Given the thriving development and business in deep-tech, bio companies and startups in Silicon Valley/ Bay area, the National Science and Technology Council(NSTC) has acknowledged the importance and the necessity of the expansion of the high-tech industries as well as deep-tech startups and thus has established the Science and Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco(TECO in San Francisco) in December 1974. It is located in North California. Its service areas cover 8.5 states.
The Science and Technology Division, TECO in San Francisco has three essential missions:
- To facilitate the academia cooperation among the research institutes between Taiwan and the U.S.A.
- To expedite the development of the high-tech and deep-tech startups.
- To Engage high-tech talents' exchanges and cultivation.
