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Watch out, Shenzhen! Taiwan is upgrading to grab manufacturing orders from China’s not-so-cheap boomtown

Can Shenzhen, the former boomtown in southern China’s Guangdong province known for its pioneering economic reforms, remain the “world’s factory” for global technology start-up firms?

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Can Shenzhen, the former boomtown in southern China’s Guangdong province known for its pioneering economic reforms, remain the “world’s factory” for global technology start-up firms?

The head of a start-up accelerator in Taiwan that is backed by the nation’s government believes her team can change the playing field by leveraging the island’s unique advantages in terms of design and quality of hardware.

Anita Huang, a former regional executive for US technology giants Google and Yahoo, was appointed the head of Taiwan Startup Stadium (TSS) earlier this year.

The accelerator is funded by the National Development Council (NDC), a government branch of the Executive Yuan, or Taiwan’s cabinet.

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Huang has two key missions: putting Taiwan’s start-ups on the world map, and finding a way to attract start-ups from other countries to do business with the island.

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