On September 16, 2020, the online meeting of the Board of Presidents of INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING was held. The director of TCIAE, Dr. Jenn-Chuan CHERN, had a speech during the meeting. The following is the content:

I would like to give you a brief report on some of our main work and achievements. The Taiwan Chapter held its board of directors meeting on July 16th. President Gusev and Mr. Song-Jeng Huang, who is the director of Science and Technology Division of Taipei Representative Office in Moscow, were invited to talk about the interactions between Taiwan and Russia. A news article about their talks has been posted on the Taiwan Chapter’s website.

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http://www.tciae.org.tw/

From June 18 to 21, 2020, we announced the latest Tang Prize winners. They are: Britain's Jane Goodall in Sustainable Development; America's Charles Dinarello, Marc Feldman, who is both British and Australian, and Japan’s Tadamitsu Kishimoto in Biopharmaceutical Science; Australia’s Wang Gungwu in Sinology; and for the prize in Rule of Law, it went to three non-governmental organizations: Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association based in Bangladesh, Dejusticia based in Colombia, and The Legal Agenda based in Agenda. They will share the prize money, 1.7 million US dollars.

On September 21 and 22, the Tang Prize Foundation will hold four Masters’ Forums, lifting the curtain on this year’s Tang Prize events. The Foundation cordially invites anyone interested to visit our official website and participate online in these thought-provoking conferences. (https://www.tang-prize.org/en/week.php?cat=94)

Sustainable Development

https://www.tang-prize.org/ton/develop_en.html


Biopharmaceutical Science

https://www.tang-prize.org/ton/science_en.html


Taiwan has been able to contain the spread of COVID-19, and so far people's lives here have not changed that much. But some travel restrictions are still in place. From this moment on, I think our focus should be on developing effective vaccines and drugs and on bringing them to market. It will require our collective efforts to achieve this goal. Finally, I hope everyone will take good care of themselves and I wish you all the best.