Taiwan Hon Hai Group on Sunday (April 9) announced its expansion of investment in Kaohsiung. It will set up the South District Headquarters in the Yayan District for three years of NT $ 25 billion (S $ 1 billion) to create a smart city baseIt is estimated that 2,000 employment opportunities can be created.

According to the Taiwan Free Times report, Hon Hai Group has successively entered the Kaohsiung Bridge Science and Hefa Park since 2021 to build electric buses and battery production bases.The ceremony was signed with the Kaohsiung Municipal Government to announce an investment intention to announce the settlement of the Southern Service Center and the International Research and Training Center in the Southern Service Center and the International Research and Training Center.This is also after Guotai Financial Holdings, IBM, Fanxuan, Renbao, and AUO, another international enterprise has entered Yawan, which is expected to drive the Yayan 2.0 plan.

Why choose Kaohsiung to build a smart city base?Liu Yangwei, chairman of Hon Hai Group, said that there are three reasons. First of all, in the past, the mayor Chen Qimai had a positive attitude and made him admire. "Kaohsiung is the place that is most suitable for creating a smart city."Secondly, Kaohsiung has ports, airports, and vast hinterland. It has been implemented in conjunction with Yayan 5G Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIOT). It has a good foundation for developing smart cities.Model T electric bus city.

Liu Yangwei believes that Kaohsiung will have a good opportunity in the future. Hon Hai's Model T electric buses, design, research and development, and manufacturing are in the bridge of Kaohsiung's bridge and Yawan District;Base, it is scheduled to mass production next April.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai said that after he took office, he negotiated with Hon Hai's investment in the Kaohsiung plan, from the original electric bus production base to the production of batteries, and further signed a smart city cooperation plan on Sunday. By the wayHon Hai Group integrates the complete solution of smart cities, and uses Kaohsiung as a test base, and the whole city outputs.

Zheng Wencan, deputy dean of the Taiwan Executive Yuan who attended the signing of the intent of the intent, pointed out that the Yawan 1.0 has good results. There are 18 large manufacturers and nearly a hundred innovative industries.It is being reviewed at the Executive Yuan.At present, many high -tech companies and software companies have announced that they have settled in Kaohsiung, hoping to build Kaohsiung into the southern R & D base, which is also the new southbound base, and the central government is optimistic.