Officials of key Philippine government agencies involved in the development of the National Food Hub in the Clark Civil Aviation Complex, including Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), visited Taiwan recently for an International Capacity Building on SMART City Governance and Agri-Food Wholesale Market Study Tour.
The delegation included officials of the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc. – Regulatory Reform Support Program for National Development (UPPAF-RESPOND); the Department of Trade and Industry; Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC); the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Taipei; the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone (APECO); Megawide Construction Corp.; JNA Management Consulting; and, Food Starter Philippines
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The Kaohsiung Leg from September 9 to 11 brought the delegation to the Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park (KLIP) to tour China Steel Aluminium Corp.; Soon Yi Superfrozen Co. Ltd; California Agri-Marketing Farm Cooperative Society; Intelligent Transportation Center of the Transportation Bureau; Kaohsiung City Government; and,
TAi Urban Resort and Kaohsiung New Asia Bay Development.
The Taipei Leg from September 11 to 14 brought the delegation to the Farmers Association of Bade; the 9th Taiwan Smart Agri-Week and 10th International Aquaculture and Fisheries Expo at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (TaiNEX); the 2024 Taiwan – Philippines Cold Chain Industrial Collaboration Summit also at the TaiNEX; the Binjiang Fruit and Vegetable Auction and Wholesale Market No. 33; and, the Taipei Flower Auction.
The activity saw the conduct of presentations of CIAC’s Seven Flagship Projects, network meetings, briefings and courtesy visits in the various locations in the itinerary.
The primary objective of this study tour was to conduct a benchmarking analysis of Taiwan’s agri-food wholesale markets, cold-chain logistics facilities and transit-oriented development to aid CIAC and its partner-agencies in the strategic development of the world-class National Food Hub at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex.
