Taiwan Development Institute

Taiwan Development Institute (TDI) is a non-profit think tank established on December 8, 1992, described by its own website as one of the most renowned think tanks in Asia. It is a high-level academic research organization equipped with research/planning, consultancy and education/training capabilities, serving foreign and domestic government offices, civil organizations, social groups and the general public. Its Board of Directors proposed the motto 'innovation; science; practicality; quality'. The institute was approved by the Ministry of Education and provides research, planning/design, evaluation, management and promotion-related services and consultancy in fields including public policies and administrative initiatives, urban and township design and renewal, cultural and agricultural development, transportation and public safety/order maintenance, and building, landscaping, regional development and tourism.

Taiwan Development Institute was founded on September 1, 1992 in Taichung City by Mei Ko-wang, a PhD in political science from Michigan State University and president of Tunghai University. At its founding ceremony, then-Taiwan Provincial Governor Lien Chan attended and delivered a speech. It was originally named Taiwan Regional Development Institute (台灣區域發展研究院) and was renamed to its current name, Taiwan Development Institute, in 2002. The institute is dedicated to enhancing cultural literacy and academic research. Its current chairman is Chen Lin, an opera tenor who graduated from the Berlin Conservatory in Germany, the Vienna Conservatory in Austria, and the Munich Conservatory in Germany; its president is Dr. Hu Chi-ping, a visiting professor at the Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance at Renmin University of China and a visiting professor in the MBA program of the College of Commerce at National Chengchi University.

A high-level academic research organization and non-profit think tank providing research, planning, consultancy and education/training services.

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