On September 2, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech) held the third and final day of its New Student Academic and Career Development Camp, featuring a keynote address by Yunlin County Deputy Magistrate Chen Pi-Chun. Her presentation, titled “Yunlin Welcomes You to Study at a University in Yunlin—and to Study a City: Learn Here. Create Here. Change the Future,” highlighted YunTech’s role not only as a cradle for cultivating top talent but also as one of the Yunlin County Government’s most important “City Partners.” She encouraged a new generation of YunTech students to apply their professional expertise and work alongside the county government team to shape the future vision of “Douliu 2035” and transform Yunlin for the future.

YunTech and the County Government: Strategic “City Partners” for Smart Development and Regional Revitalization

In her speech, Deputy Magistrate Chen noted that YunTech and the Yunlin County Government have maintained close ties since the university was established in 1991. From talent cultivation in its early years to jointly addressing regional development and sustainable transformation today, YunTech has become deeply embedded in Yunlin’s development.

Deputy Magistrate Chen highlighted several major achievements resulting from industry-government-academia collaboration:

1. Industry and Smart Technology: YunTech and the county government have jointly promoted the Smart Electric Vehicle Industrial Park, combining YunTech’s independently developed “YunTech ONE” smart electric concept vehicle with local industrial development to drive innovation and strengthen local connections. The collaboration has also helped attract investment in Yunlin from high-tech companies such as Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL).

2. Sustainability and Net-Zero Governance: Through YunTech’s Office of Climate Change and Sustainability Center, the two sides have worked together to advance low-carbon mobility, low-carbon governance, and a green-energy circular economy.

3. Healthy Aging and Social Responsibility: Industry-government-academia collaboration has supported initiatives such as the “Silver Light Active Aging Industrial Park” and smart medical technologies for older adults, promoting aging in place and age-friendly living environments for people of all ages.

4. Cultural Creativity and Regional Revitalization: The county government and YunTech collaborated to establish the YCDC Yunlin Creative Design Center to support youth entrepreneurship and local brands. They have also transformed Douliu Sugar Factory into a “Bamboo Regional Revitalization Base” and preserved the county-designated historic site Yun-Hsu Building on campus, demonstrating an approach to rural and urban development that balances innovation with cultural preservation.

Data Tells the Story: From an Agricultural County to a Hub for Agriculture, Industry, Technology, Culture, and Tourism

Deputy Magistrate Chen also outlined Yunlin’s urban transformation for the new students. In addition to its agricultural foundation as “Taiwan’s Granary,” with an agricultural output valued at NT$94.8 billion, Yunlin is advancing toward smart manufacturing and semiconductor supply chains through its “9+1 Industrial Parks.”

Yunlin has also achieved remarkable growth in cultural tourism. The number of visitors surpassed 10 million for the first time in 2020 and exceeded 20 million in 2024. In the first half of 2026, the county recorded an impressive 33.77 million visitor arrivals. Yunlin’s Caoling Shibi Forest Healing Park (World Bamboo Landmark) has received multiple international design awards. By connecting destinations including Huwei Jianguo Military Dependents’ Village, Beigang 1911 Hao-Ku Cultural and Industrial Park, and the Douliu Yunlin River Waterfront Coexistence Corridor, the county has integrated agriculture, religious culture, and ecological heritage into a distinctive city brand.

A Message to YunTech’s New Students: Accomplish Four Things During Your Four Years at University

At the conclusion of her speech, Deputy Magistrate Chen offered four pieces of advice to YunTech’s new students, encouraging them to accomplish the following during their four years at university:

• Understand the Land: Learn about Yunlin’s 400-year history, culture, and local development.

• Understand the City: Step beyond the campus and explore Yunlin’s 20 townships across its mountains, coastline, and plains, treating the local community as a “classroom without walls.”

• Solve One Problem: Draw on interdisciplinary expertise and turn knowledge into solutions to real-world challenges.

• Leave Behind One Creation: Whether a design, app, research project, or social engagement initiative, students should not simply ask what the university can give them, but rather, “What can we leave for this city after four years?”

YunTech stated that it will continue to deepen its partnership with the Yunlin County Government, integrating the university’s research, development, and innovation capabilities to work together with the county government in advancing culture, industry, health, and sustainable development. Through these efforts, YunTech hopes to enable students to “bring the world to Yunlin and go from Yunlin to the world.”

Yunlin County Deputy Magistrate Chen Pi-Chun Delivers Keynote Address at YunTech’s New Student Academic and Career Development Camp

Deputy Magistrate Chen Pi-Chun Encourages New Students to “Study at a University in Yunlin—and Study a City,” Using Their Expertise to Solve Real-World Local Challenges

Deputy Magistrate Chen Pi-Chun Poses for a Group Photo with the Dean of Student Affairs and Student Association Representatives

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