Exclusive》Huida's A+ plan is supported by forward-looking funds. The then legislator Jiang Wanan once jumped on the table to block the budget.

With the support of forward-looking infrastructure funds, the technology giant Huida passed the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Big A+ plan. Huida then invested in setting up an R&D center in Neihu, Taipei, and built the supercomputer Taipei-1 in Kaohsiung Software Park, as well as investing in AI talent training and other projects. Without Foresight's budget to support Huida's Ministry of Economic Affairs' Big A+ R&D subsidy plan, Huida might not have established an R&D center in Taiwan, and it would have been difficult to deepen its subsequent plans to expand and build overseas headquarters in Taiwan. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, who is currently striving for re-election, has repeatedly promoted the Huida North Branch headquarters case as a political achievement. However, looking back on the past, when Chiang Wanan was a legislator (then deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang League), he led the Kuomintang League to boycott the special budget for forward-looking infrastructure planning, and jumped on the conference table in the Legislative Yuan to protest. If Legislator Chiang's boycott had succeeded, today's Mayor Chiang might not be able to use the Huida headquarters' foothold on Beishike as a propaganda achievement.

Huida's "Artificial Intelligence Innovation R&D Center Plan" was approved by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in December 2021. The plan will last for 5 years (March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2027), with a total cost of 24.337 billion yuan, and a government subsidy of 6.7 billion yuan. "All of it will be compiled from forward-looking infrastructure funds," and the rest will be raised by Huida itself. This plan has also contributed to Huida's expansion in Taiwan. Taiwan has established the first R&D center in the Asia-Pacific region, and built a supercomputer Taipei-1 in Taiwan, providing part of the computing power for free to Taiwan's academic community, research institutions, enterprises and start-up teams to apply for use. The scope includes generative AI, large-scale language models, digital twins and other forward-looking technologies. It is expected to strengthen Taiwan's AI core technology and accelerate the development of the AI industry.

Looking back at major media reports at the time, Jiang Wanan was opposed to the forward-looking infrastructure budget. When he was a legislator (then deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang League) in 2017, Jiang Wanan led the Kuomintang League to protest against the first special budget for the forward-looking infrastructure plan. He caused a huge fuss and even jumped on a table to boycott. Assuming that the Kuomintang's boycott was successful, I am afraid that Jiang Wanan would not be able to use the Huida Overseas Headquarters' foothold on Beishike's investment case as election propaganda today.

In addition, Huang Renxun, founder of Huida, stated in May 2024 that he would not rule out the addition of the AI ​​supercomputer TAIPEI-2 in Taiwan. A staff member of the Ministry of Economic Affairs told this newspaper that Huida's overseas headquarters in Taiwan is expected to be completed and opened in 2030, with a maximum employee capacity of 4,000. Huida's current subsidy plan will also expire in February next year. Huida is currently negotiating with the Ministry of Economic Affairs for the next phase of subsidies. The possibility that Huida will include the planning of its overseas headquarters into the next phase of the subsidy plan cannot be ruled out.