Manuel Wong and Oliver Ahrens of Acer. FILE PHOTO
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Acer Inc. will step up cooperation efforts with Chinese businesses in the industry of biomedicine and creative cultural arts, the company’s founder Stan Shih said on Sunday.
The announcement was made yesterday when “the cross-strait creative industry cooperation forum” kicked off. The event was attended by about 40 representatives from Taiwan’s biomedicine and creative cultural industries.
Two cross-strait letters of intent have been signed in order to establish a creative industry fund and a youth development program, Shih said in a press release, adding that their speedy implementation will hopefully lay the foundation for further cross-strait collaboration.
This year marks the third time that the forum on cross-strait creative industry collaboration has been held. And the focus is on potential cultural and art cooperation opportunities in the context of Beijing’s grand One Belt, One Road project.
The forum dived into the discussion via various angles, including future trends, humanities, culture, technology and industry assets.
One of the goals that the forum strives to achieve is to figure out how to merge innovative technologies with rich Chinese culture so as to provide quality service for people with a Chinese background.
In light of the future demand from China’s big market, and given Taiwan’s soft power in biomedicine and creative culture art, cross-strait collaboration is sure to produce first-class applications and make tangible contributions to the global community, Shih said.
Acer’s Pledge to Develop Cloud Technology
Acer recently set up a new company in China’s Chongqing city to focus on Internet of Beings (IoB) research and development. Acer has also established an investment fund that is targeting new innovations that are created from Acer’s “Build Your Own Cloud” application and have the potential to make headway in the world market.
The new company opened on Saturday. It marked Acer’s commitment to cloud technology development and will focus on applications in four areas: smart life, Internet of Vehicles, telecommunication and health care.
While the Internet of Things (IoT) has been under the spotlight in the information technology realm, Shih stressed that smart analytics is essential to make sense of all the connected things, adding that this is why Acer proposed the IoB concept.
Chongqing is China’s largest notebook computer production hub as well as Acer’s important operation center. With the local government’s supportive policies along with other players’ participation in the industry, Chongqing’s role will be critical in the age of big data innovation, Acer Chairman George Huang said.
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