Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) is to lead a delegation to attend the APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting, which is to open in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
This year’s meeting is titled “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All,” the ministry said.
Discussions would focus on three key issues: supply chains and connectivity, the transport sector’s role in climate change, and inclusion and gender.
Photo: Ting Yi, Taipei Times
At the supply chain event, Wang is to brief participants on how Taiwan maintained its supply chain resilience and ensured that its air and shipping services were not interrupted during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry said.
He would discuss how the ministry bolstered key infrastructure resilience, as well as its long-term infrastructure development plans, the ministry said.
The US government to announce the launch of the APEC Maritime Cooperation Program at the event, and Wang is scheduled to share Taiwan’s maritime emission-reduction measures, the ministry said.
They include using emerging technologies and low or zero-carbon fuels, accelerating the replacement of ships that use a lot of fuel, optimizing hulls and expanding the use of shorepower for ships, as well as participating in the European Ecological Port Certification and World Ports Sustainability Program promoted by the International Association of Ports and Harbors, the ministry said.
On Thursday next week, Wang is to attend a business forum hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Chicago and the US-Taiwan Business Council, the ministry said.
He is to share Taiwan’s goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, as well as the strategies and policies it has formulated to promote electric vehicles, it said.
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