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General Introduction
- Emerging Industries (Updated 2005)
  - Semiconductors
  - Flat-panel Displays
  - Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
  - Digital Content
  - National Si-Soft Project

Year 2007
- Biotechnology
  - Changhua Incubation center works out biotech wonders (August 1)
  - Biotech sector growth continues (March 2)

Year 2006
- Semiconductors
  - TSMC puts 65-nm process into volume production (May 19)
  - Taiwan likely to fill half of Asia's chip demands in three years (April 7)
  - SMIC becomes world's no.3 silicon foundry supplier (March 30)
  - Organization predicts IC industry to rise 15.9% in 2006 (March 29)
  - Booming electronics boosts semis (March 11)
- Flat-panel Displays
  - Wintek acquires a third-generation TFT-LCD plant from HannStar (September 15)
  - FPD production value down 10.1% in Q2: IEK-ITIS (August 30)
  - LCD-TV suppliers make themselves RoHS compliant (July 31)
  - Optoelectronics shows kick off (June 14)
  - AUO to showcase new products, technologies at FPD Taiwan 2006 (June 14)
  - Teco to ship most of its LCD TVs to Europe this year (June 7)
  - AUO, Eternal Chemical to set up LCD liquid-chemical venture (May 26)
  - Chi Mei to actively push own-brand LCD TVs (May 19)
  - Corning to expand 8G LCD glass production (May 11)
  - Chi Mei becomes largest shareholder in LED maker Formosa Epitaxy (May 3)
  - CMO now world's most profitable TFT-LCD panel maker (April 27)
  - CMO to set up three 8G TFT-LCD panel plants in Kaohsiung Science Park (April 26)
  - BenQ, Teco to use opportunities from World Football Game (April 25)
  - BenQ to oustrip Samsung in LCD monitor shipment in 2006 (April 19)
  - CPT to inaugurate LCM plant in Shenzhen in September (April 18)
  - LCD display makers strive for better economies of scale (April 14)
  - Flat panel display production up 37% in 2006 (April 6)
  - CMO wins 10m-yen award in patent-infringement case (April 3)
  - Sanyo, Quanta form new FPD TV venture (March 23)
  - Government to upgrade TFT-LCD equipment local-content rate to 50% (March 20)
  - Taiwan LCD TV brands shine in North America (March 16)
  - Taiwan makers to confront EU's plans to levy tariffs on imported TFT-LCD panels (March 15)
  - Taiwan-made LCD TVs to take 30% global share in 2006: MIC (March 14)
  - Funai inks pact with CMO to secure TV-panel supply (February 27)
  - TFT-LCD panel makers enter into 8G race (February 24)
- Digital Content
  - SoftBank places its first overseas branch in Taiwan (November 30)
  - Microsoft COO outlines multimedia blueprint in Taipei (May 3)
  - Hanchu launches YoolerTV digital entertainment services (March 7)
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
  - Taiwan ranks as world's no. 1 OLED-shipping nation (April 28)
  - Local doctors share experience of lithotripter usages in France (April 10)
  - Four Taiwan biotech companies to join forces with US partners (April 4)
  - Nightlights for the Aquarium (April 1)
  - China Electric, Ta Ya Electric team up in lighting in Vietnam (March 31)
  - Jenn Feng branches into LED lamp production (March 31)
- General Activities
  - Government may impose quota control on tax incentives for emerging industries (May 11)
  - Domestic Drones (April 1)
  - Government backs three high-tech investment projects in central Taiwan (March 3)

Year 2005
- Biotechnology
  - Organic LEDs open up vast range of new possibilities (September 30)
  - Three-in-one Bio Taiwan event promotes sales and networking (August 5)
  - The transformation of Taiyen Biotech Co. Ltd. (July 22)
- Digital Content
  - Taiwan to make it in the digital content contest (September 16)
- Flat-panel Displays
  - Experts debate market clout of LCD television (September 16)
  - Seventh flat panel display exposition spotlights growth of the sector (June 15)
  - Japan's ULVAC moves into science park (August 26)

Year 2003
- Biotechnology
  - Taiwan delegation attends biotech convention in US (June 24)