Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim pledged to continue building Taiwan’s whole-of-society defense resilience and stated that she anticipates further public-private cooperation to strengthen the country.
Hsiao made the remarks when she attended the Taiwan Civil Defense Convention March 28 in Taipei City. Organized by Taipei-based Kuma Civil Defense Education Association and Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine, the two-day event brought together around 1,000 government representatives and experts from home and abroad.
Russia shattered the global order by invading Ukraine and from that example, Taiwan learnt that democracy must be safeguarded, Hsiao said. The war demonstrates that when facing complex threats, all of society should be mobilized to safeguard freedom and democracy, she added.
The vice president noted the event theme is advancement of energy and social resilience with simultaneous maintenance of communications, government operations and infrastructure in emergencies. She added that public-private collaboration is key to building whole-of-society defense resilience.
Hsiao went on to say that only strength can safeguard democracy and freedom, and that comes from practical action like passing the special defense budget. She added that the budget aims to advance domestic national defense technological capability in addition to traditional weapons and equipment.
The vice president further emphasized that drones will play a crucial role in future homeland security and defense, and that the front-line will span sea, air, land, cyberspace and space. To this end, the special defense budget focuses on information integration and technology applications, as well as overall construction to support whole-of-society resilience, she noted.
Hsiao stated that whole-of-society resilience includes communications, energy and infrastructure, information and financial security and the civil training offered by Kuma Academy. She concluded by thanking civil defense groups and partners from home and abroad for continuing to support the event and for raising awareness as a call to action.
Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu, who also attended the event, said that Taiwan is determined to support Ukraine. Taiwan is willing to share its experience on political and economic reforms, its high-tech industry development and ways to connect a global democratic supply chain to Ukraine and the world. He added that Taiwan will continue to work with the international community to jointly safeguard freedom and democracy. (YCH-E)
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Hsiao made the remarks when she attended the Taiwan Civil Defense Convention March 28 in Taipei City. Organized by Taipei-based Kuma Civil Defense Education Association and Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine, the two-day event brought together around 1,000 government representatives and experts from home and abroad.
Russia shattered the global order by invading Ukraine and from that example, Taiwan learnt that democracy must be safeguarded, Hsiao said. The war demonstrates that when facing complex threats, all of society should be mobilized to safeguard freedom and democracy, she added.
The vice president noted the event theme is advancement of energy and social resilience with simultaneous maintenance of communications, government operations and infrastructure in emergencies. She added that public-private collaboration is key to building whole-of-society defense resilience.
Hsiao went on to say that only strength can safeguard democracy and freedom, and that comes from practical action like passing the special defense budget. She added that the budget aims to advance domestic national defense technological capability in addition to traditional weapons and equipment.
The vice president further emphasized that drones will play a crucial role in future homeland security and defense, and that the front-line will span sea, air, land, cyberspace and space. To this end, the special defense budget focuses on information integration and technology applications, as well as overall construction to support whole-of-society resilience, she noted.
Hsiao stated that whole-of-society resilience includes communications, energy and infrastructure, information and financial security and the civil training offered by Kuma Academy. She concluded by thanking civil defense groups and partners from home and abroad for continuing to support the event and for raising awareness as a call to action.
Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu, who also attended the event, said that Taiwan is determined to support Ukraine. Taiwan is willing to share its experience on political and economic reforms, its high-tech industry development and ways to connect a global democratic supply chain to Ukraine and the world. He added that Taiwan will continue to work with the international community to jointly safeguard freedom and democracy. (YCH-E)
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