Is it Jiang Wanan who deserves the credit for Huida settling in Beishike? Lin Youchang reveals the truth: "Choose Taiwan first" before you can have Taipei

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, who is seeking re-election, has recently frequently promoted NVIDIA's overseas headquarters in Taipei as a sign of his political achievements. Former Minister of the Interior Lin Youchang jumped out and said bluntly today (30th) that Huida "choose Taiwan first and then Taipei." The core lies in Taiwan's irreplaceable semiconductor technology, talents and complete supply chain, and it is not the credit of individual county and city heads.

Lin Youchang posted on Facebook this afternoon, "The recent Taipei mayoral election has been fierce, and the upcoming TV debate has attracted much attention. According to media reports, Mayor Chiang Wanan seems to have been targeting NVIDIA to settle in Beishike as an important policy policy of his recently. It seems that Huida decided to come to Taiwan because of his personal connections. This is undoubtedly a good thing for Taipei City, and the Chiang City government has certainly made some efforts and assistance in providing land and coordinating procedures. However, we should also see the full picture. "

"Huang Renxun has repeatedly spoken highly of Taiwan's semiconductor industry and complete supply chain, and expressed his importance to Taiwan by saying, 'Without Taiwan, there would be no Huida'! In fact, Huida's layout in Taiwan is an inevitable choice for multinational companies' global layout strategies and consolidation of core supply chains. Taiwan's irreplaceable semiconductor technology, talents and industrial clusters , is the real key to prompting Huida to invest more in Taiwan, rather than the two pieces of land provided by the Chiang Kai-shek City Government. What is truly worthy of gratitude is Taiwan's strong semiconductor industry and the countless hard-working companies and talents in the complete supply chain! A more accurate statement is: Huida chose "Taiwan" first, and then "Taipei"!

He continued: "After I visited Israel last year, I shared with you Huida's local layout. As early as 5 or 6 years ago, Huida had established an overseas R&D headquarters in Israel through mergers and acquisitions, set up 7 R&D offices, and continued to expand local investment. Last year, the total number of employees was nearly 5,000; this year, it has increased to about 6,000. And at the end of 2025, Huida also officially announced its choice of Kiryat. Tivon (Kiryat Tivo), as the location of the new R&D park, has 9 hectares of land, a total construction area of approximately 160,000 square meters, and an employee capacity of more than 10,000 people.”

"It can also be seen from this that the global layout of multinational companies has never simply looked for land or built buildings, but focused on talents, technology, industrial clusters and the overall environment required for long-term development. This is the focus! Looking back at us, Huida has come, has the transportation construction and related supporting facilities around Beishike kept up? More than three years ago, I served as the Ministry of Interior For a long time, I have reminded Mayor Jiang about the traffic problems in Beishike and Shezi Island. With such a huge employment population, there is no MRT construction plan with complete supporting facilities and sufficient transportation capacity. After the construction development is completed and companies start to move in, the traffic problems in Beishike will probably be worse than that of Neike! At that time, there was not even the issue of Huida's move."

In the end, Lin Youchang said bluntly, "The development of Beishike should bring new industrial momentum and urban vision to Taipei, but we cannot just watch it become another internal medicine department! This will definitely not be what Taipei citizens are happy to see! While Mayor Chiang went on TV to promote his achievements in investment promotion, he should also make it clear to the citizens: in the face of the huge employment population in the future, Beishike's transportation How to solve the problem? When will the MRT network be in place? What are the short, medium and long-term transportation facilities? Don’t wait until companies move in, population influx, and traffic congestion become a daily routine, then it will be too late! Let the debate return to the discussion of policy planning, implementation capabilities, and urban governance, not just the promotion of political achievements. This is the real blessing for citizens.”