Building a YunTech Silicon Valley: YunTech Startup Park Opens

National Yunlin University of Science and Technology held the inauguration ceremony for its startup park and the signing ceremony for the innovation incubation alliance on the 7th. Yunlin County Magistrate Lee Chin-yung, Executive Officer Hsu Ken-wei of the Joint Service Center for the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan Region of the Executive Yuan, Deputy Director-General Hsu Mao-hsin of the Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Director of Education Liang En-chia, Director of Construction Su Kung-chih, President Yang Neng-shu of National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, and Douliu Mayor Hsieh Shu-ya all attended the signing ceremony. Magistrate Lee Chin-yung expressed the hope that the establishment of the YunTech Silicon Valley Startup Park will become a new startup cluster center for the central region, actively driving industrial upgrading and enhancing the diversified development and competitiveness of industry.

Magistrate Lee Chin-yung stated that in the era of globalization, science and technology are upgrading rapidly, and the Industry-Academia Collaboration and Intellectual Property Incubation Operations Center of YunTech has served as a bridge for local industrial innovation for 20 years, closely assisting many youth startup teams through industry-academia cooperation to operate smoothly. He hopes that the establishment of the startup park will become a cooperation platform for industry, government, and academia, fostering the emergence of three major industrial fields in the county: livelihood chemicals, electronic information, and cultural and creative technology. He expressed great expectations and blessings for its future operations.

The park will integrate various resources from public departments, corporate associations, and venture capital, while also linking "Yunzhong Street Cultural and Creative Park" and "Gukeng Green Tunnel" to drive a ripple effect of innovation and incubation in Yunlin. Currently, the occupancy rate of startups in the new park has reached 70%, focusing on three major fields: livelihood chemicals, electronic information, and cultural and creative technology. The businesses being mentored include Yunlin traditional industries, green energy industries, and a well-known Japanese animation company. It also provides Co-working Space business shared offices for startup teams or freelancers to move in.