We started our visit at InvesTaiwan Service Center under the Ministry of Economic Affair of Taiwan, and learned about the supports and requirements to start business or work in Taiwan. There are two systems of job application to obtain work permit in Taiwan. The first one is by work experience and wages; detailed requirements include working experience for more than two years and the monthly salary is no less than NTD 47,971. Second is acquiring at least 70 points from eight categories of the Point System. The categories include (1) education background; (2) salary; (3) working experience; (4) qualified to serve in relevant capacity; (5) Chinese language ability; (6) multilingual ability; (7) personal overseas development; and (8) compliance with government policy. MiTAC has focused on the IoT (Internet of Things) system integration. They provide the system integration for the government’s information technology infrastructures, industrial automation, smart transportation, smart library, smart campus, and cloud platform. By applying radio-frequency identification (RFID), they make a smart system integration to provide and deliver information. CTCI Corporation is a company working on engineering, procurement, and construction and the business expands from hydrocarbons, environmental and power infrastructures, and plant machinery. Advantech services include IoT system integration, smart city, and industrial equipment manufactures. It mainly focus on the IoT system integration, especially IoT devices (platforms), IoT solution ready packages (hardware and software), and IoT cloud services. Now, they are focusing on business-to-business marketing by providing embedded system, industrial system, services, and allied design and manufacturing service (DMS). Rhymebus is a manufacturing company of AC motor drive for the energy-saving electricity and provides Original Design Manufacturer and Original Equipment Manufacturer (ODM and OEM) services for customers. Its generating electricity with human power project is by putting the AC motor on sports equipment of treadmills and static bikes to create energy. HIWIN has been producing mechanical components and electronic parts for machinery manufacturing and solar panels. It has received numerous awards on precision ball screws, linear guideways, industrial and medical robots, and bearings. From this trip, I have realized that Taiwan has plenty of well-developed high-tech companies, which are progressively doing research and development on advanced technologies to improve human life as well as keeping the earth sustainable. I sincerely thank the CTCI Foundation for granting me this experience. I hope someday I can collaborate with Taiwanese companies in creating a better future for all.
