Shu Chuan Healthcare, COMEBUY, and 21 Other Chinese Enterprises Recognized with the Highest Entrepreneurship Honors in 2021 (Taipei, Central News Agency, December 2, 2021, 18:30:44) The National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association hosted the "44th Republic of China (Taiwan) and 30th Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship Model and Entrepreneurship Mutual Aid Award Ceremony" on the afternoon of December 2nd at the Grand Hotel. Premier Su Tseng-chang, Executive Yuan, was present at the award presentation, along with Executive Yuan Spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng, Lin Chuan-neng, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, Hsu Chia-ching, Deputy Chairperson of the Overseas Community Affairs Council, and Ho Chin-tsang, Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, and more than 400 other guests. They congratulated and praised all the award recipients. The organizing body, the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association, stated that despite the global economy remaining in a slow recovery phase due to the impact of the pandemic this year (2021), there was enthusiastic participation in the selection process, both domestically and overseas. Especially noteworthy was the record-high number of participants and awardees from overseas. In the end, 11 domestic and 10 overseas entrepreneurs were selected as Entrepreneurship Models. Since its inception in the 67th year of the Republic of China (1978), the cumulative number of awardees has reached 686, with 467 from Taiwan and 219 from overseas. Among this year's 21 Entrepreneurship Model awardees are outstanding enterprises from various fields, including global telecommunications white-box pioneer Ubitus Technology, innovative Taiwanese agricultural and food enterprise Xiangpu Industrial, Taiwan's leading chain of tea beverage brand COMEBUY, Asia's largest plastic vacuum forming container manufacturer Jinyuanfu Packaging Enterprises, the highly regarded private healthcare system Shu Chuan Healthcare, the world's largest knife manufacturing company Gao Wei Precision, and Taiwan's largest animal pharmaceutical company Yong Hong International Biotechnology. Additionally, there are enterprises such as Rich-Tai Technology, TangYa Corporation, Daji Auto Enterprises, and Qiding Technology. From the United States, there is the chain Japanese ramen brand Hikari International, the third-largest computer peripheral equipment manufacturer in the United States, ADESSO, and the well-known furniture retailer Yushan USA Corporation. Also included are enterprises from Vietnam like Jiandai Industrial and Jinbaoshan, Thailand's Thai Gold Holdings and Lianyu Gas Industry, Malaysia's Tong Chess and SJ Group, and Japan's Toh Feng Trading. These awardees represent exemplary businesses across various global industries, showcasing their solid innovative and managerial capabilities. Prior to the award ceremony, President Tsai Ing-wen, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Jen-chi, Overseas Community Affairs Council Chairperson Tong Chen-yuan, and Deputy Chairperson of the National Development Council Kao Hsien-kwei specially met with and encouraged all the award recipients. They discussed topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation, economic development, investment environment, and major national industries' foreign trade policies, seeking the best ways to achieve mutually beneficial solutions for the government and businesses. Premier Su Tseng-chang, after presenting the Entrepreneurship Model and Entrepreneurship Mutual Aid awards, expressed that the Entrepreneurship Model selection process not only shapes role models and disseminates their exemplary effects but also involves the awardees actively contributing to society. Their spirit of benefiting others and assisting the government in promoting various innovation and entrepreneurship policies while diligently fulfilling corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) social responsibilities makes them exemplary corporate role models. Premier Su further emphasized that despite the global economic impact of the pandemic in the past two years, Taiwan has demonstrated resilience. This year's economic growth rate has the potential to reach 6.01%, marking an 11-year high, and is the result of the joint efforts of the entire population and the government in epidemic prevention and economic development. Premier Su expressed special thanks to this year's 21 awardees for their outstanding performance in business management and encouraged them to continue staying up-to-date, practicing sustainable business, collaborating with the government, deepening their roots in Taiwan, expanding globally, and making even greater contributions to the nation and society. Chen Ching-kang, Chairman of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association, actively introduced ESG into the association's operations and Entrepreneurship Model selection criteria after taking office earlier this year. He has also been committed to promoting the full electronicization of application guidelines, candidate documents, and scoring operations to achieve environmental protection and waste reduction goals, realizing the last mile of fully digitized selection mechanisms. This year's 21 Entrepreneurship Models not only achieved outstanding results in their respective business domains but also comprehensively laid out ESG development blueprints for their companies. This exemplifies their long-standing practice of corporate social responsibility and dedication to ESG principles and actions.