Taiwan Sending Acer Co-Founder Stan Shih to High-Stakes APEC Meeting

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has named Acer co-founder Stan Shih as Taiwan’s envoy to the upcoming APEC leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, China. The 81-year-old businessman previously represented Taiwan at the 2007 APEC summit in Sydney and has been tasked with sharing Taiwan’s perspective on global economic and technology issues. Shih says artificial intelligence will be a key topic at this year’s meeting and highlighted Taiwan’s strengths in semiconductors, digital technology and AI supply chains. Taiwan is also working to ensure full participation at the summit under the name “Chinese Taipei” amid ongoing pressure from China.