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Reporter Chen Zhengyu / Taipei Report
President Tsai Ing-wen received the award “109th ROC Excellent Merchants, Excellent Foreign Business Units in Taiwan, Excellent Foreign Entrepreneurs, Excellent Taiwan Antique Stores and Antique Stores with Local Features, Innovative Elite Antique Stores, Festival of South Taiwan Pastries on the morning of (29) “Heritage and Innovation Award Winners” thank the winners for their persistent efforts in their respective fields. Tsai Ing-wen noted that with the help of the rescue plan and triple coupons, Taiwan has achieved very impressive results in both the domestic and export markets.
▼ ▲ Tsai Ing-wen pointed out that Taiwan has achieved very impressive results in domestic and foreign markets. (Photo / Provided by the Presidential Palace)
In her speech, Tsai Ing-wen said that tomorrow is the 74th Merchant Day and the “Golden Merchant Award” award ceremony. I am very happy to congratulate the winners on the spot before the mention. Despite the global impact of the epidemic, Taiwan’s economy still maintains positive growth. He would like to especially thank all the advanced industries in different fields and industries, and their willingness to face the challenges together with the government and persevere in their efforts.
Tsai Ing-wen noted that the government’s previous 1.0 and 2.0 aid programs have played a good role in stabilizing the economy. Along with the help of triple coupons, the catering and retail industries have recently set new records in the same month. The recently adopted Bailout 3.0 plan will have an additional budget of more than 209.9 billion yuan to continue supporting industries and workforce.
Tsai Ing-wen went on to say that for the export sector, China’s September orders also exceeded $ 50 billion for the first time, setting a new monthly record in history. This year’s “Excellent Traders” winners have achieved impressive results, whether for domestic or export markets, including home appliances and audio, electronics, machine tool manufacturing and fruit trading. She believes that good products are the best bridge for the world to know Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen mentioned that this year’s winners also have many forward-thinking and innovative players, demonstrating that technological progress will also promote the improvement of the industry and create more business opportunities and new services. In addition, both excellent businessmen and excellent foreign businessmen have won awards for offshore power generation companies, showing that the development of renewable energy not only promotes localization of the power industry chain. green, but also makes Taiwan’s work environment more and more international.
▼ ▲ Tsai Ing-wen hopes that representatives of excellent businessmen will work with the government to make Taiwan stand out in the post-epidemic era. (Photo / Provided by the Presidential Palace)
Tsai Ing-wen also mentioned that good foreign companies include the financial industry, aviation industry, medicine, and machinery and equipment industries, showing that Taiwan is also a place where international funds are very optimistic and are willing to invest resources in long-term crops. He thanked the award-winning foreign entrepreneurs who chose to come to Taiwan to work hard with us. He also thanked the person in charge of the excellent Taiwan-based business unit there, which facilitated many important economic and commercial exchanges for Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen believes that the economic environment in Taiwan can be so dynamic because we are not only very international, but we also have traditional and unshakable old stores. Now we are also incorporating new ideas and doing a lot of innovation, which also brings great business opportunities. .
Tsai Ing-wen gave an example that in order to revitalize the traditional cake industry, the Ministry of Economic Affairs held the “South Taiwan Cake Festival” for the first time this year. We have seen that traditional cakes also have many innovative methods in addition to traditional flavors. Including tea, Chinese medicine, soy sauce or pastries, they all preserve the good taste in Taiwanese souvenirs. The “Occidental Bolilu Restaurant” is also a place where many people have good childhood memories.
▼ ▲ Tsai Ing-wen thanked the winners for their constant efforts in different fields. (Photo / Provided by the Presidential Palace)
Tsai Ing-wen emphasized that for Taiwan to stand out in the post-epidemic era, it must not only seize the opportunity of global supply chain restructuring to take a key position, but also attract more capital, technology, and talent from international level to Taiwan to accelerate industrial modernization and transformation. .
Lastly, Tsai Ing-wen hopes that everyone can continue to work hand in hand with the government to jointly implement the overarching goal of deepening Taiwan, deploying in Asia-Pacific, and developing the world.
The Presidential Palace indicated that the award-winning delegation was led by the president of the National Chamber of Commerce of the ROC, Lai Zhengyi, accompanied by the Minister of Economy Wang Meihua, and went to the Presidential Palace to meet with the president. Also present was the general secretary of the presidential palace Li Dawei.
