The Intelligent Community Forum today announced the renewal of New Taipei City’s Full Certification as an Intelligent Community, based on an audit of the programs, policies and achievements that make New Taipei City a highly desirable place to live, work and innovate in Taiwan. 

Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that a community has high-quality connectivity, effective workforce development, a business innovation ecosystem and meaningful community engagement, digital inclusion and sustainability programs in place. These qualities combine to support the growth of innovative businesses, meet their talent needs and provide inclusive prosperity and a high quality of life. 

New Taipei City is the first city in Taiwan to achieve and renew Certification and the first to achieve Full Certification. It was a four-time Top7 Intelligent Community of the Year, culminating in its recognition as the 2022 Intelligent Community of the Year.  

New Taipei City Government stated, "New Taipei City's successful renewal of Full Certification from the Intelligent Community Forum represents not only recognition of our three years of continuous advancement in smart city development, but also international validation of our efforts across digital transformation, workforce development, innovation and entrepreneurship, and citizen services. As Taiwan's first city to achieve ICF Full Certification, we feel the weight of this responsibility. 

This certification renewal bears witness to New Taipei City's continued progress in smart governance, industrial innovation, and digital inclusion. We believe this international recognition is not an endpoint, but rather a significant milestone as New Taipei City advances toward a smarter and more sustainable future. 

Moving forward, we will continue to uphold 'citizens first' as our core principle, leveraging digital technology to innovate municipal services and create a more livable and business-friendly urban environment." 

“The many ways in which New Taipei City aligns and interconnects its workforce development, innovation, engagement and inclusion programs gives a competitive advantage to the city’s companies, universities, business and technology parks,” said ICF co-founder Robert Bell, who performed New Taipei City’s renewal Certification audit. “They will continue to support its leading position among the world’s Intelligent Communities.”