[ { "DataSN": "9420120", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=15D7C3B82299290C", "title": "The major policies of 2025", "Content": "I. Vision StatementBuild/Create an innovative and livable eco-city with an international outlook/perspective.II. Expected Key Outcomes1. Revitalize the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, develop dedicated corridors for the science and technology industry, and attract business investments and strengthen international2. Promote smart power consumption, develop a healthy, sustainable urban agriculture sector, and create an animal-friendly city.3. Optimize and revamp marketplaces into welcoming, Healthy, sustainable, and high-quality environments. III. Policy Takeaways1.Leverage the government’s entrepreneurial resources to support the expansion of startups by diversifying channels to access capital, fortifying ties with international markets, and establishing startup incubators.  Assist enterprises in achieving digital transformation to strengthen their operational resilience and to explore new business opportunities. Promoting industry upgrading and transformation through improved cross-border e-commerce incubation in order to boost the economy and trade opportunities around the globe.2.Drive the clustering effect for high-tech industries by facilitating innovation and advancements through establishing technology corridors.Support the transformation and scaling/expansion of small and medium enterprises to enhance industry competitiveness. Increase the global presence of enterprises by fostering an investment-friendly environment in Taipei and ramping up efforts to attract business investments and international connections.3.Roll out improvements to Taipei City energy policies and the Circular Taipei Promotion Plan by promoting the installation and use of renewable energy, and increasing the efficiency of green energy consumption.Create a safe environment around natural gas usage by bolstering the management and supervision of public natural gas companies and their operations, replacing old natural gas delivery and storage equipment for safety maintenance. Guide the establishment of new hot spring businesses, optimize the overall appearance of hot spring landscapes, and ensure the efficient utilization and management of hot spring resources.4.Marketing and enhancing the quality of specialty farm products will increase farmers’ incomes and establish a safe food and agricultural environment. Collaborate with community/public organizations and farmers’ associations to improve service quality provided at farmer’s markets. Bolster/Raise the economic value of urban agriculture through strengthening efforts to establish community gardens and converting three community gardens each year into educational centers for food and agriculture.5.Establish a comprehensively convenient and safe business environment, in order to provide guidance on the transformation of business districts and industries, devise plans to develop business corridors, enhance the charms and features of these business districts, market these characteristic and increase their capacity. These improvements will thereby turn Taipei into a city with distinctive sectors.6.Continue renovation projects for Taipei’s traditional markets to establish new Taipei landmarks.  Introduce innovative and modern business models, implement self-management systems for vendors to improve the street market environment, and encourage the comprehensive adoption of electronic payment methods.Improve performance in four aspects of corporate governance by:a.Adopting food traceability registration systemsb.Cracking down on illegal slaughtering of animalsc.Providing guidance to street food and beverage vendors on how to conduct self-management in accordance with food safety laws and regulations. This aims to improve food safety, ensure food safety in supply chains, open up business opportunities related to street markets, and provide citizens with a better shopping environment.7.Strengthen the control on the progress of Taipei animal shelters construction, and improve the quality of animal shelters to meet international animal welfare standards..; Promote pet insurance and create animal-friendly environments. Advocate animal welfare education and strengthen education about the animal adoption system to encompass three main topics of animal welfare, protection, and education Restore wildlife habitats and improve nature park facilities to improve/elevate the overall service quality of the ecological education environment.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "9158821", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=B72B3321AD38FA3B", "title": "The major policies of 2024", "Content": "I. Vision Constructing a sustainable, innovative, and livable international metropolis. II. Key achievements1. Empowering the ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation, developing corridors for the science and technology sectors, and strengthening our promotion of international connections and investment.2. Advocating for smart power consumption, developing a sustainable and healthy urban agriculture sector, and constructing an animal-friendly city.3. Optimizing and revamping traditional markets, and creating a welcoming, healthy and sustainable high-quality business environment. III. Policy priorities 1. Consolidating government resources to support the expansion of startups by providing a range of channels to access capital, enhancing international connections, and establishing startup incubators; assisting private enterprises in achieving digital transformation and operational resilience to enable the exploration of new business opportunities; and reinforcing cross-border E-commerce incubation and promoting industrial upgrades and transformation to boost economic and trade opportunities around the globe.2. Driving the formulation of high-tech clusters and facilitating advancements and innovation to establish corridors for the technology industry; supporting the transformation of small and medium enterprises to enhance industrial competitiveness; and increasing the presence of private enterprises in the global market by fostering an investment-friendly environment in Taipei through the development of international connections and promotion of investment.3. Making agile elaborations to the Taipei City Energy Conservation Policy and the Taipei City Circular City Promotion Plan initiatives while promoting the use of renewable energy sources to increase the efficiency of green energy consumption; creating a safe environment for the use of natural gas by strengthening supervision of operations and management of public natural gas enterprises as well as upgrading delivery and storage equipment and improving safety maintenances; guiding the establishment of new hot spring businesses, optimizing overall scene of hot spring areas and ensuring the efficient utilization and management of hot spring resources.4. Increasing farmers’ incomes and establishing a safe food and agricultural environment through the promotion of specialty products and quality improvements; collaborating with private organizations and farmers’ associations to make improvements to the quality of service provided at farmer’s markets; enhancing promotional efforts for community gardens and urban greening to bolster the economic value of urban agriculture.5. Establishing a safe, convenient, and optimal environment for commercial activity, facilitating the digital transformation and E-commerce efforts of the various business districts, increasing their charms and improving their features for the purpose of promoting the city’s specialty industries, increasing industrial capacity, and developing distinctive sectors for Taipei City.6. Continuing renovation projects for Taipei’s traditional markets to establish new landmarks; introducing modern, innovative business models, establishing self-management systems for stallholders and improving the quality of market environments, and promoting the comprehensive adoption of electronic payment methods; improving the corporate governance of the four major companies operating the agricultural products wholesale markets in Taipei City; increasing business opportunities for the city and providing citizens with a better shopping experience by reinforcing food safety measures and securing food supply chains through the promotion of food history registration, cracking down on illegal slaughter, and assisting stalls to impose self-management under applicable food safety regulations.7. Accelerating the construction of the Taipei Animal Shelter , improving the quality of animal shelter accommodations to meet international standards on animal welfare; promoting and creating animal-friendly environments, medical systems, and transportation, and establishing an investigative team for animals other than dogs and cats; promoting life education programs on campus and establishing an adoption education mechanism to educate people about animal welfare and protection before they adopt an animal; and restoring wildlife habitats, improving nature park facilities, and enhancing the overall quality of ecological education.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "8977807", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=1E905FD6DBA5836B", "title": "The major policies of 2023", "Content": "I. VisionBuilding Taipei into an innovation center with unlimited potential in Asia.II. MissionPromoting sustainable industries and improving citizens’ quality of life.III. Administrative Focuses1. Promoting the development of high-tech industry clusters as well as innovation in and upgrading of industry clusters in order to create a technology industry corridor; supporting the transformation and development of small and medium enterprises to enhance industrial competitiveness; and building an investment-friendly environment in Taipei by strengthening international connections and investment promotion to help enterprises expand in the global market. 2. Consolidating government startup service resources, providing capital through diversified channels, and promoting development of startups to build Taipei into a startup cradle; and reinforcing cross-border ecommerce incubation and inducing industrial upgrades and transformation to promote international trade. 3. Continuing to promote market reconstruction projects and create new landmarks in Taipei; bringing in innovative and modernized business management models, implementing self-management mechanisms and improving the quality of market environments, and promoting comprehensive use of electronic payment; and improving the performance of the four major company management functions and protecting the food safety of agricultural products for the mutual creation of non-toxic, clean, and healthy markets. 4. Marketing specialty agricultural products and improving the quality of agricultural products to upgrade farmers’ incomes and build safe food and agricultural environments; integrating private groups and farmers’ associations to give farmers markets guidance and improve service quality; and strengthening guidance for community garden users and promoting urban greening to increase the economic benefits of urban agriculture. 5. Increasing pet registration and the number of rabies vaccines injected and improving source management and disease prevention; promoting pet-friendly spaces and facilities and inspecting pet foods to build a pet-friendly city; building new animal shelters and upgrading public animal welfare services; and continuing to develop wildlife habitats and reduce the percentage of threatened ecological areas to realize a sustainable ecological environment. 6. Improving the program of Taipei City Energy Conservation Policy and the Taipei City Circular City Promotion Plan on a rolling basis and promoting the installation and use of renewable energy sources to increase the use of renewable power; establishing safe environments for the use of natural gas by reinforcing the supervision of public natural gas enterprise operations and management as well as upgrading delivery and storage equipment and safety protection; and providing guidance for new hot spring businesses and optimizing the overall appearance of hot spring spas to assure effective use and management of hot spring resources 7. Building a healthy, convenient and safe business environment through diversified guidance and digitization to enhance the attraction and characteristics of business districts in order to market the specialty industries in the city, increase industrial energy, and develop the uniqueness of Taipei City industries.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "8882255", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=B0C0FC8AFBCECD99", "title": "The major policies of 2022", "Content": "I. VisionBuilding Taipei into an innovation center with unlimited potential in Asia.II. MissionPromoting sustainable industries and improving citizens’ quality of life.III. Administrative Focuses1. Promoting the development of high-tech industry clusters as well as innovation in and upgrading of industry clusters in order to create a technology industry corridor; supporting the transformation and development of small and medium enterprises to enhance industrial competitiveness; and building an investment-friendly environment in Taipei by strengthening international connections and investment promotion to help enterprises expand in the global market. 2. Consolidating government startup service resources, providing capital through diversified channels, and promoting development of startups to build Taipei into a startup cradle; and reinforcing cross-border ecommerce incubation and inducing industrial upgrades and transformation to promote international trade. 3. Continuing to promote market reconstruction projects and create new landmarks in Taipei; bringing in innovative and modernized business management models, implementing self-management mechanisms and improving the quality of market environments, and promoting comprehensive use of electronic payment; and improving the performance of the four major company management functions and protecting the food safety of agricultural products for the mutual creation of non-toxic, clean, and healthy markets. 4. Marketing specialty agricultural products and improving the quality of agricultural products to upgrade farmers’ incomes and build safe food and agricultural environments; integrating private groups and farmers’ associations to give farmers markets guidance and improve service quality; and strengthening guidance for community garden users and promoting urban greening to increase the economic benefits of urban agriculture. 5. Increasing pet registration and the number of rabies vaccines injected and improving source management and disease prevention; promoting pet-friendly spaces and facilities and inspecting pet foods to build a pet-friendly city; building new animal shelters and upgrading public animal welfare services; and continuing to develop wildlife habitats and reduce the percentage of threatened ecological areas to realize a sustainable ecological environment. 6. Improving the program of Taipei City Energy Conservation Policy and the Taipei City Circular City Promotion Plan on a rolling basis and promoting the installation and use of renewable energy sources to increase the use of renewable power; establishing safe environments for the use of natural gas by reinforcing the supervision of public natural gas enterprise operations and management as well as upgrading delivery and storage equipment and safety protection; and providing guidance for new hot spring businesses and optimizing the overall appearance of hot spring spas to assure effective use and management of hot spring resources 7. Building a healthy, convenient and safe business environment through diversified guidance and digitization to enhance the attraction and characteristics of business districts in order to market the specialty industries in the city, increase industrial energy, and develop the uniqueness of Taipei City industries.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "8375844", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=BB5597805F030726", "title": "The major policies of 2021", "Content": "I. VisionBuilding Taipei into an innovation center with unlimited potential in Asia.II. MissionPromoting sustainable industries and improving citizens’ quality of life.III. Administrative Focuses1. Promoting the development of high-tech industry clusters as well as innovation in and upgrading of industry clusters in order to create a technology industry corridor; supporting the transformation and development of small and medium enterprises to enhance industrial competitiveness; and building an investment-friendly environment in Taipei by strengthening international connections and investment promotion to help enterprises expand in the global market. 2. Consolidating government startup service resources, providing capital through diversified channels, and promoting development of startups to build Taipei into a startup cradle; and reinforcing cross-border ecommerce incubation and inducing industrial upgrades and transformation to promote international trade. 3. Continuing to promote market reconstruction projects and create new landmarks in Taipei; bringing in innovative and modernized business management models, implementing self-management mechanisms and improving the quality of market environments, and promoting comprehensive use of electronic payment; and improving the performance of the four major company management functions and protecting the food safety of agricultural products for the mutual creation of non-toxic, clean, and healthy markets. 4. Marketing specialty agricultural products and improving the quality of agricultural products to upgrade farmers’ incomes and build safe food and agricultural environments; integrating private groups and farmers’ associations to give farmers markets guidance and improve service quality; and strengthening guidance for community garden users and promoting urban greening to increase the economic benefits of urban agriculture. 5. Increasing pet registration and the number of rabies vaccines injected and improving source management and disease prevention; promoting pet-friendly spaces and facilities and inspecting pet foods to build a pet-friendly city; building new animal shelters and upgrading public animal welfare services; and continuing to develop wildlife habitats and reduce the percentage of threatened ecological areas to realize a sustainable ecological environment. 6. Improving the program of Taipei City Energy Conservation Policy and the Taipei City Circular City Promotion Plan on a rolling basis and promoting the installation and use of renewable energy sources to increase the use of renewable power; establishing safe environments for the use of natural gas by reinforcing the supervision of public natural gas enterprise operations and management as well as upgrading delivery and storage equipment and safety protection; and providing guidance for new hot spring businesses and optimizing the overall appearance of hot spring spas to assure effective use and management of hot spring resources 7. Building a healthy, convenient and safe business environment through diversified guidance and digitization to enhance the attraction and characteristics of business districts in order to market the specialty industries in the city, increase industrial energy, and develop the uniqueness of Taipei City industries.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "8213325", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=C4BFEA191DE52662", "title": "The major policies of 2020", "Content": "I. VisionBuilding Taipei into an innovation center with unlimited potential in Asia.II. MissionPromoting sustainable industries and improving citizens’ quality of life.III. Administrative Focuses1. Promoting the development of high-tech industry clusters as well as innovation in and upgrading of industry clusters; building an investment-friendly environment in Taipei; strengthening international connections and actively attracting foreign investment and businesses; and assisting enterprises in expanding to the global market. 2.Increasing the efficiency of entrepreneurial services provided by the government and providing convenient and diversified sources of capital; connecting and consolidating private resources and creating a crucible for entrepreneurship in Taipei; establishing clusters of emerging industries and shaping a favorable entrepreneurial environment; constructing an incubator for cross-border e-commerce to promote international trade.3. Constructing a safe, reliable, and modern market and create landmarks in Taipei; introducing modern, innovative business models and endorsing comprehensive digitalization; developing councils and internal self-management mechanisms for vendors; improving the efficacy of the four management functions and agricultural product inspections to create a safe, healthy, high-quality market. 4. Developing refined, environmentally-friendly, and recreational agriculture to establish local brands of agricultural products; promoting independent field inspections of agricultural products, assisting farmers’ associations, and strengthening the green economy; promoting the ideas of the garden city and urban afforestation with private groups and Farmers’ Association to increase the economic benefits of urban agriculture. 5. Establishing a pet registry and pet neutering, and improving management of pet breeders; promoting animal-friendly spaces and health insurance for pets, creating an animal-friendly city; building new animal shelters to increase capacity; encouraging adoption through pet matchmaking; and improving wildlife habitat creation and decreasing the percentage of threatened ecological environments to establish a sustainable environment.6. Promoting the project of Circular Taipei on a rolling basis, and promoting the installation and use of renewable energy sources to increase the use of renewable power; establishing safe environments for the use of natural gas by reinforcing oversight of public natural gas operation and management as well as the maintenance of delivery and storage facilities; optimizing hot spring resources and services, and operating and managing them effectively.7. Establishing a convenient and sound commercial environment through the use of available marketing resources to showcase features of commercial districts to popularize our city’s niche industries, increase their capabilities, and highlight the convenience, friendliness, and diversity of businesses in our commercial districts.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "8074003", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=A20B5F340CDAEDA2", "title": "The major policies of 2019", "Content": "I. VisionBuilding a city of commercial development that fosters openness, freedom, and creative entrepreneurship. II. MissionFacilitating the sustainability of industries and improving citizens’ quality of life. III. Administrative Focuses 1. Strengthening links among industries and upgrading the effectiveness of industrial clusters; promoting international trading activities, actively drawing foreign investment and business, and assisting enterprises in expanding business to international markets. 2. Enhancing the efficacy of entrepreneurial services provided by the government; providing convenient and diverse sources of capital; connecting and integrating private resources; establishing clusters of emerging industries; shaping favorable entrepreneurial environments, and creating a cradle in Taipei for entrepreneurship. 3. Rebuild the environment of traditional markets and enhancing the safety of shopping spaces; improving food safety management; enhancing the quality of assistance for and management of the markets, and shaping the quality markets of our city. 4. Developing refined, environmentally-friendly and recreational agriculture to establish local brands of agricultural products; implementing inspections of agricultural product labels, assisting farmer groups, and strengthening the green economy; promoting the ideas of the garden city and urban afforestation with private groups and Farmers’ Association to increase the economic benefits of urban agriculture. 5. Promoting animal-friendly spaces and facilities to increase the sterilization rates of domestic dogs and cats; planning new animal shelters to increase the adoption rates of dogs and cats; preserving the ecological environment and implementing protection and management systems for wild animals; reinforcing the prevention and monitoring of epidemic situations as well as enforcing the Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release (TNVR) program for street dogs and the Taipei Cat Care Program (TCCP) for street cats to create an animal-friendly city. 6. Promoting the installation and usage of renewable energy facilities to increase the use of renewable power; establishing safe environments for the use of natural gas by reinforcing oversight of public natural gas operation and management as well as the maintenance of the delivery and storage facilities; optimizing services for those using hot springs, and promoting effectively operation and management of hot spring resources. 7. Shaping a convenient and sound commercial environment; connecting resources to jointly facilitate the prosperity of shopping districts to build industries unique to our city which are convenient, friendly, and smart. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "7891078", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=30EEF266725C0276", "title": "The major policies of 2018", "Content": "I.VisionCreate an open and friendly city that supports unlimited imaginations.II.MissionPromote sustainable development of the industries and improve the citizens' life qualities.III.Governance Focus:First, to create urban industrial corridors in order to promote industrial clustering effects; to promote international economic and trade exchanges, to actively attract investment and assist enterprises to expand to the international markets.Second, to provide multi-reward subsidies and financing measures, to advise enterprises to invest in innovative ideas as well as to improve entrepreneurial counseling services, to build an innovative and entrepreneurial environment to make Taipei City a cradle of entrepreneurship.Third, to enhance the environmental quality of the traditional markets, to build a credible trading environment, to strengthen food and health security, and to shape the city's high-quality markets.Fourth, to develop exquisite, organic and leisure agriculture, to establish local agricultural product brand characteristics, to implement organic agricultural product inspection, to give advice to farmers' groups, and to promote green economy; to cooperate with civil organizations and farmers' associations to jointly promote pastoral cities and enhance urban agricultural economic benefits.Fifth, to enhance the adoption of dogs and cats for the benefit of the people and to promote the friendly space for animals in the city; to implement wild animal management and conservation and to maintain the natural ecological environment; to strengthen the monitoring and prevention of epidemic situation, to implement street dog TNVR and street cat TCCP and to create an animal-friendly city.Sixth, to promote the use of renewable energy to improve the efficiency of energy application; to strengthen the supervision and management of the public gas business and the safe maintenance of storage equipment, and to implement the safety inspections for public natural gas users.Seventh, to construct a convenient and safe business environment, to combine with the participation of people to promote the development of the characteristic business circle industry, to create the city's cuisines, fashion & handicraft industry brands, and to shape the city style of convenience, friendliness, and wisdom.Ⅳ.Prioritized Governance Projects First, strengthening the chain of industrial corridors and upgrading the industrial clustering effect; promoting international economic and trade exchanges, and actively attracting investment and assisting enterprises to expand to international markets.Aims:Continue to promote the Neihu Technology Park 2.0 Project and Nangang Biotechnology Industry Cluster Development Project, to introduce the park's innovative energy, to drive the industrial innovation and upgrade, and to connect with the global industrial development trend.Handling international economic and trade development plans, including trade expansion, foreign investment service, and international talents exchange, constructing the internationalization of the city's economic and trade environment, and promoting technology, talents and capital exchanges in attracting investment in the city as well as improving the output of the city's high value-added industries.Second, providing multi-reward subsidies and financing measures, counseling enterprises to invest in innovative ideas, improving entrepreneurial counseling services, building an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, and creating the Taipei City as the cradle of entrepreneurship.Aims:Continue to provide more diverse and professional consultation and counseling for entrepreneurs to enhance the chances of successful business in the city and to increase their competitiveness. Organizing entrepreneurial activities to promote diverse creative ideas, guiding various types of innovative industries, enhancing the visions of startup teams, and building Taipei into a cradle of entrepreneurship.Promoting the city's new startup companies to connect with the international markets, driving the development of more emerging industries, enhancing the city's visibility in the global entrepreneurial field, making Taipei the first choice for international entrepreneurs to move forward to Asia and forming its indispensable role in the international innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.Third, improving the environmental quality of traditional markets, building a safe shopping space; improving the inspection mechanism of agricultural products, strengthening food safety management; introducing a modern business model to shape the city's high-quality markets.Aims:To improve the markets' software and hardware facilities, to shape the internal management culture of the markets, to create a clean and bright market, and to build a quality shopping environment.Continuously coaching the operators to manage themselves, handling the night market joint inspections and assisting the night market vendors to self-discipline and to enroll in the “Taipei Food Registration Platform," strengthening the checking on illegal slaughtering and improving the agricultural product inspection mechanism to improve food safety.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "7891077", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=03F2690186705857", "title": "The major policies of 2017", "Content": "I. VisionCreate an open and friendly city that supports unlimited imaginations. II.MissionPromote sustainable development of the industries and improve the citizens' life qualities. III.Governance FocusFirst, to create urban industrial corridors in order to promote industrial clustering effects; to promote international economic and trade exchanges, to actively attract investment and assist enterprises to expand to the international markets.Second, to provide multi-reward subsidies and financing measures, to advise enterprises to invest in innovative ideas as well as to improve entrepreneurial counseling services, to build an innovative and entrepreneurial environment to make Taipei City a cradle of entrepreneurship.Third, to enhance the environmental quality of the traditional markets, to build a credible trading environment, to strengthen food and health security, and to shape the city's high-quality markets.Fourth, to develop exquisite, organic and leisure agriculture, to establish local agricultural product brand characteristics, to implement organic agricultural product inspection, to give advice to farmers' groups, and to promote green economy; to cooperate with civil organizations and farmers' associations to jointly promote pastoral cities and enhance urban agricultural economic benefits.Fifth, to enhance the annual recognition rate of animal homes, to counsel the development of the specific pet industry, to implement wildlife management and conservation, to maintain the natural ecological environment, to implement the TNVR program for street dog sterilization and epidemic prevention, to promote animal friendly space, to open responsibility education courses for the owners and to set up Dog Sports Parks or Activity Zones.Sixth, to promote energy-saving and energy-assessment guidance for industrial and commercial enterprises, to improve energy efficiency, to accelerate the effectiveness of renewable energy, to implement hot spring resource management and conservation and to increase the output value of hot spring industry; to strengthen supervision and management of public natural gas business, safe maintenance of storage equipment, and regular inspection of customer pipelines as well as disaster prevention and maintenance.Seventh, to construct a convenient and safe business environment, to combine with the participation of people to promote the development of the characteristic business circle industry, to promote multi-cuisines, and to shape the charm of the city's life industry.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67361", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=A6B356B6647605D1", "title": "The major policies of 2016", "Content": "I. VisionMake Taipei become a city of “sustainable prosperity, diversified development.”II. MissionStimulate industry development, construct sustainable operating environment, as well as enhance citizens’ quality of living and industrial competitiveness.III. Administrative Key PointsProvide diversified incentive subsidy and fund raising measures, guide enterprises to devote into innovative creativities, to strengthen industrial competitiveness, to construct advantageous business start-ups and investment environment, as well as to create Taipei into a cradle platform for business start-ups.Develop exquisite, organic recreational agriculture, construct local agricultural product brand characteristics, implement organic agricultural product inspection, offer consultation to farmer groups, promote green economy, enhance economic benefits for agriculture; collaborate with civil groups and farmers’ associations to promote urban farmland, thereby enhancing the value of agriculture.Enhance the quality for environment of conventional market, construct trading environment with integrity, create quality markets for the city.Implement pet food safety management, offer guidance for the setup and quality management of performing animal industry, construct profitable management for wild animal feeding, breeding, processing and trading, promote animal friendly space, establish cat & dog school, execute sterilization and vaccination TNVR program for stray dogs, implement accurate capturing, plan the program for pets to live their old lives happily and leave the world with dignity, strengthen the prohibition of pet abandonment, thereby creating an animal friendly city and maintain the green ecological network.Promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction for industrial and commercial industries; stimulate rationalized and effective usage of energy sources; popularize the setup and application of recycled energy sources; implement hot spring resource management and conservation; strengthen supervision for public natural gas business operating management as well as safety maintenance and preparation for disaster prevention and rescue.Create urban industrial corridor, stimulate industrial cluster effect; promote international trade communication, actively recruit businesses to invest and assist enterprises in expanding the international market.Offer guidance for business district industry transformation and upgrading, integrate diversified delicacy and shopping platform, as well as plan creative thematic tours; construct quality shopping environment, create charisma for the city’s living industry.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67360", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=7DE5D8974B0FE97A", "title": "The major policies of 2015", "Content": "A. Missions“Facilitate industrial development, create a sustainable business environment and improve citizens’ quality of life as well as local businesses’ competitiveness”B. Vision“Making Taipei a healthy city of sustainable prosperity and cultural diversity”C. GoalsCreate the corridor of technology in Taipei City to shape up an excellent environment for industries and enhance the competitiveness of the industries. Stay ahead of the economic situation and industrial trends to carry out matters related to domestic/international business solicitations and economic/trade exchanges.Offer diverse incentive subsidies and financing measures to assist with the upgrading and innovation for enterprises, and strengthen the competitiveness of the industries. Create an excellent environment for startup and investment to energize the economy of the City.Improve hardware and software of market facilities and assist business circles in enhancing service quality and upgrading transformation. Integrate diverse shopping platforms and plan creative marketing activities. Create an excellent purchasing environment to strengthen the attractiveness of specialized businesses in the City.Promote energy conservation and reduction of carbon emissions for businesses and industries, the reasonable and effective use of energy, and the establishment and use of renewable energy. Implement resource management and protection of hot springs. Make greater efforts to supervise the operation and management of public natural gas business, as well as its safety, maintenance, and disaster preventions and preparation.Develop a refined organic recreational agriculture. Establish the uniqueness of local produce brands. Implement the inspection of organic produce. Provide the guidance to farmers’ groups and promote a green economy to enhance the effectiveness of agricultural economy.Supervise Taipei Expo Foundation for the operation of the Taipei Expo Park. Host exhibition activities for cultural and creative, art, family-based, diverse education, senior, happiness, LOHAS living themes, etc., to offer an excellent recreational area and diverse exhibition activities to the citizens, and promote the development of peripheral industries.Build a sound mechanism for managing animals. Promote the responsibility education of pet owners. Safeguard the sanitation and safety of pet food. Implement the guidance and management of the pet industry. Strengthen the control of animal rescue. Enhance the quality of sheltering and medical care for animals. Maintain the protection of wildlife and the sustainability of natural ecology. Create a city that is friendly to animals.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67359", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=A79D7BE6F96044FF", "title": "The major policies of 2014", "Content": "A. Missions“Facilitate industrial development, create a sustainable business environment and improve citizens’ quality of life as well as local businesses’ competitiveness”B. Vision“Making Taipei a healthy city of sustainable prosperity and cultural diversity”C. GoalsContinuously recruit businesses in Taiwan and beyond, and promote international trade according to economic/industry trends; build Taipei Cloud Computing Industrial Park and the Taipei Technology Corridor to attract business investments;Encourage local businesses to engage in innovative R&D programs and international exhibitions; assist small- and medium-enterprises with upgrading/transformation; foster young entrepreneurs by providing start-ups with helpful information, advice, subsidies and other forms of incentives; enhance the competiveness of local businesses; create a competitive investment environment; stimulate Taipei City’s economy as a whole;Improve shopping areas and marketplace services/facilities to build a high-quality shopping environment; introduce an integrated platform for diversified services and creatively themed marketing campaigns to effectively bolster shopping areas’ growth; rebranding Taipei as a distinctive, fascinating and commerce-oriented city;Implement carbon-reduction initiatives across all industries for reasonable, effective energy use; raise public awareness of renewable energy; ensure that hot-spring resources are well managed, conserved and utilized in a diversified manner; oversee natural gas suppliers embrace enhanced safety, disaster prevention & rescue measures; closely monitor gasoline (and natural gas) stations and LGP barrels (in terms of the actual tonnage, pricing and air flow);Encourage high-quality, organic and leisure-oriented farming; rebranding local farms with a focus on uniqueness; ensure organic goods are meticulously inspected; offer farming groups appropriate assistance; cultivate “green economy” solutions to further benefit local agriculture economically;Offer supervision to the Taipei Expo Foundation regarding Taipei Expo Park operations; provide citizens with excellent recreational facilities besides a variety of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions (MICE) activities to drive the growth prospects of MICE industry and relevant businesses;Introduce a comprehensive animal management system; raise awareness of responsible pet ownership; ensure pet food safety; monitor pet businesses while giving them advice; step up animal rescue & control efforts; improve veterinarian care at animal shelters; create an animal-friendly city.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67358", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=2DBD063D12EC9A16", "title": "The major policies of 2013", "Content": "I. MissionPromote economic development, construct a sustainable environment and enhance the life quality of city residents as well as economic competitivenessII. VisionMake Taipei City a healthy city of sustainability, prosperity and multi-culturesIII. Major policies of 2013Seize economic situations and industry trends, continually promote domestic and overseas business marketing as well as economic and trade exchanges; develop Cloud Industrial Park, building a Taipei Technology Corridor to attract foreign and Taiwanese companies for investment.Encourage industries to innovate, research and develop, council SMEs(Small and Medium Enterprises) on how to upgrade and transform as well as assist the youth to start their own business, provide associated business start-up information, consultation and guidance, incentives & subsidies and preferential resources, strengthening the entire industrial competitiveness, constructing a superior environment for investment, activating the economics of Taipei City.Continually improve the hardware and software facilities of shopping districts and marketplaces, construct a superior environment for shopping, and promote economics and the development of shopping districts as well as shape the brand charm reflecting Taipei City's characteristics with rich and multiple marketing themes.Promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction in industry and commerce; promote reasonable and effective use of energy; publicize renewable energy; implement management and preservation of hot spring resources; supervise operation and management of natural gas business and enhance security and advanced preparation for disaster prevention and rescue.Develop high-quality, organic and recreational agriculture; develop local characteristic agricultural products; implement organic agricultural products inspection; give guidance and assistance to agricultural groups; promote Green Economy; enhance the economic benefits of agriculture.Entrust operation of Taipei Expo Park to Taipei Expo Foundation and thereby boost industrial development in the peripheral regions, improve the quality of the recreation industry, activate expo-designs, as well as create opportunities for Taipei City to organize international conferences, expositions or games.Solidify animal management, promote education of pet owners' responsibility, safeguard hygiene of pet food, promote consultancy and management of pet industry, strengthen operations of animal shelter and animal rescue control, prevent onset of zoonosis, maintain wildlife conservation and sustainable use of natural ecosystems, create an animal-friendly city.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67357", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=8E31D5A64871C688", "title": "The major policies of 2012", "Content": "I. MissionPromote economic development, construct an environment of sustainable operationand enhance the quality of life of city residents as well as economic competitivenessII. VisionMake Taipei City a healthy city of sustainability, prosperity and multi-culturesIII. Major policies of 2012Seizing the opportunities of ECFA and industry dynamics, continually promoting domestic and overseas business attractions and marketing as well as economic and trade exchanges; building the Taipei Technology Corridor to attract foreign and Taiwanese companies to locate their headquarters here for investment.Encouraging industry to innovate and develop, giving assistance to SMEs for upgrading and transformation as well as assistance to the youth to start their own enterprise, offering related subsidies and favorable policies, strengthening the entire industrial competitiveness, constructing a superior environment for investment, activating the economics of Taipei City.Continually improving the physical and software facilities of shopping districts and markets, constructing a superior environment for consumption and shopping, promoting the development of economics and shopping districts with rich and multiple marketing themes activities, shaping the brand charm reflecting Taipei City's characteristics.Promoting energy-saving and carbon-reduction in industry and commerce; promoting reasonable and effective use of energy; promoting renewable energy; implementing management and preservation of hot spring resources.Developing exquisite, organic and recreational agriculture; developing locally specific produce; implementing organic agricultural products inspection; giving guidance and assistance to farmer groups; promoting Green Economy; enhancing the economic benefits of agriculture.Continuing the experience of organizing the flora exposition and establishing the "Taipei Expo Foundation" to continuously manage Taipei Expo Park and thereby promote industrial development in the peripheral regions, enhancing the quality of the recreation industry, activating expo-designs, as well as creating opportunities for Taipei City to organize international conferences, expositions or games.Making Taipei City an animal-friendly city; guaranteeing pet food sanitation and safety; completing the mechanism of pet industry guidance and management; guarding against zoonoses and externally invasive species; maintaining ecological preservation and creating a sustainable ecological environment. ", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67356", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=D3A357F25F7B98BC", "title": "The major policies of 2011", "Content": "Mastering the turning point of ECFA, promoting APPE affairs actively, developing international market, and continually consolidate domestic and oversea marketing investments. Encourage Taiwanese entrepreneurs come back to Taiwan to invest, and attract foreign trader for financial investment. To develop commercial potential, consolidate the investment willingness of the company, and build up our city to become Asian and Pacific transport business center.Encouraging industry to innovate and develop, assistance small and medium sized enterprises upgraded and transferred, and also guidance youth to start an enterprise. Offer related allowance and preferential measures. Consolidate industry entirety competitiveness. Construct the superiority of investment environment, and active the economics of our city.Create a comfortable and friendly consuming environment; keep promoting the improvement program of shopping districts, markets, and recreational facility. Provide an overall modern space; build up a high quality commercial environment. To promote diversified commercial activity development. Successfully build up our city's feature and fascination.Continually promoting industry and commerce to saving energy, and promote reasonable and effective energy using. Promoting renewable energy installation and using, and implement hot spring resource management preservation.Promote to set up flora exposition memorial park. Continue the experience of flora exposition, flourishing flowers and plants, exhibitions and tourism act. Industry, and build up Taipei as a beautiful city.Strengthen overall mountain renovation and disaster prevention, implement hillside safety management. Investigate our city's hillside artificial earth-bank, and filing. Ensure public's life and property safety. Construct flawless and high quality nature environment. Improve agriculture environment, and create countryside with city feature.Promote responsible education to pet owner, well pet industry management development, and guarantee pet food hygienic security. Strengthen animal rescue system, improve animal adoption environment, and raise the quality of animal care. Prevent rabies, bird flu and other external creature invasion. Create an animal sustainable ecological environment.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" }, { "DataSN": "67355", "ArticleType": "0", "FileName": "", "Link": "", "Source": "https://english.doed.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=7302A8983CFDD0ED&s=7C8CA72E8BDC0248", "title": "The major policies of 2010", "Content": "We will continue on the promotion of the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition to raise the visibility of Taiwan internationally. Taipei will become a beautiful flora city with beautiful flowers and tourism industries.We encourage industrial research and development, and we offer relevant subsidies and preferential measure to enliven traditional and characterized industries and to promote industrial competitiveness. We will advance the industry and commerce towards energy conservation, and we will promote reasonable and effective use of energy. We will expand the set-up and use of renewable energy and put the hot spring resource management and conservation in effect in the meantime.We will advance the delicate leisure agriculture program for farmer communities and shape the brand image of the agricultural products of the city to create an environment of sustainable development and well-being for them. We will also advance the concept of green community and encourage citizens to join this program.We will advance Asian-Pacific economic and trade affairs in the city and also assist upgrade and transformation of small-and-medium-sized enterprises to create an advantageous industry and investment environment and form an industry cluster effect in the Neihu Technology Park, making the Taipei Technology Corridor and vibrating the economy of the city.We will launch a program to improve the hardware and software in traditional markets, and we will also improve the shopping environment of traditional markets and centralized street vendors to create a clean, modern environment of marketplace.We will construct a high-quality commercial environment to promote business development and enliven the business circle. We will also assist specialized industries and promote themed marketing activities to promote the commercial competitiveness, making the city more charismatic. We will enhance the overall disaster prevention capabilities and implement the safety management of hillsides. Files concerning artificial hillside slopes will be archived to ensure the safety of life and property of people. Also, we will continue to construct a high-quality and friendly environment, improve the agricultural environment, and create a city with countryside characteristics.In order to prevent rabies and bird flu, we will promote pet owner responsibility through education. We will also put the pet store source management in effect, protect pet food hygiene and safety, reinforce the mechanism for animal rescue, and improve environment of Animal House Shelter, improving the quality of animal care and preventing the invasion of alien species to create a sustainable environment for local animals.", "Files": [], "Links": [], "Pictures": [], "Movies": [], "Publish Department": "Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government" } ]