Taiwan and Canada yesterday renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on science and technology cooperation at a ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of the partnership, the National Science and Techonology Council (NSTC) said.
A delegation of more than 40 people from Canada attended the MOU signing ceremony in Taipei at which representatives of the NSTC and National Research Council Canada signed the pact to show their intention to continue the partnership.
Photo: Chen Chia-yi, Taipei Times
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NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠) described Canada as one of Taiwan’s earliest partners in sci-tech development, saying that since 1997, partnerships between the two countries have blossomed in areas such as nanotechnology, biophotonics and vaccine development.
Taiwan and Canada also need to take the impact of generative artificial intelligence seriously, Wu added.
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Canadian council Iain Stewart, president, said many top Canadian sci-tech academics attended the ceremony yesterday, and their presence served as evidence of the strength of the two countries’ collaboration.
Canadian Trade Office in Taipei Jim Nickel, executive director, said many new MOUs are being drafted that could also strengthen the two countries’ partnership in the same areas of science, technology and innovation.
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