41st FIABCI Global Leadership Summit debited today at the Grand Hilai Hotel in Kaohsiung

The 41st FIABCI Global Leadership Summit was held in Kaohsiung this year, with more than 500 domestic and international real estate elites from 27 countries attending the event. Susan Greenfield, President of the FIABCI, had an excellent impression of Taiwan, recognizing that the Taiwanese people are warm and courteous, and was amazed by the amazing changes Kaohsiung is undergoing, with a smart and livable environment. Founded in 1951 in Paris, France, the World Real Estate Federation (WREF) is the world's most representative non-political organization in the real estate sector, with members in more than 70 countries on five continents, and with the promotion of global sustainable development as its main goal. Under the active facilitation of Lily Chang, President of FIABCI-Taiwan, the 41st FIABCI Global Leadership Summit debuted today at the Grand HILAI Hotel in Kaohsiung.

The 41st FIABCI Global Leadership Summit debuted today at the Grand HILAI Hotel in Kaohsiung.

Mayor of Kaohsiung City, Chen Chi-Mai sincerely welcomed the real estate professionals from 26 countries, he said Kaohsiung is Taiwan's largest seaport city with mountains, seas, rivers and harbors, and with the restructuring of the international supply chain and the transformation of the industry, it is writing down the innovation of the city with its construction.

The 41st FIABCI Global Leadership Summit debuted today at the Grand HILAI Hotel in Kaohsiung.

Susan Greenfield, President of the FIABCI, said that Kaohsiung was chosen to host the event because the city is undergoing an amazing transformation, with new architecture, a friendly environment and a smarter, more livable environment.

Lily Chang said that Taiwan is a highly competitive country with great development potential and is one of the best investment destinations in Asia. The two-year preparation for this summit, which was interrupted by the epidemic and the finalization of foreign guests only two weeks before the deadline for registration, has been hard work, but the greatest feeling of the guests is the warmth and courtesy of the people of Taiwan. Susan Greenfield, President of the FIABCI, said, “Kaohsiung was chosen to host the Summit because the city is undergoing an amazing transformation, with new buildings, a friendly environment, and a smarter, more livable city! She said that the climate has changed dramatically over the past 70 years, and the real estate sector is facing many challenges. Therefore, the theme of the summit is focused on the goals of industrial sustainability and urban livability, and it is hoped that effective strategies will be discussed to solve the current problems. Chen Chi-Mai sincerely welcomed the real estate industry from 26 countries to the summit. He said that Kaohsiung is located in the hub of Asia's Pacific Rim and is Taiwan's largest seaport city with mountains, seas, rivers and harbors, and with the restructuring of the international supply chain and the transformation of the industry, Kaohsiung is writing down the innovation of the city with its constructions. Chen Chi-Mai said that Kaohsiung was famous for its heavy industry in the past, but after he took office, he promoted the semiconductor industry chain and 5G AIoT as the twin arrows of industrial transformation, and created a sustainable ecological environment and a livable living environment, and set up the Industrial Net Zero Alliance to accelerate Kaohsiung's low-carbon transformation, and also provided guidance to buildings of a certain size or above, to disclose and label the information on the building's energy-efficiency level, which is in line with the summit's theme of “Green Revival. Better Lives With Green Recovery” coincides with this summit. Over the years of working together with the domestic construction industry, the city's Public Works Department has won a total of nine honors at the Global Construction Excellence Awards.