The 2024 30th Anniversary Conference of the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce made a spectacular appearance at the Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel from September 26 to 28, 2024! The conference brought together over 1,300 representatives from Taiwanese chambers of commerce and business leaders from around the world to discuss international economic trends and explore opportunities for business collaboration.

In 2024, the artist Florentijn Hofman was invited to bring his Yellow Rubber Duck inflatable back to Kaohsiung to witness the transformation of the city over the past decade since the duck first made its debut, particularly highlighted by the development of the Asia New Bay Area.

The 2022 Taiwan Design Expo featured the largest exhibition area in its history — approximately 33,000 m². The enchanting Design Island was accessible from the Pier-2 Art Center via the Great Harbor Bridge. It invited visitors to step onto the island site and experience Taiwan’s rich design capabilities! The venue was located in the Penglai Commercial Port Area, a reclaimed land historically known as the Economic Island for the pivotal role in exports.

As Asia’s grandest cultural and creative event, the 2022 Creative Expo Taiwan was held from August 5 to 14 in Kaohsiung. This year’s theme — RESONANCE ISLAND — served as an island manifesto that championed an “experience-first” spirit. It invited visitors to immerse themselves in and share the vibrant life of the island, collectively creating a resonance that revealed the grandeur of Taiwan’s culture. The event took place across two venues. The Cultural Curation Zone opened first at the Kaohsiun

After a 20-year hiatus, the year 2022 finally oversaw the return of the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Kaohsiung. With the theme “Glow in Kaohsiung, Shine on Taiwan, and Light Up the World,” the 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival was held at both Love River Bay and Weiwuying, in combination with two national landmarks, namely the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) as well as Kaohsiung Music Center. This makes the 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival the largest lantern festival ever held in Taiwan

Established in 1963, the International Congress & Conference Association (abbreviated as ICCA) is a global meetings industry network with 1,000 members from over 90 countries all over the world.In 2017, after outshining numerous famous convention cities, Kaohsiung won the right to host the 2020 ICCA. Centralized around the theme of “Transformation,” the congress welcomed the attendance of thousands of members who hailed from different countries worldwide. In consideration of the ongoing COVID-19

The Global Harbor Cities Forum provides an interactive venue for the world’s harbor cities to exchange ideas, collaborate, and form consensus with each other based on cooperative ties among international harbor cities, allowing them to promote the cities’ industrial transformation and urban development. Having erased the lines that had once separated its harbor and city, Kaohsiung’s previous experiences perfectly convey the beauty and hopes of harbor cities. Such awareness inspired Kaohsiung...

Taiwan ranks among the top three hardware and hand tool suppliers worldwide. In Asia, the Taiwan Hardware Show stands out as a premier trade fair for high-quality hardware purchases during the fall season. In addition to possessing mature metal manufacturing techniques, Taiwan also boasts a robust upstream and downstream processing system. Moreover, Taiwan is at the forefront of the world in terms of R&D in metal materials, metal manufacturing, and metal industrial application...