Building a Cyber City The Taipei Experience May
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience May 2001 Ying-Jeou Ma Dr. Ying-jeou Ma Mayor of Taipei
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience ASIA Taiwan, Republic of China Ying-Jeou Ma 2
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience I. WHY BUILD A CYBERCITY? 1. Enhance Taipei’s competitiveness in the process of building a world-class city 2. Overcome Taipei’s shortcoming – substitute unlimited cyberspace for limited physical space Ying-Jeou Ma 32
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience About Taipei City Area(sq. km/ sq. mile) Population 272 (106) Density 2. 65 million 9, 700/sq. km 25, 000/sq. mile Cars 650, 000 Motor vehicles Motor. Cycles & 970, 000 Scooters Total Taiwan, Republic of China 1, 620, 000 Motor Vehicles per km of city road Singapore 218 Tokyo 248 Hong Kong 274 Taipei 1, 043 Ying-Jeou Ma Source: Asiaweek, 15 December 2000 4
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience II. DEVELOPMENT VISIONS 1. Frequent the Net and free up the roads 2. Make Internet services equally accessible to all like public utilities 3. Create a ubiquitous network of public services Ying-Jeou Ma 5
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience III. The Three Stages of Cyber. City-Building 1. Internal IT Integration 2. External IT Integration 3. Overall IT Integration Ying-Jeou Ma 6
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience IV. Goals and Strategies for Cyber. City-Building 1. Two Goals 1) Enhance Taipei’s competitiveness to build a world-class city 2) Substitute unlimited cyberspace for Taipei’s limited physical space 2. Five Strategies 1) Build a Sound Information Infrastructure: the Information 2) Freeway Create a Universal Learning Environment: Cyber Education for all for life Reform the Administrative Process: the E-Government 3) 4) Transform the Government Services : Citizens as Customers 5) Provide Adequate Websites for Citizens: Nine City. Life Networks Ying-Jeou Ma 7
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy One: Building A Sound Information Infrastructure 1. Assist the operation of the Nankang Software Park* in Taipei 2. Integrate broadband networks of the private enterprises 3. Institute an e-signature mechanism 4. Set up an Internet Emergency Response Team Ying-Jeou Ma 8
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience *Nang. Kang Software Park in Taipei • World-class environs for the software industry • Development area: 8. 2 hectares --expected employees: 15, 000 by 2004 --annual output value: US$ 2. 5 billion now, US$11 billion by 2004 • Phase I: (began operation in Oct. 1999) --2. 1 million square feet of floor space Today: --75 companies with 4, 000 professional employees • Phase II: (to be completed in 2003) Ying-Jeou Mamillion square feet of floor space --2. 7 9
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Two: Creating A Universal Learning Environment: Cyber-education for all for life 1. Provide a free, three-hour, on-line training course for all citizens (over 100, 000 people so far) 2. Establish cyber-universities and life-long learning web 3. Expand information hardware in schools 4. Set up an e-library Ying-Jeou Ma 10
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Three: Reforming the Administrative Process: the E-Government 1. Integrate information systems and administrative process of different agencies 2. Establish an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system • 97% of the 436 agencies and schools have established EDI system 97% Ying-Jeou Ma 11
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Three: Reforming the Administrative Process: the E-Government (cont. ) 3. Set up a City Government Data Center 4. Equip all civil servants with personal computers and e-mail accounts PC and Email percentage Ying-Jeou Ma 12
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Three: Reforming the Administrative Process: the E-Government (cont. ) 5. Expand the application of the Geographical Information System (GIS) Ying-Jeou Ma 13
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Four: Transforming the Government Services: citizens as customers 1. A website for each of the 436 government agencies and public schools 2. Paperless municipal services: 418 application forms posted on the web ready for downloading (81 may be submitted on-line) 3. A free, life-time email account for all citizens(over 160, 000 people so far) 4. 320 Public information kiosks set up all over Taipei city (800 by 2002) 5. Integrated voice, fax and computer (CTI) system 6. Taipei E-Paper (89 issues so far) 7. Ying-Jeou Mayor’s Ma Mailbox (200 e-mails per day) 14
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience Strategy Five: Providing Adequante Websites for Citizens: Nine City. Life Networks 1. Create Nine City. Life Networks 1. ) Public safety 2. ) Cultural events 3. ) Travel and recreation 4. ) Voluntary services 5. ) Industry and commerce 6. ) Healthcare and medical services 7. ) Life-long learning 8. ) Community services 9. ) Welfare assistance 2. Establish 435 community websites all over Taipei city. Ma Ying-Jeou 15
Building a Cyber. City : The Taipei Experience V. PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE • A Cyber City in the Making: A Benchmark survey (March 2001) • 82% of Taipei’s 890, 000 households have computers, 57% of them use the Internet • 64% of the people in Taipei use the Internet • 59% of the people in Taipei use email • July 2000 Wired magazine survey: Taipei ranked the 8 th among 46 IT cities in the world, the 1 st in Asia Ying-Jeou Ma 16
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