,240.8 kilo watts. The feedback of selling the electricity was 10.7%). It was estimated that it could generate about 3.8 million degrees per year and decrease carbon by about 1,980 metric tons.

September

19

Taipei City Office of Commerce sponsored the “2016 Fashion in Taipei” event, in which 10 outstanding designers were honored. Holding a fashion show, it collaborated with private enterprises to build up a platform to promote the international visibility of outstanding fashion designers in Taiwan.

26

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government sponsored the “2016 Taipei Hotspring Flower Festival” to promote the visibility of hotsprings and flowers and shape their brand image. Creating local leisure and sightseeing opportunities, it helped promote the business values of the hotspring industry. It ended on October 16.

October

2

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and Chinese-Asia Environment and Ecological Protection Exchange Association sponsored the “Taipei World Animal Day” on October 2 in front of the Xinyi Public Assembly Hall, Four Four South Village. Mayor Ko Wen-je was invited to the event and helped promote the “Animal Friendly City Action Plan.”

8

Taipei City Government sponsored the “2016 League of Legends World Championship” and the promotional activity of the broadcast of the World Cyber Games from September 30 to October 30. All the events in the competitions were broadcast by the Taipei City Youth Development Office. Posters were posted in the main hall on 1F of the administration building to announce the latest development of the cyber games industry and the achievements of the Taipei City Government in promoting this activity. On October 8, the Mayor presented in the venue of the broadcast and cheered the Taiwan team – AHQ – together with the audience.

11

The Taipei City Office of Commerce elected 22 renowned restaurants that had been operated for 5 decades or more with the theme “The Memorable Taste of Taipei” to continue the legacy of gourmet food in Taipei as well as to promote the catering business in Taipei.

22

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei sponsored the “2016 18th Taipei International Birdwatching Fair” with the theme of “Into Satoyama”. It was estimated that there were 12,051 visitors. It ended on October 23.  

November

4

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government sponsored the “2016 Taipei International Design Award” in the Syntrend business zone. There were 4,322 submissions by 2,927 designers from 59 countries. Local and international finalists in the contest and the directors and representatives from related associations were invited to attend the event. The works of 64 finalists were exhibited, demonstrating the full support given by Taipei in the design industry.

5

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei sponsored the “2016 Guandu International Nature Art Festival”. The inauguration ceremony was held grandly. The event ended on December 31.

6

“The Praying Ceremony of the Taipei City Huannan Market Project Start-up” was held at 10:30 am, November 6, 2016. The guests included Mayor Ko Wen-je, administrators from various departments and offices, local elected representatives, self-governing bodies, citizens, manufacturers, and other representatives.

15

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government sponsored the “Global Startup Era Focus in Taipei, Taiwan” to exchange resources and ideas of start-ups to enhance international links and demonstrate Taipei’s diversity and internationalization. It ended on November 19.
In addition, the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government and Business Next co-sponsored Meet Taipei, a Global Startup Era Focus with Taipei EXPO Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on November 17. It invited 50 funded manufacturers or manufacturers counseled by Taipei City Government to set up innovative booths in the exhibition. It ended on November 19.

December

1

It was the first time for the Taipei City Government and Bureau Français de Taipei to co-sponsor the “2016 Taipei Christmas Festival”. The DIY parts and accessories business zones in Chaoyang, Huayin, and the Rear Rail Station in the Western District were invited to join the Xinyi business zone in the Eastern District to conduct international exchange. It ended on December 25.

10

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and Haujiang Village Office, Wanhua District sponsored the “2016 Taipei Waterfowl Festival”.

February

4 th

The Taipei City Office of Commerce organized the “2015 Taipei Lunar New Year Festival” at 11 main commercial districts including Dihua Street, which created a turnover of NT$4.4 billion and a total number of 5 million visitors. 

10 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government held the Tourism Travel Fair for Peony from Daikon Island of Matsue and Matsue at the Taipei City Hall’s Shen Pao-chen Hall until February 13th.

27 th

The Taipei Expo Foundation organized the “Beijing Cultural Temple Fair - Expedition to Taipei” at the Taipei Expo Park, specially inviting several masters and masters’ works of Beijing’s “Intangible Cultural Heritage” to Taiwan, to share the experience and exchange culture with the general public on-site until March 8th.

March

18 th

The Taipei City Market Administration Office organized the event on “2015 Taipei Traditional Market Festival”, based on the theme of “Local Neighborhood is the Ideal Place to Search for Delicious Flavors” until June 30th. The starting press conference was organized on March 18th, 2015; a total of 65 vendors were gathered at the Yuanshan Plaza of Taipei Expo Park on April 25th-26th, with a total number of 40 thousand visitors and an overall turnover exceeding NT$4 million, which not only successfully continued the title as “No.1 Vendor in the World”, but also significantly increased the overall turnover.

20 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the Zhuzihu Calla Lily Festival until April 26th, attracting approximately 70 thousand visitors.

31 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the starting press conference for “StartUP@Taipei-Taipei Entrepreneurial Services Office”, connecting and integrating Taipei City’s innovation incubation as well as enterprise start-up resources, creating the motivation for growth; also, “Winners of 2015 StartUP@Taipei” will be accepting works until May 29th. 

April 

11 th

In collaboration with Taipei City Government’s Garden City Policy, the 3 parties including the Taipei Expo Foundation with the Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government and Taiwan New Township jointly operated the “Community Agriculture Promotion Center”, where through the exchange between citizens and the community mutual learning approach, the community’s public plantation promotional experience may be spread to all sectors in the city.

21 st

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office convened the press conference for “Animal-Friendly City (”Part I: Companion Animals)” in promoting the  “Animal-Friendly City Project”, which include 10 major goals, these are enhancing management of pet shop origins, severe fines for abandonment, implementation of sterilization, assisting in the setup of cat and  dog schools, popularizing  animal-friendly space and facilities, recruiting regional volunteering by animal protectors, accurately capturing  problematic stray animals, constructing  feeding and caring systems, implementing sterilization and vaccination TNVR programs for stray dogs, as well as encouraging  civilians to set-up animal care centers.

May

5 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the starting press conference for “2015 Taipei International Design Award”, enhancing the developmental energy for the design industry, accumulating the energy for Taipei City to advance towards being the design city of the world; the “2015 Taipei International Design Award” starts accepting works from May 5th until August 5th.

11 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the “Taipei SME Knowledge Institute”, assisting people with the ambition to start-up enterprises or proprietors with enterprises under 5 years old, providing courses on successful entrepreneurs’ enterprise start-up experiences  as well as the current market trends until September 24th.  

18 th

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office organized the “2015 Taipei Eco Festival – Our Biodiversity Our Future”, with a total number of 3,284 participants.

27 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the “Starting Press Conference for Promotion of Energy-Saving Products” to boost the event for “Taipei Energy-Saving Season”. The “2015 Taipei Energy-Saving Season” starts from June 1st, with a total of 16 contracted enterprises and over 200 stores to jointly promote energy-saving products, launching a “Family Energy-Saving Map” to assist people in finding out the main power consumption sources in the household, to replace energy-wasting products with the use of energy-saving products, which may at least save NT$4,000 in the electricity bills of each family per year; the event lasted until the end of July.

June

15 th

The Taipei City Office of Commerce launched the “E-filing , E-correcting , Registration So Easy” measure for the convenience of the people, providing more convenient and fast registration services for over 220 thousand enterprises in Taipei City.

30 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the press conference for “Website: StartUP@Taipei”, establishing the consultation platform for enterprise start-ups, as well as integrating relevant data including information, consultation, introduction and courses for enterprise start-ups.

30 th

The Taipei City Market Administration Office organized the event “Enjoy the Delicious Feast at Taipei City’s Night Markets in 2015”, a total of 5 night markets participated in this event, with approximately 15,000 people involved, and 46 media reports; the event lasted until the end of July. 

July

7 th

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office established the “Taipei City Cat and  Dog School”, providing behavioral training courses and behavioral consulting courses for cats and dogs to solve the abandonment issue due to problems derived from pet behavior in the past, as well as to include the new animal protection act into the course outline.

18 th

The Taipei City Market Administration Office organized “Guanghua Digital Plaza Seventh Anniversary” in order to attract young consumer groups, by launching  a series of promotional events starting from July 18th until August 9th, 2015, with at least 100 thousand visitors.

23 rd

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government invited 16 quality biotech institutes including Academia Sinica and Asia University to organize the “Bio Taipei Pavilion” and participate in the exhibition on “BioTaiwan 2015”, effectively demonstrating Taipei City’s biotech industry developmental characteristics and environmental criteria, which attracted a total of 3,938 foreign and national biotech industry-related experts to visit; the exhibition lasted until July 26th.

23 rd

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized “2015 Biotechnology and Medical Procurement Meeting”, inviting 19 enterprise buyers from 15 nations, including the Serum Institute of India Ltd. – the biggest vaccine enterprise from India to purchase medical treatment equipment and instruments, Chinese herbs as well cosmetic surgery products from Taipei’s companies, creating a business opportunity worth US$38.172 million.

24 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized “2015 Taipei Biotech Awards”, giving a reward of NT$5.4 million to 13 quality biotech companies and academic research institutes, thereby establishing the industry benchmark and enhance enterprise visibility by recognizing  biotech companies with successful international market layouts and innovative research and development programs.

August 

25 th

The Taipei City Office of Commerce jointly organized “Fashion in Taipei” with ELLE international Chinese edition, which selected 10 new designers for the preliminary contest, and held the finals and dynamic fashion show at W Hotel Taipei on August 25th, which further stimulated Taipei’s fashion industry development through trade shows and matchmaking events.

31 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the 2015 Venture Capital and Startups Match Event, where 24 companies and 7 Angel Investors communicated onsite.

September 

1 st

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office announced to implement the subsidy project for “Private Groups Engaging in Trapping, Neutering, Vaccinating and Return (TNVR) Street Dogs in Taipei”. 

4 th

The Taipei City Office of Commerce received an “Excellent” evaluation from the Fair Trade Commission in 2014 for assisting in handling fair trade businesses.

12 th

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office collaborated with the Criminal Investigation Division, Taipei City Police Department uncovered the first case of large-scale illegal puppy mill in Taipei City, and with a total of 349 dogs of various types and a fine of NT$600 thousand was issued.

20 th

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei organized the opening of the “Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival”, with a total number of 20,175 people visiting the park on the day; the exhibition lasted until December 31st.

26 th

The Taipei City Market Administration Office and the Taipei Fishery Marketing Corporation jointly organized the “2015 Northern Taiwan Autumn Crab’s Carnival” until September 27th. Mayor Wen-Je Ko of Taipei City jointly promoted the Dungeness crab (Keelung City), Wanli crab (New Taipei City) and Chinese mitten crab (Miaoli County) at the Taipei Expo Park on September 26th with the mayor of Keelung City, the deputy mayor of New Taipei City as well as the deputy county chief of Miaoli County; quality and healthy seafood products were also provided onsite for selection by the public to stimulate collaboration for regions in Northern Taiwan. 

October

1 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the event for “2015 Hot Spring  Flower Festival”, enhancing the popularity of hot spring flowers, creating brand image and local tourism recreation, thereby stimulating the hot spring industry output value; the festival lasted until October 25th.

3rd

Based on the theme of “EXCHANGE TAIPEI”, the Taipei City Office of Commerce connected the 4 main thematic characteristic trips and 100 characteristic stores as well as installation art to market characteristic stores within the alleys of the commercial district, guiding consumers to experience Taipei’s unique urban atmosphere, and thereby stimulating growth for commercial district consumption and activate business opportunities.

7 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized “2015 ICT Procurement Meeting” while inviting 21 overseas buyers from 16 nations to purchase computer displays, smart phones, wearable devices, vehicle electronic products, digital multiple wireless devices and smart household electronic products from proprietors in Taipei City, creating a business opportunity of US$40.67million. 

13 th

The Taipei City Market Administration Office created the first case of a declining market transformed into a youth hostel - Shuanglian Market- CU Hotel, attended the “Expedia Taiwan Partner Event” held by the internationally renowned large-scale online travel company, EXPEDIA, and was awarded with the honor of “2015 Best Engagement Taiwan Award”, thereby standing out from nearly a thousand hotel proprietors who were invited from all parts of Taiwan.

14 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the event on “Venturap-2015 ap-oip summit” for 2015, with the  enthusiastic participation of 118 teams from 9 nations in total, exchanging enterprise start-up resources and ideas, strengthening international connections; the event lasted until October 15th.

15 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized “Awards presented to winners of 2015 StartUP@Taipei” at Taipei Expo Dome to publicly recognize the top 10 outstanding teams from Taipei.

21 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government convened “2015 Taipei Fairtrade Town Promote Press Conference”, successfully stimulating the collaboration between Taiwan Fair Trade Commission and Carrefour to launch the demonstration area for fair trade products.

24 th

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei organized “2015 17th Taipei International Birdwatching Fair”, with the theme “See Wild Birds, Conserve Nature”; approximately 11,369 people participated, and the event lasted until October 25th.

28 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized the “2015 Commending Ceremony for Companies Promoting Energy-Saving Products and with Outstanding Energy-Saving Performances”, presenting 4 types of outstanding energy-saving awards including “Outstanding Companies for Promoting Energy-Saving Products”, “Industry and Commerce Outstanding Energy Source Management Personnel”, “Store Energy-Saving Design” and “Commercial Building Energy-Saving Mark”, encouraging 53 outstanding companies and 12 outstanding energy source management personnel.

31 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government and the Taipei Expo Foundation jointly organized the “2015 Fragrant Love Taipei International Flower Design Award”, with participation from a total of 30 floriculture experts from 10 nations to create the international floriculture fashion design exhibition feast, which lasted until November 8th. 

November

4 th

The Taipei City Office of Commerce received excellent evaluation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs for the 2014 product labeling business execution performance.

14 th

Jianguo Holiday Flower Market organized the 33rd anniversary celebration event, which lasted until November 15th.

15 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government organized “2015 Taipei International Design Award” at Huashan1914‧Creative Park, with 59 pieces of nominated/awarded works displayed at the event venue.

19 th

The Taipei Veterinary Medical Association organized the 2015 6th Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations Congress (FASAVA), the annual grand event for small animal veterinarians in Asia, the event lasted until November 22nd.

21 st

The Taipei City Animal Protection Office organized the opening and carnival for “Huajiang Waterfowl Nature Park Education Center”. 

21 st

The Taipei Wetland Guardian Alliance and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei organized the “2015 Taipei Waterfowl Festival”, with the Taipei City Animal Protection Office as the co-organizer; the event was held on the two days of November 21st and December 5th.

December

5 th

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government and the Taipei Expo Foundation organized the “2015 TAIPEI LA EXPO” at Taipei Expo Park, with the event theme based on “Garden City – Creativity Regenerated”, demonstrating Taipei City as the leader for garden city; the event lasted until December 13th.

31 st

The Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government and the Taipei Expo Foundation organized the “2015 Taipei Flora Art Work Exhibition” at Taipei Expo Park, with the event based on the theme “Colorful Flowers for the New Year”, inviting domestic groups and institutions of flowers, gardening and nursery stock to hold several floriculture and gardening related knowledge lectures and DIY lessons, which lasted until January 10th, 2016.

1.1.2013

The “Taipei Cloud Computing Industrial Park & parking lot BOT project” policy was announced (announcement period: 17th December 2012 to 4th March 2013).

1.1.2013~12.31.2013

Implemented 2013 “Operator’s inspection of trading and breeding illegal pets”.

1.4.2013~10.31.2013

Taipei Animal Shelter organized “2013 Taipei City happy dogs and cats VIP adoption event.” 105 sessions were held, 819 dogs and cats were adopted.

1.9.2013~12.31.2013

2013 “three-in-one pet registration, rabies vaccination and dog/cat sterilization inspection operation” was implemented.

1.22.2013

Organized “Cloud Taipei Forum”.

1.23.2013 ~2.19 2013

Organized “2013 Enjoy a Happy New Year in Taipei” in 10 business districts including Dihua Street, and called on seven department stores, three hypermarkets, and nine traditional markets to launch Taipei New Year shopping month. More than 3.32 million people went shopping, creating an output value of about NT$ 3.2 billion.

1.28 2013~2.1 2013

Organized Daikon Island Peony Exhibition, Matsue, Japan at Shen Baozhen Hall, Taipei City Government.

2.6.2013

Taipei Expo Park “Taipei Robot Pavilion” opened.

2.21.2013 ~4.28.2013

During the Taipei Lantern Festival, Taipei Expo Park collaborated with an artist for the first time in organizing “Hung Yi Animal Party Exhibition.” Aside from the crowds visiting the Lantern Festival, the number of visitors exceeded 50,000 people.

3.13.2013 ~4.14.2013

Organized “2013 Taipei City Traditional Market Festival” event, which attracted about 45,000 visitors.

3.15.2013 ~4.15.2013

Executed “Taipei City scheme of subsidizing industrial and commercial organizations to participate in international exhibitions”, which subsidized industrial and commercial organizations the cost of being overseas exhibitors. The first phase of application ended on 15th April.

3.22.2013 ~4.28.2013

Organized Zhuzihu Calla Lily Festival.

3.28.2013

Held an R&D results press conference-cum-display presentation for “Assisting SMEs to apply for central resources and organizing promotional programs for local industry innovation and R&D in Taipei City (local type SBIR)”. The 2013 scheme was launched on the same day.

3.30.2013~12.31.2013

Farmers’ Market at Taipei Expo Park set up cross-counties and cities agricultural products exhibition and sales platform, which supplied domestic high-quality agricultural products to the public.

4.4.2013 ~4.15.2013

Organized “2013 Taiwan Business Alliance and Recruitment Mission - went to Chicago and Silicon Valley.”

4.23.2013

Organized a press conference for launching the “Taipei green industry promotional scheme”, which assisted firms in producing or selling products and services that meet green specifications. Applications end on 31st May.

4.26.2013

Organized a press conference for the launch of 2013 “Taipei City creativity-cum-design industry development scheme”, enhancing the development momentum of the design industry and accumulating Taipei City’s energy to move towards being a World Design Capital. Additionally, the “2013 Taipei International Design Award” began accepting entries until 31st July.

5.4.2013~5.5.2013

Organized the event, “A tribute to urban and rural areas-Taipei Carnival”.

5.9.2013~7.22.2013

Organized the event, “2013 Taipei night market sumptuous meal”, which included 1,157 street vendor stalls and approximately 20,000 consumers.

5.21.2013

“Taipei Entrepreneurial Service Office” of the Taipei City Office of Commerce was officially opened. It offers people who intend to establish a business in Taipei City a comprehensive entrepreneurial consulting service, and the selection of entrepreneurial consultants also provide free individual counseling to solve the public's entrepreneurial problems.

6.1.2013

Taipei Collectible Botanical Garden of Taipei Expo Park (a new generation of Pavilion of Future) opened.

6.8.2013~7.31.2013

Organized the event, “promotion of energy saving products - appointed merchants promotional tour”.

6.17.2013

The Market Administration Office of Taipei City promoted “converting the second floor of Shuanglian market into an International Youth Hostel”. The charter ceremony was held on June 17. CU Hotel officially became a member of YH and Taiwan's first success story for transforming a market into a City Hostel.

6.18.2013

Publicly announced the preliminary inspection results of “Taipei City cloud industrial park & parking lot BOT project”. Announced the winning company in the preliminary inspection stage by “Taipei Cloud Application Services Alliance”.

7.1.2013

In response to the wildlife rabies outbreak in 2013, the Animal Protection Office of Taipei City strengthened its contingency on the prevention of an animal rabies epidemic. It strengthened wildlife animal monitoring and vaccination of domestic dogs and cats, advocated the principle of “two no one yes” and promoted the “yellow collar epidemic prevention project” until the end of October.

7.2.2013~7.5.2013

Organized “Taipei City economic and trade delegation – visited Shanghai in mainland China to solicit business”.

7.6.2013

Organized “2013 Taipei City dog-friendly hiking day.”

8.1.2013~9.15.2013

Integrated more than 20 business districts, 2,889 appointed stores, 9 department stores, and 3 hypermarkets, and organized the “2013 Taipei Shopping Festival.” Jointly launched shopping discounts, attracting a total of over 120,000 people, creating a total output value of NT$ 1 billion.

8.1.2013

Taipei Expo Park's “Action @ Pavilion of Dreams” opened.

9.8.2013

Held “Fashion in Taipei - cutting-edge and potential designers dynamic show-cum-award ceremony” at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park.

9.9.2013~9.13.2013

Organized “Taipei economic and trade delegation - visited Tokyo and Osaka to solicit business”.

9.14.2013~9.15.2013

Organized the event, “2013 Taipei Culinary Exhibition” at Yuanshan Expo Dome. About 50,000 people participated.

9.23.2013

Organized “2013 Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Competition Awards Ceremony and Entrepreneurial Experience Sharing Sessions” in Minsheng Science & Technology service building.

10.8.2013

Organized Opening Reception of “Taipei Co-Space”.

10.15.2013

Held 2013 “Taipei International Design Forum” at Taipei Expo Park Complex.

10.23.2013~10.26.2013

Organized “Taipei Economic and Trade Delegation – visited Wuhan in mainland China to solicit business.”

10.23.2013~10.30.2013

Organized exhibition of achievements of stationed teams in “Taipei Co-Space”.

10.26.2013~10.27.2013

“The 4th Asian Bird Watching Fair and 15th Taipei International Bird Watching Fair” organized by the Wild Bird Society of Taipei and co-organized by Taipei City Animal Protection Office. The theme of the fair was “the amazing journey of migratory birds.” Approximately 8,244 people attended.

10.30.2013

Organized “2013 Taipei International Design Award” ceremony at Taipei Expo Park Complex. 60 finalists’ and the winning entries were also exhibited at the venue.

10.31.2013

Organized “2013 energy-saving products promotion and merit units’ recognition convention”.

11.1.2013~3.31.2014

Taipei Expo Park “2013 outdoor landscape design contest”.

11.2.2013

Million Flowers Festival opening ceremony. First ever Million Flowers Festival held in Taipei Expo Park, during which 2013 International Flower Design Award – Fragrant Love, was exhibited from 2nd November to 10th November. Number of visitors reached 71,458; contestants included 29 domestic contestants and 15 foreign contestants who came from 11 countries and regions. There were a total of 44 contestants.

11.9.2013~11.10.2013

Held the event, “2013 Taipei International Beef Noodles Festival - Nine Cattle Galloping; Nationwide Noodle Party & Carnival”, in the gallery of Yuanshan Plaza in Taipei Expo Park.

11.15.2013

Organized the “Awards Ceremony of the 2013 Taipei International Digital Content Design Competition and Business Opportunities Matchmaking Event”.

12.7.2013~12.8.2013

“2013 Taipei Huajiang Season of Wild Anatidae” organized by Hua-Jiang Community Development Association and the Wild Bird Society of Taipei. Co-organized by Taipei City Animal Protection Office.

12.14.2013

Organized “Animal Adoption Gratitude Christmas Carnival” at Taipei City Animal shelter.