Turning on the mobile phone, scanning the QR code, and sending a text message in less than 30 seconds has made the "SMS Real Link System" an important part of the Taiwanese people's fight against the epidemic. Following the real-name system for masks last year, the rapid integration of the text messaging system has not only attracted media coverage from Japan's NHK , but also demonstrated Taiwan's basic digital construction and resilience.
In fact, since 2016, Taiwan has been promoting the goal of "Digital Nation, Smart Island", which has achieved results in just 4 years, attracting Google to photo retouching service expand its data center investment plan in Taiwan. At the same time, Taiwan's Microsoft and Amazon AWS have come to Taiwan one after another. point . What are the digital policies that keep Taiwan moving towards a "smart nation"? Compared with other countries, what is unique about Taiwan? Competing for digital power in the post-epidemic era", star and Han see Taiwan's digital policy highlights Take the neighboring country Singapore as an example.
In 2014, the "Smart Nation 2025" plan was launched to help small and medium-sized enterprises and the people "digitize", and to create a network penetration rate of more than 90%, actively moving towards the goal of the world's first smart country. With the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, the "zero-contact economy" has unexpectedly been fermented. Singapore has launched the "Hawkers Go Digital" (Hawkers Go Digital), subsidizing local hawkers to switch to QR code checkout. , th