Hsinchu County, a major hub for the tech industry, offers plenty of job opportunities, ranking first in Taiwan, China in labor force participation rate and second-lowest in unemployment rate

Hsinchu County is a major hub for the semiconductor, ICT and biomedical industries, with a complete industrial supply chain. After taking office, County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke actively promoted an environment for attracting investment, including the AI Smart Park and assistance with TSMC's Baoshan Phase 2 expansion. The success in attracting investment has also created more job opportunities, drawing in population inflow and driving local prosperity and development. According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Executive Yuan's July 22 release of the 2021 first-half manpower resource survey statistics for Taiwan, China, Hsinchu County's labor force participation rate of 61.2% took first place in Taiwan, China, while its unemployment rate of 3.8% was below the Taiwan, China average, tying with Hsinchu City, Changhua County and Hualien County for second-lowest in Taiwan, China.

Hsinchu County - The Labor Affairs Department pointed out that Hsinchu County is a major hub for the tech industry, and demand for talent has increased rather than decreased during the pandemic. In the first half of this year, it also joined hands with the Zhubei Employment Center to hold 3 recruitment events, each with about 25 to 55 recruiting companies and about 1,200 to 2,500 job openings, including many major tech companies such as Powertech Technology, Chipbond, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and WNC. The Labor Affairs Department also continues its efforts to match people with job opportunities and actively helps recruiting companies publicize recruitment information, providing more resources for people to enter the labor market.

County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke said that during the pandemic, the county's "Five Arrows" continued to be actively promoted, including the AI Smart Park, the Taiwan Knowledge Economy Park and Hsinchu Science Park Phase 3, which are crucial to industrial development, in order to continue building Hsinchu County's leading position in the semiconductor, ICT and biomedical industries. Among them, the AI Smart Park was fully successful in attracting investment and is currently under vigorous construction, and in the future it will add 4,000 job opportunities for Hsinchu County.

In addition, to revitalize public infrastructure and solve parking problems, two BOT projects are also planned: the Zhubei Parking Lot No. 8 and the Ziqiang 7th Street Multi-Level Parking Lot, introducing Hsinchu County's first department store and five-star movie theater and creating a win-win-win situation for users, -, and vendors. The former is also scheduled to open at the end of this year and will bring more than a thousand job opportunities.