Taipei hosts smart city trade showStaff writer, with CNAThis year’s Smart City Summit and Expo, an annual international gathering focused on smart city developments and solutions, began in Taipei yesterday, featuring physical and online displays. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was no reason to cancel the event, especially when countries and cities around the world are focusing on smart city development, said Paul Peng (彭双浪), chairman of the Taipei Computer Association (台北市電腦公會), one of the event’s organizers. A man looks at a smart transportation system on the first day of the Smart City Summit and Expo at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2 yesterday. The expo runs until Friday. Tsai said that the government is looking to accelerate smart city development and to assist local companies in developing applications that can be exported to emerging markets in Southeast Asia.

Source: Taipei Times March 23, 2021 15:56 UTC