The 3 Emerging Industries

Tainan City has a competitive advantage in green energy industry clusters, including system integration, energy creation, energy saving, and energy storage manufacturers, forming a solid foundation across the entire supply chain. The focus is on developing the energy industry and green industry chains, and a green energy industry cluster has been established. Since 2016, in collaboration with the central government, the development of the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City has been promoted. Its key positioning is to develop smart green energy and emerging technologies, constructing an "R&D-production-marketing" industrial cluster. The aim is to stimulate the industry by providing comprehensive testing and verification facilities, enhance energy independence to build domestic markets, and link with surrounding R&D units and science or industrial parks. This collaboration between industry, government, academia, and research is aimed at developing green energy technologies, enhancing industrial competitiveness, showcasing internationally to tap into the global market for green energy technologies, and progressively making Taiwan a significant hub for green energy development in the Asia-Pacific region and achieving environmental sustainability goals for energy saving and carbon reduction.
Moving forward, the city government will continue to enhance the functionalities of the Science City in line with central government policies, aiming to attract national talents to reside in Tainan and promote industrial development, thus positioning Taiwan as a model in environmental protection, sustainability, and technology, and providing a reference and opportunities for international cooperation.
Additionally, the city government is facilitating the formation of the " Green Tech Alliance" which gathers companies from materials, energy-saving, and renewable energy sectors. It encourages businesses to actively engage in R&D and strategic collaboration, integrating resources from industry, government, academia, and research to enhance industrial R&D transformation and create a domestic market. The ongoing promotion of the green consumer internet provides a platform for transactions of green products, matching of green technologies, and green investments. Currently, the city government is implementing solar photovoltaic system subsidies, conducting local SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program subsidies to encourage the application and R&D of green energy products, establishing demonstration effects, and driving the development of the green energy industry.

There are three sub-industries in Tainan: the pharmaceutical industries, the applied biotechnology industry, and the medical device industry including more than 400 companies and presenting integrated industrial clusters. Meanwhile, the Tainan City Government assists to form the “Taiwan Biotechnology Industry Alliance” and promotes the joint test platform. Each year, the biotechnology and green energy expo has been organized; Tainan City also participates in BioTaiwan by presenting a thematic pavilion and leads enterprises to take part in trade shows abroad. Starting from 2011 till the end of Feb, 2021, Tainan City has participated in 18 bio expos overseas with estimated 142business participants. Orders received on site totaled NTD 590 million followed with the potential orders at the amount of NTD 1.3 billion.

The fashion design industry is one of the six emerging industries vigorously promoted by the city government. Tainan is a hub for textiles, garments, and footwear manufacturing with a well-established industrial chain. To establish a communication platform, the city government integrates businesses for interdisciplinary, cross-industry, and cross-sector collaboration, engaging collectively in R&D and marketing exhibitions to facilitate international exchanges. This led to the establishment of the " Formosa Fashion Industry Alliance" in 2012, encouraging young people to participate and hoping to create a new era of local fashion in Tainan. In the future, the city government will continue to provide guidance and promotion policies, including subsidies for alliance exhibitions, organizing forums, seminars, and entrepreneurial meet-ups. It will also continue to integrate academic and research unit capabilities to assist members in utilizing subsidies from central and local governments, providing guidance on technology R&D, and new product development, injecting innovative impetus into the group, and opening new opportunities for cooperation across academia, alliances, and sectors.