Processing Zone Administration promotes cross-domain industry-academia collaboration, cultivating local industry talent in depth

To promote exchanges and cooperation between manufacturers in industrial parks in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area and academic and research institutions, and to help enterprises cultivate talent and pursue innovative R&D, the Export Processing Zone Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs held on the 10th at Zhuangjing Hall in the Nanzih Processing Zone the "Kaohsiung-Pingtung Area Industry-Academia Technology Cooperation and Talent Cultivation Exchange Matchmaking Meeting," inviting the Ministry of Education's Regional Industry-Academia Center and 15 schools including National Sun Yat-sen University, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, and National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area to exhibit. Lin Chih-lung, Deputy CEO of the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre, and representatives of many schools attended in person, and Legislator Lin Tai-hua also specially came to participate. Nearly 40 enterprise representatives and more than 150 people gathered on site, taking the first step for cross-regional industry-academia collaboration.

Huang Wen-ku, Director-General of the Processing Zone Administration, said that Taiwan's current industrial structure urgently needs upgrading and transformation, and the Processing Zone Administration will strengthen its role as a park platform, linking resources from industry, government, academia, research and training sectors, and actively promoting diversified talent cultivation. It will also combine human resources supervisor associations and community exchange platforms (Facebook, Line) and other online-offline interactive models to gain an in-depth understanding of manufacturers' manpower needs, encourage enterprises to invest in medium- and long-term industry-academia collaboration, plant roots downward at the senior high and vocational high school level, and apply to use government resources to jointly plan practice-oriented learning course programs. In addition, in line with the government's Productivity 4.0 policy, the Processing Zone Administration will drive the intelligent transformation of park industries and guide manufacturers from manufacturing toward "smart" manufacturing.

Deputy CEO Lin of the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre stated that the Centre, focusing on the new trend of manufacturing toward energy conservation and environmental protection, has in recent years been committed to helping motor industry manufacturers in the Pingtung Processing Zone establish a complete supply chain, and has integrated industry, government, academia and research resources to invest in R&D to improve motor efficiency and cultivate professional technical talent, with certain results already achieved. It has also promoted the establishment of the Taiwan Motor Industry Association to advance the development of the domestic motor industry, making related products of Motor In Taiwan (MIT) a symbol of high efficiency and high quality.

The schools participating in this matchmaking event included 15 schools such as National Sun Yat-sen University, National University of Kaohsiung, National Pingtung University, and I-Shou University, which set up booths on site to explain and share excellent cases of industry-academia talent cultivation at each school. In addition, well-known enterprises such as Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and China Steel Group were on site looking for industry-academia matchmaking partners.