Former Vice President and Academician of Academia Sinica Chen Jianren (middle) went to the United States for the first time after leaving office, to participate in the first Taiwan Image Exhibition held by the Foreign Trade Association in the United States, accompanied by Secretary General Li Houqing (right 2) who had just held the National Celebration Ceremony ), the whole group has arrived in the United States safely.

(Provided by President Wen)

[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] Former Vice President and Academician of Academia Sinica Chen Jianren went to the United States to participate in the "2022 American Taiwan Image Exhibition" hosted by the Foreign Trade Association for the first time in the United States. He will give a speech at the Innovative Medical Forum held at the exhibition. There is also Weng Qihui, former dean of Academia Sinica and Scripps Chair Professor in the United States.

The 2022 Taiwan Image Exhibition will be held in Washington, D.C., the United States from the 12th to the 14th. The exhibition will introduce Taiwan's technology, biotechnology, culture, tourism and food. It will also hold a forum on smart mobility and innovative medical care. Chen Jianren and Weng Qihui are both invited. The speech at the Innovative Medical Forum held on the afternoon of the 12th was also the first visit to the United States by Chen Jianren after he resigned as vice president and returned to the Academia Sinica.

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The topic of Chen Jianren's speech is precision medicine and Taiwan's health insurance, and the theme of Weng Qihui's speech is the development of precision medicine and broad-effect vaccines. Both of them will give speeches for 20 minutes each.