Macronix Chairman Wu Minqiu attended the Success Forum today and delivered a speech on talent cultivation titled "How?" (Photo by reporter Lin Yiru)
[Reporter Lin Yiru/Tainan Report] Faced with Taiwan’s declining birthrate and the continued increase in talent demand in the semiconductor industry, Wu Minqiu, chairman of memory factory Macronix (2337), announced today (5) that he will donate at least US$2 million (approximately NT$65 million) in his own name. National Cheng Kung University has established a talent cultivation fund and plans to cooperate with Stanford University in the United States. Every year, National Cheng Kung University selects outstanding students and sends them to Stanford University to learn the most advanced technology and knowledge. In the future, they will bring what they have learned back to Taiwan to cultivate top talents who can lead Taiwan's industry and economy to continue to move forward.
Wu Minqiu said that this donation is still a preliminary concept and has not yet been formally negotiated with the school. The subsequent cooperation model and related contracts still need to be further discussed with the school. However, he hopes to use his personal power and in the name of himself and his wife to establish a cooperation mechanism between National Cheng Kung University and Stanford University, so that National Cheng Kung University can select the best students every year to study at Stanford and give back to Taiwan after their studies.
National Cheng Kung University today jointly organized the "Success Forum" by the 4 Departments of Electrical Engineering, Materials, Mechanical and Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, with the theme of "Talent is Taiwan's most important strategic resource". Wu Minqiu gave a speech titled "How?" Wu Minqiu pointed out that Taiwan is facing the problem of declining birthrate, but the scale and demand of industrial development continue to expand. Talent cultivation cannot be completed in a short time, but requires long-term investment. Rather than cultivating a large number of talents who meet industry needs, he hopes to cultivate top talents with leadership capabilities to lead the sustainable development of Taiwan's industries.
Wu Minqiu also shared Macronix’s long-term experience in investing in talent cultivation. He said that Macronix established the foundation in 2000 and has been promoting a number of talent cultivation programs for a long time, including the Macronix Golden Silicon Award and the Science Award, which encourage students to participate in IC design and system design competitions. Both events have been held for more than 25 years. It is hoped that students in electronics and electrical related majors will have the opportunity to participate in actual design competitions and accumulate experience early before graduation.
Wu Minqiu believes that talent cultivation is not only professional and technical training, but also must equip students with cross-field abilities. He cited his own experience as an example. After graduating from the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, he went to Stanford University to study the Department of Materials Science. At that time, he realized the importance of cross-field learning. Therefore, when he later cooperated with National Cheng Kung University, he also hoped to create a cross-field learning environment so that students from different departments could jointly research and collaborate.
Wu Minqiu said that Macronix has donated to National Cheng Kung University to establish a computing center in the past, hoping to provide space for cross-field cooperation between different departments, such as the Department of Medicine and the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Materials and the Department of Electrical Engineering, and even the Department of Materials and Medicine, so that new research results can be generated through cross-field cooperation. He believes that these are important starting points for talent cultivation, but in the face of future industrial development, it is still necessary to further think about how to cultivate more competitive talents.
