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Hsinchu Science Park


2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Hsinchu Science Park 2016 A

nnual Report

June 2017

Build on the Past ／ Usher in the Future 4

Jointly Build／ Beautiful Life 8

Pioneer in／ Creating Paradigms 14

Lead in／ Fostering Industry Change 30

Make an All-Out Effort to／ Turn Vision into Reality 38

Major Events 46

ContentsForeword: Pool Industry Innovations to Usher in HSP's New Era


2016 Annual Report

Pool Industry Innovations to Usher in HSP’s New Era

As smart networking and the digital economy increasingly gain force, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart industry have come under the spotlight as we move toward the new era that promises to be characterized by digital and smart manufacturing. The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) is home to complete industry clusters across their respective supply chains that, in turn, command a powerful cluster effect and extraordinary competitive edge. It is no less than a high-tech wonder of the world that takes the form of an ICT hub for both R&D and manufacturing. As leader of Taiwan's high-tech industry, the HSP is well suited to combine innovations and startups and undertake cross-sector consolidation, thereby keeping up a positive cycle of perpetual industry innovation and development.

The semiconductor industry enjoyed a pickup in 2016. This recovery fuelled substantial growth in exports out of the HSP, or an annual increase just shy of 19%. In the days ahead, worthy of special attention is the biomedical industry that the government has rightly identified as such. With the first Biotech Building put to use at the HSP in 2012, the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park (HBSP) has attracted NT$15.193 billion worth of investment and admitted 40 tenant companies since. Their sales have also seen big rises by the year. Given the urgent need for more standard plants, construction of the second Biotech Building is now under way with a bid to provide biomedical ventures with the space they need. Groundbreaking for National Taiwan University Hospital's branch at the HBSP took place in January 2017, with completion of the first-phase medical care building set for June 2019. The HBSP's cluster effect stands to sustain a further boost over time.

Business models are changing rapidly and cross-border competition intensifies by the day. To further enhance the competitiveness of local high-tech industry, the Hsinchu Science Park Bureau (HSPB) is set to integrate tangible and intangible resources, consolidate outdated standard plants, and construct a software design building and a special zone devoted specifically to innovative startups. The objective is to create an environment conducive to interchanges among startups

while funding is set aside as an incentive for tenant companies to engage in R&D projects geared toward cross-sector cooperation and emerging applications, thereby facilitating the HSP's industry upgrade and fostering innovative industries.

Meanwhile, the HSPB will strengthen and consolidate neighboring academic and research institutions as well as other industry-academia collaboration platforms and resources. Of particular importance is the establishment of platforms to facilitate information exchanges among universities and other juristic person entities with regard to patents and advanced instruments. The “Seeking Inspiration Springs at the HSP” initiative, a platform bringing together industry, academia, and R&D institutions, promises to play an important role in facilitating exchanges and cooperation. The HSPB believes it can thus build a supply chain and ecosystem of high-caliber manpower, in turn enhancing the HSP's technological capabilities and adding value, and taking full advantage of its cluster effect. Simply put, the HSPB is committed to crafting a next-generation science park compatible with the latest trends across high-tech industries around the world.

Looking to the future, the HSPB is ready to further promote international linkages and cooperation while expanding business opportunities by helping tenant companies with cross-border marketing. One priority for 2017 will be seeking subsidies from the National Science and Technology Development Fund for local aspiring participants in international exhibitions, thereby further pushing exchanges with science parks in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Meanwhile, the HSPB is set to join forces with tenant companies to strive for improvement in both technological standards and quality of living, implement different levels of internship and training programs, and promote cooperation between the HSP and local city and county governments to foster prosperity and attract young people to work and live in the region, thereby attaining balanced development across areas around this high-tech hub. With the concerted efforts of all parties concerned, the HSP will surely enjoy full-fledged development and deliver maximal value.

Director-general Hsinchu Science Park

Current Status of the Hsinchu Science Park

The Hsinchu Science Park (hereafter the “HSP”) is composed of six parks: the Hsinchu Park covers 653 hectares, the Jhunan Park 123 hectares, the Longtan Park 107 hectares, the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park 38 hectares, the Yilan Park 71 hectares, and the Tongluo Park 350 hectares.

The world’s economic doldrums in 2016 posed daunting challenges to Taiwan, both internal and external. Even so, the HSP’s tenant companies managed to generate revenues totaling NT$1.040 trillion as their exports recovered in the second half of the year and set another new record. The year also saw the HSP usher in 30 new investment projects amounting to a combined NT$5.32 billion. As of the end of 2016, tenant companies numbered 487, had paid-in capital of NT$1.997 trillion, and employed 147,624 persons (excluding 3,029 persons employed by business service providers).

◆ Overview of HSP industries in 2016

Industry Companies Employment Revenue (NT$100m)Integrated Circuits 185 86,538 7,656

Computers & Peripherals 51 8,789 358

Communications 45 6,958 323

Optoelectronics 88 37,099 1,538Precision Machinery 40 3,724 360

Biotechnology 73 4,227 98Other 5 289 62Total 487 147,624 10,395

Overview

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Usher in the Future

Build on the Past

Build on the Past • Usher in the Future

Current Status of the HSP’s Six Parks

(1) Hsinchu ParkD o m i n a n t i n d u s t r i e s i n c l u d e s e m i c o n d u c t o r,

optoelectronics, precision machinery, communications, and biotechnology. In 2016, overall revenue was NT$920.92 billion, tenant companies numbered 388, employees totaled 131,319 persons, and 17 companies won approval for new investments. The park has long been known for well-rounded planning, pleasant scenery, and a full range of daily amenities. Its tenant companies have achieved many global glories, all the way from computers and peripherals of the early days to today’s wafer foundry services. No wonder it is internationally acclaimed as one of the world's most successful science parks.

(2) Jhunan ParkDominant industries include optoelectronics and

biotechnology. In 2016, overall revenue was NT$67.48 billion, tenant firms numbered 51, employees totaled 14,026 persons, and two companies won approval for new investments. Development of the park began in July 1999, and the first firms were able to take up occupancy in 2011. In addition to helping meet the demand for land in the Hsinchu Park, this park has contributed to industrial and commercial development and job creation in the Toufen and Jhunan areas of Miaoli County.

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MediaTek Inc.’s plant building at the Hsinchu Park

A standard plant building at the Jhunan Park

(3) Longtan ParkDominant industries include optoelectronics and semiconductor.

In 2016, overall revenue was NT$45.47 billion, tenant firms numbered seven, employees totaled 3,897 persons, and one company won approval for new investments. What was originally a privately developed industrial park was taken over and redeveloped in January 2004. It is being developed as a cluster of innovative ventures across the supply chains of optoelectronics and solar energy industries, thereby pushing local industry up another rung.

(4) Hsinchu Biomedical Science ParkDominant industries include high-end medical equipment and

new drug R&D. In 2016, overall revenue was NT$240 million, tenant companies numbered 31, employees totaled 710 persons, and four companies won approval for new investments.

In May 2011, the Biotech Building was completed and began accepting occupants. The Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park contains three core facilities, namely the Biomedical Technology and Product R&D Center, Industry and Incubation Center, and Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park Hospital. Various elements needed for developing the biomedical industry—R&D, pilot production, clinical testing, patent licensing, and startup incubation—will be integrated within the park. By ushering in prominent international companies and research units, the park is set to stimulate the development of Taiwan's biomedical industry.

To provide biomedical companies with more space, the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park is planning to build a second Biotech Building; completion of project bidding is expected by the end of 2017. This should be able to further enhance the cluster effect of Hsinchu’s biomedical industry. Coupled with the Hsinchu Park’s leading edge in ICT design and manufacturing, Taiwan’s biomedical industry is expected to move up another rung over time.

(5) Tongluo ParkDominant industries include green energy and energy

conservation, materials, and biotechnology. In 2016, overall revenue was NT$5.336 billion, seven out of 12 previously accepted tenant companies were operating in the park, employees totaled 689 persons, and another company won approval for new investments. The Tongluo Park is being developed in three stages. Companies have been able to occupy sites since completion of the first stage in November 2009, followed by completion and acceptance of second-stage development projects in December 2015. Third-stage development is now under way.


The Biotech Building at the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park

Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.’s plant building at the Tongluo Park

AU Optronics Corp.’s plant building at the Longtan Park

Build on the Past • Usher in the Future

In order to highlight local Hakka cultural features, the Council for Hakka Affairs has established the Miaoli Hakka Culture Park within the park, making it a global center of Hakka cultural and industrial interchange and research. The Miaoli Hakka Culture Park attracted some 480,000 visitors in 2016, adding a unique cultural touch to the Tongluo Park.

(6) Yilan ParkDominant industries include communications services, software, digital

content, and R&D. In 2016, overall revenue was NT$32 million, three out of eight previously accepted tenant companies were operating in the park, employees totaled 12 persons, and another five companies won approval for new investments. The park was first made available to tenant companies in 2012, followed by the readiness of standard plants in July 2016. Emphasis is now placed on accelerating the introduction of tenant companies.

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A standard plant building at the Yilan Park

AU Optronics Corp.’s plant building at the Longtan Park

Beautiful Life

Jointly Build

Park Planning(1) Use ICT Technologies to Develop a Smart Park

Building on the Ministry of Science and Technology’s smart park management platform, the HSPB is set to promote such initiatives as smart transportation, smart governance, and smart sustainability. The objective is to complete the following three projects at the HSP between 2016 and 2019: an energy-s a v i n g p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t network, a park governance s y s t e m , a n d a s m a r t sustainability system. As of the end of 2016, the following had already been introduced: electr ic shuttle ser vices, smart parking, changeable message s igns intended for traffic information, and zone planning for LED street lighting. Planning of other items is also under way.

A quality operating environment

◆ Smart Park Development Project

Policy Implementation Plan

Smart Transportation

Energy-Saving Public Transport NetworkSmart Parking Service SystemSmart Traffic Information Service System

Smart GovernanceEnvironmental Governance Information NetworkHSP 3D GIS

Smart Sustainability

Smart LED Street Lighting System


(2) Integrate the Tangible and IntangibleAs Taiwan’s pioneer in upgrading the technology industry, the HSPB is keen to forge

partnerships with various quarters. One notable example is the cooperative platform involving industry, academia, and research institutions whose objective is to induce the latter two to share their R&D undertakings with the HSP. That is, academic and research institutions are encouraged to work with the Industry and Incubation Center and take advantage of the From IP to IPO initiative so that more young people can proceed with their startups. For its part, the HSP is now undertaking a NT$1 billion revitalization project mainly with a view to renovating outdated plants. In a similar vein, the HSP is set to construct new plants to cater specifically to IOT, chip design, and software ventures as well as intermediary standard plants so as to better utilize land yet to be developed.

The HSPB is planning to undertake the following:

1. Constructing a new building for software ventures and startups: It will be a new building consisting of six stories above ground and two levels below, with a total floor area of 15,000 m2. The NT$500 million project is expected to offer 18 units. With preliminary planning under way, this proposed project is slated to be presented for review in June 2017. After completion, it will accommodate startups and software ventures.

2. Building an intermediary standard plant building: It will be a new building consisting of six stories above ground and two levels below, with a total floor area of 20,000 m2. The NT$670 million project is expected to offer 30 units. With preliminary planning under way, this proposed project is slated to be presented for review in August 2017. After completion, it will accommodate tenant companies that currently operate in outdated standard plants.

3. Constructing a second Biotech Building at the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park: It will be a new building consisting of 12 stories above ground and two levels below, with a total floor area of 66,370 m2. Approved in March 2017, the NT$2.85 billion project is scheduled to be completed in June 2021 and offer 59 units. Besides providing biomedical companies with more space, it will go a long way toward enhancing the cluster effect of the biomedical industry in the Hsinchu area.

4. Proceeding with third-stage development of the Tongluo Park, thereby making available another 24.9 hectares of land for plant construction.

Administrative Efficiency(1) One-Stop Services

A unique one-stop service approach allows the HSPB to handle such matters as investment applications, plant construction applications, company and factory registration, import/export certification, labor matters, and factory inspections.

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Jointly Build • Beautiful Life

Many relevant government agencies have established branches in the park, and provide highly effective administrative services. Separately, the HSPB brings together water, power, fuel, gas, taxation, financial, postal, customs, police, firefighting, and employment service units and branches to an annual meeting in order to strengthen interagency communication and improve overall service quality.

In 2016, the HSPB won an approval rating of 83% for its services. To be sure, the HSPB’s constant enhancement of administrative efficiency and readiness to respond to the expectations of tenant companies explains why it has been able to score handsomely in this regard over the years. While the Ministry of Science and Technology commissions an impartial third party to conduct an annual survey of the HSPB’s service quality, the HSPB is keen to collect the responses of tenant companies for the reference of further improvement.

(2) e-EnvironmentPaperless documentation remains an ongoing endeavor. As of the end of 2016, 52%

of the HSPB’s document approval process was handled online, seven percentage points higher than the 45% target set by the Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, for government agencies. Meanwhile, the HSPB continued to promote the Common Information Service System for HSP Companies—the latest addition being the HSP Companies Management Fees System—in order to further increase service efficiency.

Working in concert with the Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance, the HSPB added such items as trade licensing and import/export customs clearance harmonization to the Customs-Port-Trade One-Stop Service initiative. The objective is to form a quality operating environment for both imports and exports that places equal emphasis on facilitating cross-border flows of goods and ensuring the security of supply chains. This has proven a significant boost to convenience and efficiency: the time needed for customs clearance is now six minutes on average, down from 18 minutes previously.

Another highlight in 2016 was the HSPB’s replacing its outdated network switch with a new one to provide itself and subordinate agencies with faster transmission speed. Networking efficiency also sustained a boost thanks to the HSPB’s consolidation of existing network management and surveillance systems.

Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction(1) Energy Conservation and Energy Management

To ensure the security of power supply, the HSPB gathers scholars, experts, Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower), and representatives from the Association of Industries in Science Parks to form the HSP Power Supply Security Check Advisory Panel. In addition to the panel’s quarterly meetings on power security and quality improvement, 10 counseling sessions on power security checks were conducted in 2016.

In 2016, the HSPB commissioned a specialized outside company to extend assistance to HSP companies in undertaking various energy conservation programs. In total, it assisted

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10 HSP companies in attaining more efficient use of energy (including five companies in shifting to the use of renewable energy). Meanwhile, one workshop was conducted to help tenant companies learn from peers with a solid track record on this front. In 2016, the aforesaid efforts attained an energy saving potential equivalent to 60.83 million kWh of electricity, or a 31,700-ton decrease in CO2

emissions.

The HSPB makes it a point to offer energy conservation training and thus help tenant companies usher in energy management systems. Meanwhile, the HSPB also implements energy inspection rigorously in a bid to build a better understanding of Taiwan’s energy use as well as demand and supply for the reference of formulating a better-rounded energy policy.

(2) Water Supply and Water ConservationTo minimize the risk of water shortage, the HSPB is proactive to attain the government target

of reducing industrial use of water by the year. As such, the HSPB is keen to help tenant companies conserve water, conduct training sessions and workshops on water conservation and recycling, and commend tenant companies and their employees who excel in this regard. In 2016, the HSPB hosted 10 counseling sessions on water conservation, thereby helping tenant companies attain a water saving potential of over 500,000 tons, or a decrease in excess of 77.5 tons in CO2 emissions.

(3) Assisting in Greenhouse Gas ValidationTo ascertain the amount of greenhouse gas emissions as the basis for reduction efforts, the

HSPB assisted one tenant company in conducting greenhouse gas validation in 2016, pushing the cumulative total of assisted companies to 24.

(4) Assisting in Introduction of Green AccountingThe HSPB helps tenant companies usher in green accounting

so that they can fully present their input and output with regard to environmental protection in a transparent manner and thus demonstrate their contribution to environmental sustainability. In 2016, assistance was extended to three tenant companies in adopting green accounting, under which a systematic approach toward gathering data was introduced and their capacity for self-management was enhanced.

(5) Assisting in Compilation of CSR ReportingIn 2016, the HSPB assisted one tenant company in compiling

its corporate social responsibility report in accordance with the latest G4 Guidelines and AA1000 standards.

(6) E-Newsletter on Energy Conservation and Carbon ReductionIn 2016, the HSPB published a total of 51 e-newsletters on

energy conservation and carbon reduction.

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Assisting in introduction of green accounting Assisting in greenhouse gas validation

Homepage of the HSP’s e-newsletter on energy conservation and carbon reduction

Transportation Network To meet the needs of HSP development, the HSPB is keen to work with local governments

in expanding its road network. A highlight in 2016 was the introduction of smart and green transportation with a view to echoing the government call for energy conservation and carbon reduction in the face of global warming and promoting the HSP as a smart park.

(1) Road ConstructionOver the years the HSPB has completed such projects as widening of Baoshan Road and Jieshou

Road and construction of an overpass on Guangfu Road as well as Ciyun Road. Meanwhile, it is keen to work with the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau and the Hsinchu County and City governments in planning and building new roads around the HSP.

1. Extending the connection road under the Taiwan High Speed Rail bridge to the Hsinchu Park: The first stage of the project—the section between Taiwan High Speed Rail and Gongdao Road V—was open to traffic on June 15, 2015. Second-stage construction, or that of the section between Gongdao Road V and Zhongxing Road, is now under way; it is slated to open to traffic in 2018. The Hsinchu County government is also undertaking urban planning modification for the third stage—the section from Zhongxing Road to Lixing Road—with a view to getting it ready for traffic in 2019.

2. Extending the road along the Keya River: The Hsinchu City government is currently undertaking urban planning modification for extending Keya Boulevard from its intersection with Minghu Road to Gaocui Road. The project will benefit commuters from Minghu Road and Xiangshan to the Hsinchu Park.

3. Building an alternative road for crossing the Touqian River: The Hsinchu City government is scheduled to complete preliminary planning of this proposed alterative road for crossing the Touqian River by the end of 2017. After completion, the project is expected to alleviate the traffic between Hsinchu and Zhubei.

4. Linking Yike 1st Road to Lanfeng Road (Yilan Park’s northbound external link): The new road was open to traffic on January 1, 2016, giving the Yilan Park direct access to the urban districts of Yilan and Yuanshan.

(2) Transportation Infrastructure and Management1 The four off-road parking lots at the Hsinchu Park—on R&D Road II

and Xingye Road II and at the Duxing Sewage Treatment Plant and the SiSoft SIPP Center—now feature the following: smart ticketless and plate-identification system, free bikes, and multiple payment options.

2. In September 2016, the HSPB completed installation of its CMS and information publication platform and connected it to the road information system of Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County. In the Hsinchu Park, a total of nine eTag readers and seven CMS signboards were installed for displaying traffic control, road emergencies, and other relevant information.

3. In September 2016, a reversible lane detection system was put to use on Ciyun Road Overpass to prevent undesirable accidents. Upon detection of any vehicle misuse, it will send out an alarm and switch to “no entry” mode immediately.


Ticketless floor locating display: key in plate number to identify the location of a given parked vehicle

Multiple payment options

4. In 2016, an electric shuttle bus service was launched to connect the Hsinchu Park and the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park (by way of Taiwan Railways’ Zhuzhong Station). The electric bus can help reduce CO2 emissions by 45.61 tons per year. In terms of energy conservation and carbon reduction, its five-year savings matches 60% of what Taipei’s Daan Forest Park can accomplish a year.

SecurityThe HSP has made itself increasingly open to the general public in recent

years. Ensuring its safety is now a much more daunting and challenging task. The HSPB has thus done its utmost to take all necessary precautions. To help prevent crime and conduct investigations, it has installed electronic surveillance systems at various major crossroads across the Hsinchu, Jhunan, Longtan, Tongluo, and Yilan parks. A highlight on this front in 2016 was the introduction of more intelligent and advanced electronic equipment to enhance imaging quality, storage capacity, and plate-identification capability. Meanwhile, planning of surveillance equipment for the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park was completed; it is slated to become operational in 2017. When it comes to disaster prevention, the HSPB set up its emergency response center in a timely manner as Taiwan braced for the onslaught of such typhoons as Nepartak, Malakas, and Megi. Separately, the Hsinchu Park’s firefighting squad handled more than 1,000 firefighting cases in 2016. Of these, it was able to help a number of victimized tenant companies keep their losses to a minimum.

To further refine the HSP’s disaster response capabilities, the HSPB worked with relevant parties to conduct a number of drills in 2016. On June 3, the HSPB was joined by Hsinchu City’s Bureau of Environmental Protection to organize an exercise on responding to disasters caused by toxic substances and air pollution incidents. In this case, participants were called upon to simulate responses and evacuation in the wake of a disaster caused by a toxic chemical substance. On September 21, the HSPB participated in the Ministry of the Interior’s National Disaster Prevention Day activities by means of simulating responses to an earthquake, putting to test relevant personnel’s capacity for emergency deployment and coordination. For its part, the HSP’s police force routinely conducts drills to simulate responses to bank robberies. All the aforesaid endeavors offer an opportunity not only for participants to share and exchange experiences but also for all parties concerned to better refine their SOP with regard to disaster prevention and emergency responses.

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Police officers and their patrol car

Roadside surveillance and recording system

A joint exercise on responding to a toxic substance disaster and air pollution incident

Creating Paradigms

Pioneer in

Investment Promotion Strategies and Accomplishments/Image Promotion

The HSPB is proactive not only to readjust its business attraction strategies in line with the latest industry trends worldwide but also to promote the HSP as a worthy brand name.

(1) Accomplishments in Investment PromotionAs of 2016, the HSPB had accumulated investment approvals totaling

530, including 30 new cases for a combined NT$5.319 billion during the year. Of these, five were foreign investors (with a combined investment of NT$1.618 billion) and six startups. Another 25 tenant companies reported capital increases that totaled NT$37.107 billion.

Industry Development

Industry Number of Companies

Investment Amount (in NT$100 million)

Integrated Circuits 5 6.04

Optoelectronics 6 13.44

Computers & Peripherals 4 4.31

Communications 3 5.42

Precision Machinery 3 8.5

Biotechnology 9 15.48


In 2016, the HSPB approved 30 investment applications from incoming tenants, including five integrated circuit ventures for a combined investment of NT$604 million; six optoelectronics firms for NT$1.344 billion; four computer and peripheral firms for NT$431 million; three communications firms for NT$542 million; three precision machinery firms for NT$850 million; and nine biotechnology ventures for NT$1.548 billion. In the days ahead, the HSPB is set to continue building on the HSP’s existing strengths and introducing worthy investors in line with the latest trends in the global high-tech industry.

(2) A Biomedical Industry Cluster Taking Shape in HsinchuThe Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park (HBSP) has scored handsomely in investment

attraction since 2011. Cumulative investment approvals amount to 40, and their combined investment totals NT$15.193 billion. Both the Biotech Building and the R&D Building’s standard plants are now fully leased to tenant companies. Covering an area of 38.1 hectares, the HBSP has 24.11 hectares of land available for leasing. Of this, tenants have taken up 16.8 hectares, translating into a leasing rate of 69.68%. Groundbreaking for National Taiwan University Hospital’s branch at the HBSP took place on January 7, 2017. As a first-stage project, its medical care building is slated to be completed in June 2019 and become operational in January 2020. Under its biomedical industry innovation initiative, the Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, established an office in the HBSP on January 25, 2017 in order to better integrate all resources available and accelerate the formation of a biomedical industry cluster.

(3) Strategies for Business Attraction1. Soliciting domestic and international businesses

On the domestic front, the HSPB attended the 2016 Photonics Festival in Taiwan by installing the HSP Medical Equipment and Optoelectronics Pavilion, which was patterned after what it did the year before. By inviting different biomedical and optoelectronics companies from the HSP to exhibit their technologies and products in two straight years, the HSPB aims to foster a better understanding of the said industry in Hsinchu. Separately, the HSPB responded to a fast-growing trend by setting up an HSP Pavilion on Medical Equipment for Caring for the Elderly at the 14th BioTaiwan Exhibition, which was placed under the BioTaiwan 2016 umbrella, to help promote HSP accomplishments in the area of long-term care services.

The HSPB is equally proactive to attend international events so as to help HSP companies make inroads into overseas markets. One instance was the HSPB’s participation in Bio 2016. As the world’s biggest biotechnology exhibition, the event attracted 76 national delegations, over 50 national pavilions, and 1,800 booths. A total of 15,937 companies participated in the exhibition, and some 35,700 business matching sessions were held. Separately, the HSPB also accepted Yokosuka Research Park’s invitation and sent a delegation to Japan’s Wireless Technology Park (WTP) 2016 for business solicitation.

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Ribbon-cutting for Bio 2016's Taiwan Pavilion HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang calling at BioTaiwan 2016

Hacettepe Technopolis, the HSP’s sister park in Turkey, sent Prof. Ahmet Burcin Yereli, Prof. Selim Sualp Caglar, and Ilyas Yilmazyildiz to help celebrate the HSP’s 36th anniversary.

2. Soliciting businesses to Yilan

To help promote both business and investment, HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Tseng-ju led a delegation to call on Yilan County Deputy Commissioner Wu Tze-cheng in October 2016, just one month after the former took office. The two discussed how they could work together on issues of mutual concern. Their consensus was that the county government and the HSPB will forge a closer partnership, under which leading companies will be called upon to help create industry clusters in Yilan. Meanwhile, National Ilan University, National Tsing Hua University, and National Yang-Ming University will be invited to establish incubation centers to help nurture medium to small industries and startups. Separately, the HSPB has invited the Yilan County government to participate in the HSP Industry-Academia Association that is being organized so as to strengthen cross-sector interchange and cooperation.

(4) Promote the HSP as a Premium Brand Name1. Reception of visitors

In 2016, the HSPB received a total 0f 11,419 visitors, primarily domestic and foreign investors, social organizations, student groups, and foreign journalists as well as foreign government VIPs arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aided by a multimedia briefing and an on-site tour, domestic and international visitors can get a clear picture of the status quo of the HSP. For its part, the HSPB grasps every opportunity to promote the HSP and enhance its visibility in the world arena.

2. Participation in international organizations

Besides attending international exhibitions, the HSPB is proactive to strengthen cooperation with science parks in other parts of the world. A member of both the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) and the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA), the HSPB now serves as an executive director of the latter. The HSPB not only is an avid participant in the leaders’ meetings, board meetings, and business-matching sessions of the organizations cited above but also regularly sends delegates to present papers in their annual meetings. In 2017, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park will host ASPA’s annual conference and the HSPB is ready to attend for the sake of business and investment promotion.

3. International cooperation

Separately, to date the HSP has teamed up with 26 sister parks in 13 countries. In 2016, the HSPB sent a delegation to attend the International Conference on Science and Technology in Turkey and call at Hacettepe Technopolis, one of the HSP’s sister parks. In turn, a Hacettepe Technopolis delegation also traveled to Taiwan to join in the HSP’s celebration of its 36th anniversary. Another highlight in 2016 was the HSPB’s discussion with Kyoto Research Park about closer cooperation: removing barriers that block foreign investment, sharing park management experiences, and strengthening technological exchanges and business links. In the days ahead, the HSPB is set to further promote cross-border connections and cooperation, notably exchanges with science parks in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.

While calling at the Yilan Park, HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Tseng-ju met with Acting Yilan County Commissioner Wu Tze-cheng (second from right).


The world standing of HSP industries and productsAccording to statistics compiled by the Industrial Economics and

Knowledge Center (IEK), Taiwan’s wafer foundry and chip packaging/testing industries retained their title as the world’s No. 1 in terms of market share in 2015 despite a marginal decrease from the year before. The chip design industry saw little change in its market share, which remained the world’s second largest.

In 2015, Taiwan saw its market share in the large-size TFT-LCD sector fall by three percentage points. With overseas output taken into account, Taiwan was the world’s second-largest supplier, trailing Korea whose market share exceeded 50%. Taiwan would have been the world’s third-largest supplier after Korea and China if overseas output were to be excluded. In the medium to small-size sector, Taiwan’s market share decreased by six percentage points in 2015. With overseas output taken into account, Taiwan was the world’s second-largest supplier, coming after Japan whose market share was close to 50%. Exclusion of overseas output would place Taiwan at No. 3, next to Japan and China.

In terms of crystalline silicon solar cells, Taiwan commanded the world’s second-biggest market share in 2015. As the world’s largest supplier, China garnered 58% of the global market. To be sure, Taiwanese manufacturers remain considerably dependent on their Chinese counterparts for out-sourcing.

There are some areas where Taiwan is also a predominant supplier even though output is far less significant. With overseas output taken into account, Taiwan was the world’s No. 1 WLAN supplier. Separately, Taiwan enjoyed the second- and third-largest market shares in OLED and LED products respectively (overseas output included for the latter).

◆ Global market shares of major HSP products in 2015

Product/Year 2015 2014 Overseas Output

IncludedOverseas Output

ExcludedOverseas Output

IncludedOverseas Output

Excluded Market Share (%) Ranking Market

Share (%) Ranking Market Share (%) Ranking Market

Share (%) Ranking

Wafer Foundry 70.31 1 67.27 1 71.4 1 68.5 1 Chip Packaging/Testing 54.19 1 48 1 54.8 1 50.5 1 Chip Design 22.1 2 19.9 2 22.2 2 19.9 2 Large-Size TFT-LCD 21.12 2 18.8 3 24.6 2 21.9 2 Medium to Small-Size TFT-LCD 20.33 2 16.88 3 26.7 2 22.2 2

Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells (MW) 20.4 2 15.9 2 22.1 2 21.3 2

OLED 2.8 3 2.8 2 3.8 3 3.8 3 WLAN 62.4 1 0.6 3 65.5 1 0.8 3 LED (Only counting output from packaging in Taiwan) 18.5 3 NA NA 19.1 3 NA NA

Source: Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (July 2016)Arranged by HSPB

Wafer product (Courtesy of TSMC)

Flat panel (Courtesy of AU Optronics Corp.)

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HSP Contribution to the EconomyEconomically speaking, the HSP makes a contribution to Hsinchu mainly in

the following three areas: human resources, household income, and community prosperity.

As of the end of 2016, the HSP employed 150,653 persons, or 75% of the manufacturing workforce of Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County combined. As many as 32% of these HSP employees held master’s or doctoral degrees.

In October 2016, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) published its Survey of Family Income and Expenditure for 2015. Against a national average of NT$1,167,284, the survey showed that Hsinchu City’s average annual household income amounted to NT$1,427,572, ranking No. 2 in Taiwan and trailing only Taipei City’s NT$1,581,899. Hsinchu County’s NT$1,283,955 was slightly lower than Taoyuan City’s NT$1,307,158 and came in at No. 4. The year 2015 also saw Hsinchu City record an average annual household expenditure of NT$971,537, coming after Taipei City’s NT$1,005,898 and ranking No. 2 in the country. Hsinchu County trailed closely behind at No. 3 with NT$841,800. These numbers compare with the national average of NT$759,647. Indeed, the past decade has seen Hsinchu City stay on a par with Taipei City in terms of household income and expenditure. The HSP has indeed helped distribute wealth throughout the local community.

The HSP’s rigorous development has created many jobs. In turn, this has not only attracted a steady inflow of job seekers but also fostered a multitude of supportive factories and service ventures, including wholesaling and retailing, hospitality, transportation, warehousing, communications, banking and insurance, real estate, leasing, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Both the numbers of business services providers and the sales they generate have grown substantially. Growth in Hsinchu County is particularly impressive. According to Ministry of Finance statistics on the aforesaid business services during the period between 2007 and 2016, Hsinchu County scored the fastest growth rates in three measures. For instance, Hsinchu County saw its overall commercial sales jump 64.15%--from NT$25 billion to NT$41 billion--and Hsinchu City’s rose 12.51%. Put together, the two registered a 33.19% increase, far higher than those recorded by the six municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the Cabinet and the national average growth of 7.44%. During the period between 2007 and 2016, Hsinchu City’s manufacturing sector saw its sales increase as much as 34.25%, readily beating the aforesaid six municipalities and far outshining the national average of 2.31%.

When it comes to sales weighting i n n a t i o n a l t o t a l s b y s e c t o r, t h e manufacturing sector of Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County accounted for 15.38% (10.52% for the former and 3.99% for the latter) in 2016. In the commercial sector, the two accounted for 17.21% of the country’s total sales in the professional, scientific, and technical ser vices segments (5.03% for the former and 12.18% for the latter). With a combined population of less than one million, Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County account for 5% of the country’s employed population. There is no understating the correlation between the flourishing of high-tech industries and ventures and Hsinchu’s prosperity.

◆ Comparisons drawing from the Survey of Family Income and Expenditure for 2015

Hsinchu City

元

1,427,572

1,800,000

1,600,0001,400,000

1,200,000

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

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1,283,9551,167,284

1,581,899

1,307,158

Hsinchu County Nation Taipei City Taoyuan City

Source: DGBAS (October 2016)


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Sustainable Development—Interviews With Industry Leaders

To further enrich this annual report, the HSPB arranged interviews with leaders from the HSP’s six major industries for them to share experiences in running their business and insights on what the future may hold. These in-depth discussions not only summarize the status of industry development in 2016 but also offer a glimpse into industry trends still in the making for the reference of economic development going forward. Hopefully these pioneers in paradigm shifts will inspire thoughts on even bolder innovation in the days ahead.

Currently the world’s largest professional chip tester, KYEC has spent 30 years refining its chip testing solution while building up its dominance in the back-end semiconductor market. With Chairman & CEO C.K. Lee at the helm, it has established outposts across Europe, Asia, and North America in order to serve global customers on a real-time basis. Each month, its wafer probing amounts to 460,000 pieces and final testing exceeds 600 million pieces. Its capacity for handling such a massive amount of professional testing is rightly justified by the gradual increase in the weighting of overseas customers to 50% in recent years.

In 2016, KYEC reported consolidated sales in excess of NT$20 billion. In addition to wafer probing and final testing, it has accumulated a solid track record in wafer grinding and dicing as well as waffle packing. KYEC has carved its name as a professional chip tester across a wide range of product lines: handsets, graphics cards, wireless communications, auto electronics, IOT electronics, consumer electronics, and MEMS. This diversity fully asserts itself in its sales and well-utilized production capacity. Its comprehensive product mix covers the memory, logic and mixed-signal, SOC, CIS/CCD, LCD driver, RF/wireless, and MEMS sectors. To get the job done, KYEC owns over 3,400 wafer testers. All these attest to its commitment to investing in production capacity and exceptional

capability for testing services.

“Top quality, punctual delivery, technological mastery, and sufficient capacity, plus hugely competitive pricing, combine to sustain our long-term commitment to customers. They also justify our success,” said Chairman Lee. Reflecting on KYEC’s rising above the global financial tsunami of 2008, he pointed to the company’s capability to offer the most advanced automated service, customize components of its wafer testers, and undertake development to meet specific customer needs. All these are crucial to KYEC’s coming up with various well-rounded testing solutions. Separately, KYEC has pioneered in developing a burn-in testing package applicable to single carrier boards, regional carrier boards, or all carrier platforms, as well as logic chips, CPUs, and chipsets.

In the chip testing industry, high-caliber manpower is considered a key asset. KYEC has thus chosen a path quite different from that of many peers who are keen to share in Taiwan’s limited supply of foreign workers. Instead, it has stood by the principle of “Taiwan first, homeland first.” Lee said local employees are mostly of high quality and loyalty. Over the past decade, it has trained nearly 800 students under the country’s industry-academia collaboration initiative. Of these, more than 60% have chosen to stay on and have become the company’s top-tier engineers and technicians. “The chairman’s resolve and attitude are also quite important. I’m willing to mingle with our low-echelon employees to find out their needs and extend assistance to those whose families are not doing so well. This goes a long way toward forging our unity while we fulfill our corporate social responsibility.” Standing by its core values of “Performance, Innovation, Excellence, Sharing,” KYEC has now grown to a conglomerate with a workforce of more than 6,000 persons dedicated to serving Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Above all, it has emerged as an exemplary model worthy of emulation by other members of the global chip packaging and testing industry.

Bellwether for chip testing, gathering professionals to make the impossible possible Interview with C.K. Lee, Chairman & CEO of King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (KYEC)


Committed to its core values of “Innovation, Prudence, Quality, Pragmatism,” Weltrend has engaged in chip design for nearly 28 years and secured ISO9001 and QC080000 certification. Among other accolades, i t was rated by CommonWealth Magazine as Taiwan’s best-performing business. Several of its products are ranked the world’s No. 1 by output. Chairman Sam Lin, a 38-year semiconductor industry veteran, not only cares about making chips but also takes seriously his commitment to corporate social responsibility by helping better Taiwan’s cultural environment and extending assistance to the less fortunate in society. He definitely makes an exemplary model in the course of Taiwan’s industrial and economic development.

Weltrend boasts an army of experienced R&D specialists, comprehensive testing outfits, and a top-tier network of suppliers. It has proven itself in product planning, design and research, applications testing, and integrated marketing. No wonder it has been accorded the National Award of Outstanding SMEs. As a pioneer in the design of mixed analog/digital chips, Weltrend has developed a wide range of MCUs and digital/analog IPs and applied them to algorithms for image processing/identification. The company’s tangible and intangible strengths, capacity for product planning, and customer service explain why it has won customer trust over the years.

“For years we have enjoyed a steady inflow of earnings across all product lines. Our products have been adopted by eminent global brands and quite a few global firms have partnered with us. These feats not only represent an affirmation of Weltrend but also attest to our competitiveness and influence,” said Chairman Lin. As times change, semiconductor technology has also seen major updates over time. For its part, Weltrend never ceases to adapt to changing times and evolving technologies by seeking out innovative applications for its products. Currently, Weltrend’s key products include switching power supply management chips, USB PD and fast charge controller chips, motor control chips, smart and

magnetic card reader chips, chips meant for self-driving assistant systems, and a wide range of 8-bit/32-bit MCUs, as well as security modules intended for such mobile payment tools as iPass and EasyCard.

Weltrend refrains from a f lamboyant décor. But i ts near ly 1 ,000-square meter rooftop garden and elegant employee rest area exhibit an unmistakable touch of the arts. More interestingly, Weltrend’s recent choice of takeaways for shareholder meetings—rice from Xizhou, Changhua County, garlic bulbs from Citong, Yunlin County, and local folk musician Chen Mingzhang’s CD—reflects its love of the homeland.

Chairman Lin cares about Taiwan’s young people. The young generation, he believes, should cultivate the capacity for independent thinking and adopt a broad vision of the world while staying up to date with social issues, macroeconomic condit ions, and national development. When it comes to Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, he believes that its current global standing can be preserved so long as the government takes action to rectify the existing tax regime that tends to drive away high-caliber people, rebuild an investor-friendly capital market, and settle on a more sensible forex policy.

A rising semiconductor star capable of integrating the tangible and intangibleInterview with Sam Lin, Chairman of Weltrend Semiconductor, Inc.

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A s a g l o b a l T F T- LC D l e a d e r, I n n o l u x c o m m a n d s a d o m i n a n t s t a n d i n g i n t h e optoelectronics industry, particularly in the large-size panel sector that caters to 4K2K high-end TVs. It is the world’s largest supplier of laptop panels and second-largest one of those made for the automotive industry. With the advent of the big data and IOT era, Innolux has been proactive to configure itself as an Industry 4.0 model that integrates cloud computing, mobile device, IOT, big data, and smart living applications. By going smart and automated, it now focuses on taking root in the panel industry while engaging in systematic integration with a view to building a winning model uniquely of its own. With a meticulously crafted global strategy in place, it is on the path toward taking Taiwan’s optoelectronics industry into a new epoch.

Innolux Honorary Chairman Tuan Hsing-chien once said Taiwan’s technology industry has made a solid and reliable contribution to the country’s GDP. Over the past two decades the local flat-panel industry has been confronted with all manners of competition: new capacities, new technologies, and new players. China’s so-called “red supply chain” is only one of them.

President Shiao quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying: “There is no such thing as recession because the only question is working hard enough or not. It is a matter of competitiveness.” In recent years, Korea’s flat-panel industry has posed a growing threat to Taiwan in terms of both technological innovation and supply chain consolidation. This is coupled with the emergence of a red supply chain in China. Shiao stressed the importance of “developing a competitive edge impossible to copy.” Only by keeping moving forward, even just bit by bit, can one withstand an ever-changing international environment and marketplace.

Automation holds the key to bringing Taiwan’s flat-panel industry up another rung. Shiao acknowledged that Taiwan’s flat-panel industry is being faced with multiple internal and external challenges but reiterated his confidence. Drawing on automated technology, Innolux began in 2012 to establish part of its module production capacity in Taiwan, a move that not only creates jobs but also helps the country’s flat-panel industry stay competitive.

Shiao said the global flat-panel industry is expected to report only a limited capacity increase in 2017. Among other developments, large-size TV panels are likely to become two inches bigger on average. Innolux’s 8.5-generation plant in Luzhu, Kaohsiung and its new 8.6-generation plant that is becoming operational this year both focus on TV panels. Innolux expects its 2017 deliveries to comprise mainly large-size, high-definition TV panels as well.

Shiao said Taiwan’s technology industry boasts a comprehensive supply chain, proximity between the northern and southern parts of the country, and highly adaptable transportation and communications systems. Moreover, Taiwan offers a solid education in science and technology. By further strengthening industry-academia collaboration, Taiwan can expect to count on an abundant supply of high-caliber manpower and further enhance its competitive edge.

A winning model to transcend competitionInterview with Robert Shiao, President of Innolux Corp.


In 1996, Jou was joined by several colleagues from the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) who shared a passion for LED technology to set up Epistar. In addition to taking ITRI technology to industrial applications, the handful of LED enthusiasts also aspired to develop self-sufficiency all the way from R&D to production and sales, thereby making a solid foundation for Taiwan’s LED supply chain. Epistar set out with red and yellow LEDs but soon went on to develop blue and green as well as infrared and ultraviolet products. And now it is one of the world’s few manufacturers capable of making a full spectrum of LED chips.

In the early days Epistar held high the banner “Lighting Your Life Through Diode Emitting,” a vision seemingly out of reach at the time. But technology advances and industry changes soon made it come true. LEDs first found their way to such applications as TV and handset backlighting, RGB displays, and indicators and signs (e.g. automotive lights and displays on home appliances) before gaining popularity in general-purpose lighting during the past five years. As more and more people take energy conservation seriously, lighting has quickly become a key application for LEDs. In the days ahead, infrared applications for LEDs appear poised to keep growing, and great potential also awaits them in automotive headlights, sensors, ultraviolet curing, and sterilization. Still, there is no denying that backlighting and solid-state lighting will remain the most important applications.

“A higher cost-performance ratio is needed to further expand the market and increase the penetration rate of LEDs. One element is capacity and the other is technological capability. You need to do your R&D continuously and push up your technological capability—push it to the top,” said President Jou. Indeed, Epistar’s competitive edge precisely lies in its technological self-sufficiency. Mainly using III-V compound semiconductors as its materials and drawing on in-house ITO and bonding production processes, Epistar not only makes blue LEDs for backlighting and lighting applications but also offers many niche products of special wavelengths and structures hard to be replaced. Epistar also rises above competition on the back of the economies of scale and cost

control made possible by its production capacity. Its ability to adapt to market needs swiftly allows the company to serve the consumer electronics market with precision both in pricing and quantity. Separately, a vast pool of patents is equally important. As proprietor of more than 3,900 patents, Epistar has also entered into cross-licensing agreements with a number of international peers. As such, it has been able not only to make inroads into the supply chains of global giants but also to increase its visibility in the world arena.

While serving the fast-changing consumer electronics market, Epistar adopts what it calls the Coactivation Service Model under which it launches product development that targets specific customer needs early on. It can even work closely with the customers of its customers and facilitate design of consumer end products, in turn creating a well-rounded solution for bringing products to market and launching mass production in no time.Since its inception 21 years ago, Epistar has stood by its commitment to “exploring and fulfilling all the possibilities of LEDs” as it relentlessly undertakes R&D and refines mass production techniques. The vision is certainly to sell LED chips to every part of the world. But more importantly, Epistar is keen to be part of the effort to make possible an even better, more convenient mode of living through the development of LED technology and promotion of LED products.

Turning an infinity of possibilities into reality in the LED realmInterview with Jou Ming-jiunn, President of Epistar Corp.

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A m o n g t h e H S P ’s f i r s t b a tc h o f te n a n t companies, one familiar name is Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. (SAS), which opened shop at No. 8, Industry East 2nd Road in 1981. After more than three decades of development, it generated sales of NT$31.6 billion in 2016, up nearly 12% from NT$28.3 billion recorded the year before. The outlook for 2017 is even brighter: sales are expected to exceed NT$50 billion. Hardly young as it is, growth remains pretty strong. But what is its secret of success?

SAS set out in 1981 as a manufacturer of 3-inch silicon ingots and wafers. In 1998, three incumbent senior executives—Chairman Lu, Vice Chairman Tom Yao, and President Doris Hsu—got on board, after which SAS pursued growth by means of internal R&D, cross-border M&As, and industry-academia collaboration. After launching solar wafer production in 2000, SAS developed sapphire wafers intended for LED applications in 2007. And now SAS is at the helm of a conglomerate that spans three industries: SAS (solar energy), GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. (semiconductor), and Crystalwise Technology Inc. (sapphire products for LED).

For his company’s outstanding performance, SAS Chairman Lu did not hesitate to give credit to teamwork and the extraordinary leadership and efficiency of Vice Chairman Yao and President Hsu, who concurrently

chairs GlobalWafers. With Hsu at the helm, GlobalWafers acquired Japan’s Covalent Materials Corp. in 2012. This was followed by two more acquisitions in 2016: the silicon business of Denmark’s Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S in June and U.S-based SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd. (SEMI) in December. In turn, GlobalWafers became the world’s third-largest silicon wafer producer, coming after Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. and SUMCO Corp. There is no understating its importance and influence in the global semiconductor market as GlobalWafers now accounts for 17% of silicon wafer supplies worldwide. As far as its clientele is concerned, GlobalWafers has won over virtually all the semiconductor giants—TSMC, Samsung, Infineon, STMicroelectronics, TI, and Toshiba—as its top customers. In terms of market exposure, Taiwan accounts for 22% of GlobalWafers sales, Europe 17%, the U.S. 16%, Japan 15%, Korea 14%, and China 8%. With both its customer mix and market exposure evenly distributed far and wide, GlobalWafers stands out as an exemplary model for both the HSP and Taiwan’s semiconductor industry.

Speaking of the solar business, Chairman Lu acknowledged that an in-depth analysis of such critical factors as the completeness and cost of Taiwan’s supply chain, government policy, and weighting in both domestic and international markets hardly bodes well for local companies. But he pointed out that when China’s 13th Five-Year Plan draws to an end in 2020, government subsidies for solar energy is unlikely to remain a norm and Chinese producers, many of which are heavily burdened with debts, will have a hard time repaying loans. What ensues will be an accelerated process of consolidation. When the dust settles, Taiwan’s technologically advanced, financially sound companies will prevail again—so long as the solar energy industry stays on the growth track. Chairman Lu beamed with confidence: “When people talk about the solar energy industry and such names as First Solar, Sun Power, and Kyocera are mentioned, SAS of Taiwan will definitely pop up as well.”

SAS has drawn on both organic growth and M&As to drive its semiconductor (GlobalWafers) and solar energy (SAS) businesses. By focusing on vertical integration and strategic flexibility, SAS has been able to sustain growth regardless of industry ups and downs while staying ready for the next big upswing.

As glistening and tough as a diamond Interview with M.K. Lu, Chairman & CEO of Sino-American Silicon Products Inc.


Zyxel Communications Corp. introduced its first high-speed modem in 1991. This was followed by its development of the world’s first integrated 3-in-1 data/fax/voice modem the following year. A 30-year communications industry veteran, it has always stayed on the forefront of innovation. Its widely acclaimed product performance is rightly matched by its having sold more than 100 million cutting-edge communications devices together with the most fitting solutions. Always ready to adapt to fast-changing times, Zyxel is committed to meeting whatever ICT needs its customers may have. When he started Zyxel in the HSP, Chairman Chu already identified honesty and integrity as the company’s core values. Zyxel has made it point to attain the highest standards in both legal compliance and business ethics ever since. Meanwhile, top priority is always given to R&D. Given a global service network of over 150 outlets, Zyxel now stands out as an HSP bellwether for the communications industry.

A s a l e a d i n g n e t w o r k i n g a n d communications supplier in Asia, Zyxel boasts a complete gamut of products and services: DSL CPEs, MSANS/DSLAMs, fiber access, wireless broadband routers, wireless extenders, powerline networking equipment, Ethernet switches, access gateways, personal cloud storage devices, and networking security equipment. These have been well-received internationally, especially in the European market.

S e p a r a te l y, Zy xe l c a te r s to d i f fe re n t customer segments by customizing solutions to meet individual needs. For instance, telecom operators are provided such high-end offerings as 802.11ac, IPv6, xDSL, and FTTx technologies. For corporate clients, it is AP controller and Nebula cloud computing technologies. Home users are provided personal cloud storage equipment and digital home solutions. To date more than 700,000 businesses around the world have adopted Zyxel’s networking solutions to ensure convenience and efficiency.

“We work side by side with our customers and partners. We consider ourselves their allies and will not hesitate to share our resources. At present Zyxel is working with more than 1,500 partners to develop the most advanced networking technology and find ways to maximize

our capacity and momentum.” Chu said that he grew up in a poor family and had to rely on scholarships for earning his doctoral degree that eventually gave rise to his career. That explains why he is keen to help others move up the ladder as well. Over the years he has offered scholarships across National Chiao Tung University, National Tsing Hua University, National Hsinchu Senior High School, National Hsinchu Girls’ Senior High School, National Chutung Senior High School, and National Chunan Senior High School. His objective is to assist youngsters who excel academically despite their underprivileged backgrounds in preparing themselves for employment and improving livelihood, thereby facilitating social mobility.

As its Chinese name denotes, Zyxel gives top priority to mutual assistance with a view to ensuring a win-win outcome. Thanks to its superior R&D and creative marketing, the company has been able to establish a comprehensive supply chain and provide global customers with a most satisfying networking experience. “Over the years the HSP has been of great help to Zyxel, and I’m grateful for that. Today the HSP remains an exemplary model for science parks around the world. It is a great honor that we have been able to take root and flourish here.” Thanks to Chairman Chu’s hard work, Zyxel is set to enjoy another three decades of solid growth while inspiring the rise of even more communications ventures.

Get the world connected; take R&D across bordersInterview with Chu Shun-i, Founder & CEO of Zyxel Communications Corp.

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Committed to a craftsmanship that never ceases to seek improvement, Gallant Precision Machining Co., Ltd. (GPM) has grown over nearly four decades into one of Taiwan’s most dominant precision machinery suppliers. For Chairman Yeh, pragmatism underlies his company’s every endeavor. Equally important is utter dedication that characterizes true craftsmanship. While focusing on the development of innovative products at the current stage, GPM considers sustainable development its ultimate objective over the long run.

Yeh believes that at a time when all countries compete with one another in further enhancing technological prowess, it takes the resolve to emerge as the world’s No. 1 for a business to sell its products globally. As such, GPM always takes the global frontrunner in a given field as its hallmark whenever it plans to develop a new product. GPM will not be content with catching up with this industry leader; the goal is to overtake it. The precision machinery industry is, Yeh believes, immeasurably important to industrialized countries. Rather than solely relying on contract manufacturing, Taiwan needs to excel in all areas—R&D, materials, and production—to qualify as a first-rate industrialized power.

In his concurrent capacity as chairman of Taiwan’s Smart Manufacturing Promotion Committee, Yeh said that Industry 4.0 is more about robots and unmanned factories. Rather,

it is supposed to build on ERP, MES, CPS, PLM, and factory automation as its foundation for migration from flexible manufacturing toward smar t produc t ion. As such, GPM adopts a comprehensive diversification strategy and focuses on eight core technologies: grinding, wet processing, AOI, peeling and lamination, precision picking and placing, precision molding, laser, and smart automation. These core technologies are then applied to six core industries: display, semiconductor, green energy, chip substrate, biotechnology, and smart automation. Given increasingly complex production chains, Yeh believes, it will be necessary to usher in innovative software technology as well as to become automated and smart in the days ahead. This holds the key to the success of global giants reinventing themselves.

In January 2017, GPM and IBM signed an agreement on technology licensing and joint development, with the first batch of new products expected to be ready for the market and begin generating sales one year later. In so doing, Yeh said, GPM mainly wants to strengthen its partnership with IBM by introducing the latter’s Picosecond Imaging Circuit Analysis (PICA) technology that is used in high-end semiconductor analysis and testing, thereby enabling both parties to expand their presence in the global market for chip analysis and testing equipment. The past three years have seen GPM complete three technological cooperation projects with global leaders, in turn giving it a handsome reward in the form of explosive growth. Yeh said teaming up with global leaders and ushering in world-class technologies goes a long way toward helping GPM build a more assertive market standing and upgrade itself. Now it is a supplier of fundamental technologies as well as application technologies. This, in turn, will help GPM make further inroads internationally and enhance competitiveness in a big way.

GPM’s vision is, Yeh stressed, to “take root in Taiwan, connect the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and carve a name on the world stage.” In addition to the HSP, it has established production centers in the Central Taiwan Science Park and Tucheng Industrial Park as well as Suzhou, China, in a bid to gradually realize the aforesaid vision. To help GPM attain sustained growth, Yeh also often reminds employees of the importance to broaden their horizons, value honesty and credibility, and keep learning new things.

Meticulous craftsmanship that wins the world’s top spotInterview with Nick Yeh, Chairman of Gallant Precision Machining Co., Ltd.


Mirle Automation Corp. has served the precision manufacturing industry for three decades. With Chairman Sun at the helm, Mirle considers “joining forces to grow together” its central tenet as it provides equipment suppliers and other customers with comprehensive services. As Taiwan’s first top-tier supplier of total solutions for automation equipment, Mirle stays ahead of competition by drawing on technological prowess, high-caliber manpower, and well-rounded after-sales services. Persistent innovation through rigorous R&D to further increase the value of precision manufacturing also contributes to the company’s outstanding performance.

Setting out from the flat-panel display (FPD) sector, Mir le now offers a complete array of products and services, such as FDP production and transport equipment, LTPS/AMOLED fac tor y automation integrat ion, Industry 4.0/smart factory solutions, smart robot applications, automated storage and material-handling systems, and large-size FPD automation systems. It has also developed various single- and multi-axis motion controllers, 3D curved-glass manufacturing machiner y, PC-based programmable logic controllers, and injection molding machine controllers. Thanks to exacting control throughout, these fine instruments boast exceptional reliability as they can deliver precision processing while keeping noise to a minimum.

Chairman Sun, who earned his doctoral degree in machinery engineering in the U.S., had been a veteran at Taiwan’s eminent Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) before starting Mirle. Some automated manufacturing processes, he said, can be simple and fast. But many others involve as many as over 100 complicated procedures (such as LCD). This translates into a significant entry barrier, making duplication extremely difficult if not impossible even in China. “We stick to outright sophistication and always keep up exacting control and persistent innovation. We are never afraid of copycats.” Take Mirle’s unique technology used on Class 10 clean room stocker systems. Besides conducting airflow analysis and on-spot measurement in its utterly spotless lab, Mirle dares to invite would-be customers to monitor simulation tests that ultimately attest to the

company’s capability to handle dust particles as tiny as 0.1 micron. No wonder orders have flooded the company.

Mirle operates a network of service outlets across the globe. Each year thousands of customers show their affirmation of the company through their repeat purchases. Mirle serves a wide range of industries: FPD, semiconductor, motor vehicle, food, touch panel, machinery processing, and information. On top of its profitable investment in Vietnam and Thailand, it also has teamed up with dealers in India to make inroads into the South Asian subcontinent. As part of Mirle’s global initiative, such endeavors happen to coincide with Taiwan’s “New Southbound Policy.” The day when Mirle overtakes Japanese peers and catches up with German ones is definitely increasingly within reach.

“For me, precision manufacturing is both a passion and a duty!” Chairman Sun hopes that Taiwan can emulate Germany in giving priority to technical and vocational education and cultivating the spirit of “serving the country with industry” early on so that the young generation will love and respect such lines of work. In the days ahead, Mirle is set to move up another rung by further slashing automation costs. Above all, it will do more to help with talent cultivation and lead the elites of the next generation to create a better future for all to share.

Refine precision manufacturing and set an example for long-term partnershipInterview with Sun Houng, Chairman of Mirle Automation Corp.

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Established in 2004, Savior Lifetec Corp. (SLC) was listed on the Taipei Exchange in 2015. Thanks to its specialization in carbapenems, SLC is now ranked among the world’s top three injectable suppliers. Having won a number of patents, it adopts state-of-the-art facilities to develop and manufacture sterile APIs and finished dosage formulations. Its vertically integrated supply chain is rightly matched by its cutting-edge technology for production from start to finish. Its excellence did not go unnoticed: SLC was rated by Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare as an excellent entity in its GDP for Medicinal Products survey. With its second Zhunan plant becoming operational in 2016, SLC is set to join other local biotechnology firms in building a greater presence in the global market.

“SLC considers it both an honor and its corporate social responsibility to persist with R&D and provide life-saving injectables.” Chairman Ku said SLC has won acclaim both at home and abroad mainly on the back of three injectables: imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem. These injectables can be grouped as broad-spectrum carbapenems that are considered “antibiotics of last resort” and often used only at the last minute to save lives. With a

view to prevent resistance from developing among bacteria, carbapenems are all but irreplaceable as they are often reserved for use only to counter multi-drug resistant pathogens or polymicrobial infections.

C h a i r m a n K u r e c e i v e d h e r B . S . i n P h a r m a c e u t i c a l C h e m i s t r y f ro m N a t i o n a l Taiwan University before earning her Ph.D. i n P h a r m a ce u t i c a l C h e m i s t r y a t t h e O h i o State University. Her tenure as head of early pharmaceutical development at Wyeth/Lederle (now Pfizer) gave her a solid footing and incisive insights in this field. Ku said SLC’s extraordinary professionalism in niche products holds the key to its having kept up a solid track record over the years. Above all, the recent launch of next-generation carbapenem injectables helped improve traditional medical care practices and bring down manpower costs on this front.

“Our plants have passed various inspections by health authorities across Japan, Europe, and the U.S., including the cGMP audit by the U.S. FDA. We have also registered in more than 80 countries for our APIs and finished dosage formulations. Since 2009, we have secured certification for our products and passed routine inspections around the world. Above all, the U.S. FDA approval of our meropenem injectable represents a strong affirmation of SLC.” Having made inroads into the U.S. and European markets, SLC is now set to move on to India and China. Chairman Ku is grateful to the HSPB for its generous support, such as its provision of wastewater management, assistance in water and power savings, and creation of a well-rounded business environment. With the infusion of more young talent, SLC is set to help create more life-saving stories for the biotechnology industry going forward.

Specialize in patented injectables; integrate top-notch manufacturing processesInterview with Sherry Ku, Chairman & CEO of Savior Lifetec Corp.


Since i t s 20 11 i ncept i o n i n t he Hs i nc hu Biomedical Science Park, Somnics, Inc. has been devoted to the development of what it calls the iNAP sleep therapy system. Chairman Chen, who has spent six years leading Somnics to secure an eminent standing in its field, is a victim of sleep apnea himself. His awareness that the traditional continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is really quite a disadvantage to patients inspired him to come up with something different. And he has really made a difference.

“The key to rewarding R&D lies in the right choice of subject. In addition to meeting clinical and market needs, it should also have the potential to attract visionary investors.” Chairman Chen said the iNAP sleep therapy system has been designed precisely with a view to meeting a specific clinical need. After canvassing the views of frontline medical personnel and patients, he suited the remedy to the case by coming up with an innovative device and treatment. Here is how it works. Oral negative pressure is utilized to help hold the lower jaw or tongue in such a position that patency of the upper airway near the pharynx can be maintained to provide unrestricted breathing and uninterrupted sleep. This biologically natural approach makes sense in human engineering and can meet the fundamental needs of safety and effectiveness. Moreover, it accords such additional benefits as comfort, noiselessness, rechargeability, and mobility.

Chairman Chen was diagnosed as suffering from sever sleep apnea in 2004. Two years later, he secured his first patent in this field at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute, after which he participated in the Stanford-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship Program (STB). Soon he decided to quit his teaching job at National Tsing Hua University and started his own business. After a lengthy process of conducting R&D and testing as well as seeking certification, Somnics secured ISO 13485 certification in 2012, Taiwan’s GMP certification in 2013, and the European Union’s CE certification in 2016. In the meantime, Somnics began to conduct cross-border clinical trials globally to verify the effectiveness and safety of its products, thereby enhancing patient acceptance and usage. All these are no less than milestones for Somnics preparing to bring to market its exceptionally innovative medical equipment. Given its extraordinary R&D accomplishments, Somnics not only secured funding from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Development Program and “MG+4C” initiative but also won such international accolades as the prestigious iF Design Award 2016 and Bronze A’ Design Award, as well as the Point Award accorded by the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Somnics is rightly a star in Taiwan’s medical equipment industry.

“ The key to br inging innovative medical equipment to market lies in the success of clinical trials and receipt of statutory certification. With this in mind, Somnics makes it a point to both work with eminent

sleep medicine professionals and engage consultants on international medical codes and regulations and experts on clinical trials.” Chairman Chen said Somnics is keen to draw on Silicon Valley’s abundant experience in medical equipment development and has thus become one of Taiwan’s handful of innovative medical equipment suppliers that undertake cross-border clinical trials in both the U.S. and Germany. Meanwhile, Somnics has begun attending major international medical conferences and leading medical equipment exhibitions with a view to working closely with global giants and startups in the field as well as retailers in different parts of the world. Of course, Somnics will remain relentless to make sure that its product quality stays on a par with international standards.

Chairman Chen said with a smile that he has gone this far mainly to prove Taiwan’s innovative capability to the world. Among other endeavors, he also sponsors MEDX sessions on a regular basis to encourage the young generation to join the medical equipment industry. “Besides building up engineering expertise, one has to understand clinical needs. It is also necessary to seek cross-border cooperation so as not to divorce oneself from reality and work blindly. At the end of the day business acumen is equally important. For innovative medical equipment companies, it is imperative to develop an innovative business model so as to break away from conventional restraints.” At the end of last year, the government revised the Act for the Development of Biotech and New Pharmaceuticals Industry, in the hope that deregulation will help foster investment. Chairman Chen is thus quite optimistic about the future. He hopes that more innovative teams will join forces with Somnics to push Taiwan’s medical equipment industry up another rung.

Draws on empathy to drive innovationInterview with Chen Chung-chu, Founder & Chairman of Somnics, Inc.

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Environment and EcologyThe HSP commands an abundant supply of human resources, on-the-job

training, and collaborative research as it is surrounded by such academic and research institutions as the Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Tsing Hua University, and National Chiao Tung University. Such a quality environment that accords ample industrial resources and incubation services also enjoys the support of other eminent neighboring entities—the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center and the National Applied Research Laboratories (National Chip Implementation Center, Instrument Technology Research Center, National Center for High-Performance Computing, National Nano Device Laboratories, and National Space Organization)—for fundamental research, industry applications, and R&D. Separately, the Jhunan Park houses the National Health Research Institutes and Agricultural Technology Research Institute, both of which are supportive to biotechnology research.

In 2016, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the HSPB jointly initiated the Platform for Industry-Academia Interchange Across Science Parks in Northern Taiwan. The two were joined by the Association of Industries in Science Parks, institutions of higher learning, research organizations, private businesses,

Innovative R&D


and other government agencies to establish the HSP Industry-Academia-Training Association. It is charged with such duties as identifying forward-looking technologies and innovative management know-how and hosting workshops or matching sessions on industrial technologies and management issues on a regular basis, thereby providing local governments, industry, academia, and training organizations with an opportunity to enter into collaborative projects and share accomplishments thereof. This, in turn, is expected to offer an extra incentive for talent retention and industry development in northern Taiwan.

HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Tseng-ju (fourth from right) with Chen An-pin, Director of the FinTech Center, National Chiao Tung University (first from right) and instructors.

Initiating the Platform for Industry-Academia-Training Interchange Across Science Parks in Northern Taiwan: HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang (fourth from right in the front row) and M.C. Frank Chang, president of National Chiao Tung University (third from left in the front row).

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Strategy1. Cultivate cross-sector talent;

facilitate talent interchange among industry, academia, and research institutions.

2 . I n t e g r a t e s c i e n c e a n d t e c h n o l o g y r e s o u r c e s across the central and local governments.

3. Host lectures on cross-sector innovative technologies.

HSP Industry-Academia-

Training Association

Association of Industries in Science

Parks

Government Agencies

Private Enterprises

Research Organizations

Institutions of Higher Learning

Enhance the competitiveness

of northern Taiwan's high-tech industry

◆ Organization Structure of the HSP Industry-Academia Association

Mediatek’s MT7615 MU-MIMO 4x4 802.11ac Wave2 WiFi SoC Processor

Coretronic’s Image Blending Touch System

Innolux’s Curve Lamination Technology for Automotive Touch Display

Medimaging’s Digital Oral Scope

Somnics’ iNAP Sleep Therapy System

Andros’ Liposomal DNA Repairing Enzyme

Realtek’s RTL9020AA, a highly integrated Ethernet-ready camera SoC

Microject’s ComeTrue® T10 Series 3D Printer

Elan’s Smart Fingerprint Identification Solution

Mechanism and Accomplishments(1) Subsidies for R&D

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology’s Project for Industry-Academia Collaboration on Innovative R&D in Science Parks

Launched in 2010, the Project for Industry-Academia Collaboration on Innovative R&D in Science Parks is designed to have tenant companies, academic institutions, and research entities join forces and consolidate their resources. In turn, they can work together toward heterogeneous integration and cross-sector applications and develop products and technologies with marketability. In 2016, approval was extended to 16 applications for a combined NT$59.825 million in grants under the project. The outlay in turn was expected to induce tenant companies to come up with over NT$100 million of R&D spending on their own. In the meantime, the project solicited involvement by a total of 196 R&D engineers from tenant companies and provided training to another 48 young professionals.

2. Innovative Product Awards

To encourage HSP firms to develop innovative products and expand international markets, the HSPB initiated the Innovative Product Awards in 1985. High on the list of screening criteria are innovation, technology, market competitiveness, R&D input, benefits incurred, numbers of internationally recognized awards and patents secured, and number of papers published. In 2016, nine innovative products were awarded, and public commendation of the winners was part of the HSP’s 36th anniversary celebrations.

Briefing on filing applications for grants under the 2016 Project for Industry-Academia Collaboration on Innovative R&D.


Vice Minister of Science and Technology Chen Ter-shing (fifth from left) with winners of the Innovative Product Awards.

3. Research and Development Achievement Awards

The HSPB launched the Research and Development Achievement Awards in 2003. In addition to encouraging HSP companies to strengthen their R&D and acquire patents, thereby protecting their own intellectual property, the initiative is meant to promote Taiwan’s industrial development by raising technology standards. High on the list of screening criteria are the following: appropriations and manpower for R&D, revenue, number of domestic and international patents secured, benefits incurred, etc. The three 2016 winners—Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Elan Microelectronics Corp., and Wistron NeWeb Corp.—were accorded public commendation as the HSP celebrated its 36th anniversary.

(2) Talent Cultivation and Training

1. Talent Cultivation & Training at the HSP

The HSPB is keen to help HSP tenant companies promote the professional competence of their employees. Catering to the emerging trends in the HSP’s six major industries and specific needs of tenant companies, the HSPB organized training programs on the following seven fronts in 2016: semiconductor, optoelectronics, ICT, occupational safety and health promotion, science and technology management, productivity 4.0, and biotechnology and biomedical equipment. It also hosted a good number of forums and seminars on forward-looking technologies to help tenant companies develop the high-caliber manpower they need. In 2016, a total of 231 training sessions were offered, totaling 2,120 lecture hours and attracting 8,446 trainees.

◆ HSP 2016 Talent Cultivation and Training Program

Course Entrusted Provider No. of Trainees

Outlay (NT$)

Optoelectronics Technology Training Program

Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology 715 1,780,000

Semiconductor Technology Training Program National Chiao Tung University 1,042 4,700,000

ICT Training Program Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology 812 2,480,000

Occupational Safety and Health Promotion Training Program

Safety and Health Technology Center 1,116 1,580,000

Science and Technology Management Training Program

Minghsin University of Science and Technology 3,470 1,420,000

Biotechnology and Biomedical Equipment Training Program

Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology 778 1,480,000

Productivity 4.0 Training Program Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology 513 1,460,000

Total 8,446 14,900,000

An emergency response simulation drill under the Occupational Safety and Health Promotion Training Program

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2. Subsidy Program for Growing Talent in Science Parks

With a view to helping the HSP’s tenant companies cultivate specialized talent, the Subsidy Program for Growing Talent in Science Parks is undertaken to encourage neighboring institutions of higher learning to introduce modular courses that are relevant to the local industrial community and can help would-be graduates enhance their specialized competence. Meanwhile, internship at tenant companies is also offered to make up for the learning gap between industry and academia, thereby making an effective matching mechanism for the two parties. In the 2015 academic year (from July 2015 through August 2016), the HSPB offered a total of NT$9.999 million in 14 subsidies for modular courses and internship programs. Some 1,810 students benefitted. In the 2016 academic year (from July 2016 through August 2017), the HSPB would offer NT$10 million in subsidies for 15 modular courses.

◆ Subsidy Program for Growing Talent in Science Parks for the 2016 Academic Year

Project Implementation Entity

Modular course for training professionals in photovoltaic system installation and module packaging

Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology

Smart lighting technology and applications Ming Chi University Of Technology

Modular course for touch display technology National Pingtung University

Development of green energy and energy conservation—electrical property analysis practice National Ilan University

Modular course and internship for chip packaging/testing professionals

Minghsin University of Science and Technology

Modular course and internship for professionals in precision automation processes and equipment

Minghsin University of Science and Technology

Modular course for training professionals in RFID applications on cloud service platforms China University of Technology

Key technologies for applying cell cultivation and natural product analysis to development of dietary supplements

China University of Science and Technology

Practice and innovation in information center management National Chiao Tung University

Modular course for training professionals in networking technology and security management

Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology

Modular course for mobile digital game learning Soochow University

Modular course on development of apps for mobile devices and design of digital content Fo Guang University

Modular course for training professionals in development of mobile apps and digital content Vanung University

Plant engineering in semiconductor/optoelectronics/biotechnology industries

National Taipei University of Science and Technology

Modular course for training professionals in cross-border high-tech logistics China University of Technology


HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang (center) delivered letters of gratitude to participants in the presentation of accomplishments of the Subsidy Program for Growing Talent in Science Parks for the 2015 academic year.

(3) Promotion of Innovative StartupsInnovation holds the key to staying competitive. As the bellwether of

Taiwan’s high-tech industry, the HSP has succeeded in carving a name for itself internationally. And now how to keep up its competitive edge and attain sustainable development is a common goal shared by every member of the HSP family.

1. “Start a Nest for Phoenixes, Start Businesses to Make Dreams Come True”

Committed to fostering industry innovation and transformation and attaining sustainable development, the HSPB regards “innovative concepts and innovative services” as its core value. In turn, it has established the Young Entrepreneur’s Studio as an exclusive platform for serving would-be business founders of the younger generation. Among others, it offers such resources and services as specialized consulting, matching of funding and technology, and all-inclusive secretarial services. The objective is to maximize the HSP’s cluster effect and craft a sustainable package of services for startups, thereby bridging the gap between IP and IPO.

Implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology in March 2013, the From IP to IPO (FITI) program selects R&D teams

HSP winners of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s grants under its 2016 From IP to IPO program

Briefing on the availability of government resources in the Young Entrepreneur’s Studio

An interchange among business founders

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with the potential for technological innovation and product marketability from among local academic and research institutions on a semiannual basis. The objective is to transfer the solid R&D momentum of such entities to the industrial community and bring about a new wave of startups. As of the end of 2016, the FITI initiative had funded a cumulative 205 teams, of which 89 had gone on to become startups that, combined, command capitalization of over NT$600 million.

In 2016, a total of 19 startup teams from the HSP were accorded grants: six from the National Development Fund’s angel funding, one from the Ministry of Culture’s Angel Draft, three from Hsinchu City’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative for 2016, three from the Ministry of Science and Technology’s initiative for promoting acceleration and consolidation of startups from R&D accomplishments, and six from the Silicon Platform for Innovative Startups.

The HSP is complete with incubation resources, R&D momentum, and an obvious competitive edge derived from its cluster effect. Coupled with well-rounded assistance and services, it is no less than a paradise for would-be entrepreneurs to make their dream come true. As the HSPB continues to promote innovative startups, it will place special emphasis on helping innovative industries take advantage of the growing trend for cloud computing, IOT, and big data analytics to come together. In 2017, the HSPB is set to engage industry veterans (chief officers in various fields) for in-depth counseling as well as persist with seeking subsidies from the National Science and Technology Development Fund for local aspiring participants in international exhibitions, thereby highlighting the market value of startups and facilitating their linkage beyond national borders.

2. Government Service Quality Awards

In 2016, the HSPB introduced the “Start a Nest for Phoenixes, Start Businesses to Make Dreams Come True—Find a Way Out for Young People” project. Built on the core concept of “Innovative Concepts and Innovative Services,” it is meant as a custom-made initiative for assisting young people in starting their own businesses. The project won affirmation as it was selected by the Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, as a recipient of the 8th Government Service Quality Awards for service planning agencies.

HSP Stars in 2016


Introducing the HSP’s FITI teams to a gathering of the “Investment Group of Presidents.”

Curricular collaboration between the Young Entrepreneur’s Studio and National Chiao Tung University’s GMBA

Winning the 8th Government Service Quality Awards of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet)

To effectively meet every need of incoming teams, the HSPB always takes the initiative to identify problems and get them fixed in no time while doing its best to help nurture startups. The objective is to inspire a new army of business founders and thus help local high-tech industry reinvent itself. Thanks to the HSP’s incubation resources, counseling, and secretarial services, a good number of startups have indeed emerged. In the days ahead, the HSPB will work even harder on ensuring the HSP’s sustainability as a venue conducive to startups as well as its standing as a bellwether for advancing innovation and starting businesses.

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The HSPB won an excellence award from the Ministry of Labor in recognition of its performance in labor inspection.

A Friendly Working Environment(1) Hsinchu Science Park Clinic

The Hsinchu Science Park Clinic is placed under professional management to provide the employees of tenant companies with outpatient treatment, physical health examination, emergency medical treatment, health promotion, and blood donation services. On March 1, 2016, the Hsinchu Blood Donation Center set up an outpost in the Hsinchu Science Park Clinic. As of the end of the year, it had received donations totaling 2,065 units from 1,394 persons aged between 17 and 65.

In keeping with the spirit of preventive medicine, the Hsinchu Science Park Clinic teamed up with the HSPB and Association of Industries in Science Parks to start a charitable drive on July 1, 2016: offering volunteer medical consultation to residents in the neighborhood. A team headed by Superintendent Wang Yao-hong did the following: taking blood pressure and sugar readings and measuring bone mineral density (0f the ankle). Transportation would be made available to residents with a BMD reading of minus 1.5 or lower for further undergoing a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry test at the Hsinchu Science Park Clinic. In 2016, a total of 819 residents from eight villages took advantage of this charitable service.

(2) Labor InspectionsWith regard to occupational safety and health, the HSPB is proactive to promote

public awareness and offer assistance while conducting inspections on a regular basis. In 2016, the HSPB held 13 awareness workshops (attended by 1,227 persons), offered assistance to tenant companies in 77 cases, and conducted 1,160 labor inspections (including those of danger-prone machines and workplaces). The objective was to better protect the employees of tenant companies by prodding the latter to strengthen autonomous management of their safety and health affairs. Other important undertakings include:


1. As part of the 2016 Labor Safety and Environmental Protection Month campaign held from September to October, the HSPB not only commended entities that had done exceptionally well on this front at the opening ceremony but also organized a seminar on occupational safety, an exhibition on the achievements of activities hosted by the Ministry of Labor’s Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, and an industrial safety equipment exhibition. Separately, residents around the HSP were invited to join in a “1,000-person road run.” All these events and activities were meant to highlight the importance of the HSP committing itself to industrial safety, environmental protection, and occupational health.

2. To effectively enhance the performance of the relevant entities in labor inspection, the Ministry of Labor forms an evaluation team to conduct on-site, item-by-item checkups. The HSPB’s outstanding performance on this front in 2016 was rightly recognized as the Ministry of Labor accorded it an award of excellence during the year’s national staff conference on occupational safety and health as well as labor inspection.

(3) Measures for Promoting a Friendly Working EnvironmentWhen it comes to creating a friendly working environment, businesses should give priority

to building a supportive mechanism that can balance work and family. This is especially the case if their workforce comprises mainly people of an age when they are invariably called upon to bring up their children. A dilemma over the choice of work or family readily asserts itself. As such, it is of utmost importance for businesses to create a friendly working environment that can effectively address employee needs for childbirth, parenting, and family care. In 2016, the HSPB offered assistance to 103 tenant companies (with 250 or more employees) in setting up childcare facilities in accordance with pertinent regulations.

Workers make an essential driving force behind Taiwan’s economic development. To express gratitude and respect to HSP workers for their hard work and contribution, the HSPB selected 89 outstanding employees from throughout the HSP in 2016 and gave them commendations during an evening celebration on Labor Day (May 1). Separately, the HSPB subscribed to the Ministry of Labor’s nationwide campaign of selecting and commending model workers by recommending that two tenant company employees—Tsai Ju-ting of TSMC and Weng Chi-shun of Realtek—participate in the selection process. Of the two, Weng went on to win the honor of being a model worker in the industrial labor category.

A drums corp. performance at the opening ceremony of the Labor Safety and Environmental Protection Month campaign

Presenting commendations during a Labor Day evening celebration.

A joint charitable drive offering volunteer medical consultation to residents in the neighborhood (photo by the Hsinchu Science Park Clinic)

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Everyday AmenitiesWhile the HSP offers an outstanding investment environment

for tenant companies to develop their high-tech ventures, the HSPB is equally keen to provide their employees with a carefree place for both work and living—a safe and comfortable environment complete with daily amenities, including recreational and entertainment facilities as well as restaurants—so that HSP employees and their families can enjoy themselves working and living here.

(1) Residential and Recreational FacilitiesThe HSPB provides dormitories for both singles and couples

with dependents in a tranquil setting, along with outdoor sports and recreational areas (Jingxin Lake, basketball courts, tennis courts, swimming pools, golf driving range, restaurants, and convenience stores). Separately, the HSP has established an activity center in which there is an indoor general-purpose gymnasium complete with areas for badminton, basketball, volleyball, ping-pong, dance, and yoga. There are also an auditorium (for meetings and exhibitions), conference rooms, cafeterias, and convenience stores.

(2) Science Park Life HubA transit center serving national freeway coach, local bus, and the

HSP’s shuttle bus services, the Science Park Life Hub is a multipurpose building complete with exhibition space, a conference center, restaurants, office space, a gallery, a visitor information center, and a promotional sales area.

Garage Restaurant

Activity Center Restaurant


(3) HSP Restaurants That Opened in 2016

1. Garage Restaurant

The former garage of the HSPB has now been transformed into a neat eatery that exudes atmosphere and warmth. With its perfect blend of a science and technology feel and a humanistic touch, it aims to be recognized as a unique eatery in the center of the HSP that epitomizes Silicon Valley’s garage spirit and offers employees of HSP companies a brand-new dining option.

2. Yeguo Restaurant

This eatery that overlooks Jingxin Lake is devoted to promoting vegetable-centered meals that it is keen to draw a distinction from traditional vegetarian cuisine. With its insistence on not harming any animals and promotion of a healthier dietary culture, it provides employees of HSP companies with an appealing alternative.

(4) Public TransportationA free shuttle bus service is provided to connect the Hsinchu and Jhunan parks as well as the

Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park with a view to reducing the HSP’s traffic load and air pollution by discouraging the use of private vehicles. Apart from serving commuters and business travelers, the service also provides links to national freeway coach and city bus stops as well as Taiwan High Speed Rail’s Hsinchu Station. Better-rounded services are made possible by integrating it with bus routes from the Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County governments to the urban districts of Zhubei and Hsinchu.

(5) Joint Service BuildingThe Joint Service Building is now home to such service providers as customs brokers, logistics

operators, property insurers, and financial institutions. Nearby are convenience stores, the Customs Building, and a logistics center. With all of them clustered here, both HSP companies and their employees are conveniently accorded all kinds of quality amenities as well as logistics and financial services.

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Green Ecology(1) Landscape Management

To enhance the HSP’s landscape quality, the HSPB always takes seriously the maintenance of planting, environmental cleaning, and drainage dredging. As seasons change, flowers or bushes are planted or replaced at the HSP’s entrance or along the major road sections. In 2016, planting and replanting covered an area of 4,150 m2 in the Hsinchu Park, 77 m2 in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park, 882 m2 in the Jhunan Park, 550 m2 in the Tongluo Park, and 487 m2 in the Longtan Park. Meanwhile, flower seeds were scattered across an area of 15,575 m2 in the Yilan Park. On the other hand, installation art pieces are created out of the twigs thus trimmed or other retrieved waste materials in parks or other green spaces across the HSP. Other endeavors on this front include encouraging tenant companies to sponsor the maintenance of parks and green spaces and organizing plant landscaping competitions, thus urging concerted efforts across the HSP to make a pleasant environment for all to share.

(2) Plant LandscapingWhen tenant companies begin building their plants, they will be required to set aside recession green belts

larger than 25% of the lot size. The objective is to connect all the green belts to form green corridors, thus giving the HSP the lush appearance of a large park. To be sure, vegetation makes the HSP a beautiful place that offers a natural stress-relieving environment less prone to noises and air pollution.

1. Competition for Plant Landscaping and Environmental Maintenance

The HSP’s 2016 Competition for Plant Landscaping and Environmental Maintenance was held in May and June. A total of 18 tenant companies were awarded (see the table below). After the competition, jury members were invited to give lectures on the following topics: From Competition to Planting Design Practice, Plants and Environmental Design, and A New Sustainable Landscape of Modern Science Parks.

◆ Winners of the HSP's 2016 Competition for Plant Landscaping and Environmental Maintenance

High Distinction Awards (11 companies)TSMC's Fab 12ATSMC's Fab 12BAU Optronics Corp.Elan Microelectronics Corp.UMC's Fab LixingK Laser Technology Inc.Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd.Macronix's Fab LixingVanguard International Semiconductor Corp.'s Fab 1Powerchip Technology Corp.'s Fab P12

Maxchip Electronics Corp.

Distinction Awards (seven companies)Shin-Estu Hanodotai Taiwan Co.Macronix’s Fab 1Macronix’s Test BuildingMacronix’s Fab 5Mosel Vitelic Inc.Microtek International Inc.MitraStar Technology Corp. 18

winners of the HSP's Competition for

Plant Landscaping and Environmental

Maintenance

Hsinchu Park—Domex Technology Corp.’s plant Plant landscaping competition winner—TSMC’s fab

Plant landscaping competition winner—a Macronix-sponsored park


2. Sponsoring Parks and Green Spaces

Currently, a total of 22 tenant companies and other entities sponsor the maintenance of parks and green spaces totaling some 36 hectares across the Hsinchu, Longtan, Jhunan, and Tongluo parks. The HSPB believes that, with tenant companies joining in a common cause, the HSP can keep up an utterly pleasant landscape.

(3) Environmental Protection

1. Upgrading wastewater treatment plants

According to a new regulation that took effect on January 1, 2017, the ammonia nitrogen density of effluents in science parks is now capped at 30 mg/L. In response, the Hsinchu Park has adopted a double-prong approach, that is, reducing effluents at the source and upgrading the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants at the same time. For other parks, emphasis is placed on control at the source. Separately, the HSPB has completed an AO-MBR project at the Hsinchu Wastewater Treatment Plant. Its ammonia nitrogen treatment (35,000 cubic meters per day) proves outstanding and effective in keeping ammonia nitrogen density at below the aforesaid ceiling.

Separately, in order to put an idle asset into optimal use, the Hsinchu Wastewater Treatment Plant is ready to turn its former sludge-drying area into a brand-new plate frame drying room. With project bidding completed on December 23, 2016, construction and installation is due to be completed in November 2018. Upon inauguration, it will be able to help the plant reduce the water content of sludge to 65% from 80%.

2. Promoting environmental education

In 2016, the Hsinchu Wastewater Treatment Plant secured certification for environmental education venues. It hosted a total of 38 visits (992 persons) during the year. Arrangements were also made for visitors to call at the HSPB’s partner entities on this front: Powerchip Technology Corp. and Neo Solar Power Corp. Separately, as part of the 2016 Labor Safety and Environmental Protection Month campaign, the HSPB organized two “DIY Food Forest” events.

The HSPB received an environmental education venue certificate from the Environmental Protection Administration.

Calling at a partner entity of the HSPB (Neo Solar Power Corp.)

Plant landscaping competition winner—Macronix’s ecological pond

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3. Promoting transformation of industry waste into resources

Committed to promoting transformation of industry waste into resources and supporting the Environmental Protection Administration’s policy, the HSPB has implemented a resources recycling program. In turn, the percentage of industry waste at the HSP being transformed into resources increased to 86.7% (196,167 tons) in 2016 from 73.32% (99,752 tons) in 2008.

4. Tenant companies and CSR

The HSP’s tenant companies take their corporate social responsibility seriously and strive for sustainable development. Many are avid participants in competitions for CSR awards organized by Taiwan’s CommonWealth Magazine and Global Views Monthly.

1) 2016 CommonWealth Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

There were 10 HSP awardees: TSMC, UMC, MediaTek, AU Optronics, Coretronic, Vanguard International, Wistron NeWeb, Wistron, Elan Microelectronics, and Holtek Semiconductor.

Of the 10 winners, TSMC stood out as No. 2 on CommonWealth Magazine’s chart of 2016 Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Awards in the large enterprises sector. Its achievements center on an innovative approach toward waste disposal, including reduction

in sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide usage, recycling of sulphuric acid waste, condensing of and reduction in spent liquid for cleaning air pollution control equipment, and development of new technology for recycling chemical waste. Rewarded with both a decrease in resources consumption and waste production, it was able to record a waste recycling ratio of over 95%--in excess of 90% for a seventh straight year—and a waste landfill ratio of 0.17%, lower than 1% for six years in a row.

2) 2016 Global Views Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

A t o t a l o f s i x H S P - b a s e d t e c h n o l o g y companies were nominated for the awards, with TSMC and UMC eventually emerging as winners and securing exemplary awards. Separately, TSMC’s “Turn Waste Into Gold—Develop Green Technology for Transforming Waste Into Resources” was also shortlisted in the environmental friendliness category.

5. Monitoring environmental quality

To uphold environmental quality throughout the HSP, the HSPB conducts across-the-board surveillance of air quality, groundwater, surface water, effluents, noise and vibration, traffic flows, and ecology on land and in water. Meanwhile, an environmental monitoring data webpage is installed so that the general public can readily browse for a better understanding of the HSP’s environmental quality in a timely manner. In 2016, automatic air quality monitoring devices were installed at a number of key spots across the HSP to track sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, ozone, carbon monoxide as well as aerosols and particulate matters in the air. They were supplemented by electronic bulletin boards to display various pollutant readings and, of course, if they comply with relevant regulations.

Link to “HSP Environmental Protection Information Webpage—Monitoring Environmental Quality Live”

10Ten HSP companies won CommonWealth

Magazine’s 2016 Excellence in Corporate

Social Responsibility Awards.


Technologies and HumanitiesThe HSPB is proactive to leaven the HSP’s high-tech setting with the arts

and humanities. Thanks to the HSP's aesthetic and cultured aspects, its tech workers can naturally and imperceptibly absorb a humane and elevated spirit.

(1) Science Park Exploration MuseumThe Science Park Exploration Museum preserves a wealth of historical

materials, both pictorial and textual, that trace the HSP's development from the very beginning. Its collection of innovative products developed by tenant companies over the years makes the museum a perfect place for getting a better understanding of the origin and current development of high-tech industry in Taiwan. With renovation now under way, the museum is scheduled to reopen in the second half of 2017. Drawing on the latest digital media and featuring the HSP’s cutting-edge products, it is set to help members of the general public learn more about what the HSP has to offer.

(2) Public ArtThe chief objective of public art is to blend art with people's living

environment. This, in turn, can be extended to the idea of "sustainable participation," and can inspire viewers to ponder and explore how technology and the environment can complement each other. Set against the HSP with its rapid information flows and technological advancements, public art does away with walls and introduces an element of beauty and elegance. In 2016, the HSP ushered in four works of public art: the Japanese artist Matsumoto Kaoru’s Cycle-90˚ “Time and Space” in the Yilan Park, the local artist Chien Ming-hui’s Spring Glory and Dripping in Drops in the Longtan Park, and A Blossoming Seed by another local artist Huang Ning in the Tongluo Park.

(3) Cleaning up the Homeland and NeighborhoodSubscribing to the Environmental Protection Administration’s National

Cleaning Week campaign, the HSPB organized a community drive under which everyone was invited to join in cleaning up the neighborhood. A total of 12 such events were held to clean up communities across the Hsinchu Park’s neighboring villages: Keyuan, Xiangong, Xianshui, Jinshan, Gaofeng, and Xinzhuang; the villages of Dingpu and Shanxia around the Jhunan Park; the Tongluo Park’s Jiuhu Village; the villages of Jianye and Nanqiao around the Yilan Park; and the villages of Sanhe, Shengde, and Bade around the Longtan Park.

Longtan Park—Public Art Piece Spring Glory Tongluo Park—Public Art Piece A Blossoming Seed

Yilan Park—Public Art Piece Cycle-90° “Time and Space”

Longtan Park—Public Art Piece Dripping in Drops

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22/2 The HSPB selected model workers from among HSP

employees and enrol led Weng Chi-shun of Realtek Semiconductor Corp. in the national selection process; he went on to become a national model worker for 2016

2/26 The HSPB organized an event for experience sharing by tenant companies doing exceptionally well in reducing the ammonia nitrogen density of effluents in 2015; the key presenters were two engineers: Chiang Wei-hao of Epistar Corp.’s Plant 6 and Chien Ching-tse of Powerchip Technology Corp.’s Fab P2.

3/8 The HSPB joined forces with the Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli branch office of the Ministry of Labor’s Workforce Development Agency as well as the Hsinchu City government to organize a job fair for the technology industry.

3/22 The HSPB’s Administration Building was accorded a green building silver label in the EEWH-RN category.

04/17 HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Maw-shin led a fact-finding delegation to Japan to learn more about the Japanese biotechnology industry’s collaboration with academia and call at relevant institutions.

4/18 The HSPB took part in Wan-An Drill No. 39, a civil defense exercise that covered northern Taiwan.

4/24 HSPB Deputy Director-general Chang Chin-feng joined a Ministry of Science and Technology fact-finding tour of smart cities in the U.K. and France to learn more about their development strategies, problems encountered, and solutions thereof.

4/26 Savior Lifetec Corp. held an inauguration ceremony for its second plant in the Jhunan Park.

4/28 A pre-Labor Day evening celebration was held to commend HSP employees with a superior performance.

5/8 An HSPB delegation attended the leaders’ meeting and board meeting of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) in Malaysia to discuss how science parks in Asia could work closer together.

5/9 The Yilan Park completed construction of its first standard plant building, and its first tenant company OMNI Calibration Laboratory Ltd. also had its own plant become operational.

5/12 Gwoxi Inc. held a ground-breaking ceremony for its plant in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park.

5/13 The HSPB’s “Start a Nest for Phoenixes, Start Businesses to Make Dreams Come True—Find a Way Out for Young People” initiative was selected by the Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, as a recipient of the 8th Government Service Quality Awards for service planning agencies.

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5/22 An HSPB delegation led by Deputy Division Chief Tsai Jin-lang attended Japan’s Wireless Technology Park (WTP) 2016 and called on potential investors.

5/27 The Tongluo and Longtan parks took in their first works of public art—A Blossoming Seed and Glorious Longtan—respectively.

5/28 The Yilan Park took in its first work of public art: Cycle-90° “Time and Space.”

7/8 HSPB Director-general Tu Chi-hsiang received an LEED ND certificate for the Yilan Park from the U.S. Green Building Council.

7/13 ACE Solution Co., Ltd. held a ground-breaking ceremony for its biomedical building in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park.

7/18 Supervised by Minister of Science and Technology Yang Hung-duen, a handover ceremony was held for the HSPB’s incoming Director-general, Wayne Wang, and his outgoing predecessor, Tu Chi-hsiang.

7/26 Shiner Pharm Corp. held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plant in the Jhunan Park.

8/15 The HSPB held a ceremony for introducing the fruits of the Subsidy Program for Growing Talent in Science Parks for the 2016 Academic Year and presenting letters of gratitude to participating institutions of higher learning.

8/30 The HSPB joined forces with the Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli branch office of the Ministry of Labor’s Workforce Development Agency as well as the Hsinchu City government to organize a job fair for the technology industry.

9/9 The HSPB held an opening ceremony for the 2016 Labor Safety and Environmental Protection Month campaign and commended tenant companies and their employees who had done well on this front.

9/18 HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang attended the annual meeting of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) in Russia and called at biotechnological and biomedical institutions and companies.

9/21 The HSPB organized a simulation drill to echo the Ministry of the Interior’s 2016 National Disaster Prevention Day—Earthquake Simulation drive.

10/1 As part of the 2016 Labor Safety and Environmental Protection Month campaign, the HSPB organized a “1,000-person road run” on Duxing Road.

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10/1 HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Tseng-ju was invited to travel to Turkey for attending the International Conference on Science and Technology and giving a speech on Taiwan’s development of science parks.

10/11 The HSPB won an excellence award from the Ministry of Labor in recognition of its performance in labor inspection.

10/17 Grape King Bio, Ltd. held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plant in the Longtan Park.

10/18 HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang attended the annual meeting of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) in India and called at local businesses and the Ministry of IT, BT, Science & Technology, Tourism of Karnataka.

10/26 Medigen Vaccine Biologics held an inauguration ceremony for its Zhubei plant in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park.

10/29 HSPB Director-general Wayne Wang joined a Ministry of Science and Technology delegation to attend the third meeting of the Taiwan-South Africa Science and Technology Joint Committee and discuss possibilities of cooperation on biotechnology and green energy.

11/11 The HSPB was accorded an award by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in recognition of its being an outstanding entity in helping conduct the Factory Adjustment and Operation Survey.

11/14 The HSPB organized a presentation of fruits from the 2016 HSP Platform for Industrial Safety Experts.

12/9 The HSPB hosted an evening concert by Taiwanese orchestral musicians.

12/12 HSPB Deputy Director-general Hsu Tseng-ju joined a Ministry of Science and Technology delegation to the U.S. for business and talent solicitation and for discussions on nurturing would-be business starters and consolidating Taiwan’s resources in Silicon Valley.

12/13 Hacettepe Technopolis, the HSP’s sister park in Turkey, sent a delegation to help celebrate the HSP’s 36th anniversary.

12/16 The HSP celebrated its 36th anniversary.

12/19 The SiSoft SIPP Center’s Business Center won InBIA’s certification.

12/21 Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd. held an inauguration ceremony for its new plant in the Tongluo Park.

12/27 The HSPB held an inauguration ceremony for the Platform for Industry-Academia Interchange Across Science Parks in Northern Taiwan.

12/30 EirGenix Inc. held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plant in the Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park.

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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Wayne Wang

Deputy Editors-in-Chief Chang Chin-feng, Hsu Tseng-ju

Editors Chen Shu-chu, Hu Shih-min, Lin Hui-hung,

Liao Tsung-cheng, Lu Li-kun, Fu Chin-men,

Huang Ching-chin, Huang Ching-ming,

Kuo Hsin-yi

Executive Editors Li Shu-mei, Ma Wei-yang

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