The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a plan to develop central Taiwan as a core manufacturing region for smart technologies and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) centered around a proposed national center for precision and innovative technologies.
With Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC, 漢翔航空工業) headquartered in Taichung and Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology active in the region, as well as the plans Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) has to expand there, Taichung would become a manufacturing hub for precision machinery and smart technology, Changhua County would develop into a manufacturing cluster for metal-based products and automotive components, Nantou County would focus on smart agriculture and Yunlin County would concentrate on applying smart technology to husbandry and aquaculture, the National Development Council (NDC) said.
The Executive Yuan has forwarded the plan to Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰).
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The government’s goal is to increase the output value of manufacturers in the region by 5 percent, NDC Minister Paul Liu (劉鏡清) said.
To achieve that, the government plans to introduce a model that combines the work of the proposed center with the manufacturing operations in the region, Liu said.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs said it hopes that the presence of the manufacturing facilities of TSMC and Micron would help establish an advanced chip manufacturing cluster.
Hopefully more entities in the region would drive innovation by expediting research and development, and fostering greater capabilities for test manufacturing, the ministry said, adding that the plan is to develop core manufacturing operations by incorporating digitization and low-carbon concepts, or the biaxial model.
The plan is to have AIDC’s headquarters be a locus for UAV manufacturing supply chains that exclude Chinese involvement, it said.
Asked about what crossover there would be between the proposed center and the Asia UAV Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Research and Development Center (亞洲無人機AI創新應用研發中心) in Chiayi County, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Chin-tsang (何晉滄) said that the work of the two entities would not overlap, but would help concentrate UAV research and development.
Department of Industrial Technology Director-General Chiou Chyou-huey (邱求慧) said that the proposed center is a government measure to encourage the manufacturing industry to become more involved in UAV supply chains.
Firms in the industry have said that the government must resolve tax issues if it wants holding companies to be formed and the ministry is considering amendments to the Business Mergers and Acquisition Act (企業併購法) to provide incentives, Ho said.
The government would focus on providing utilities, transportation, medical services, cultural and arts amenities, shopping, waste disposal, and implementing net zero concepts to make the area more attractive, the ministry said.
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