Thank you.
I think the COVID-19 pandemic is really a challenge, not only to my country but also to Canada and others around the world. In Taiwan, we try everything we can with our resources and power, and then work together with our international partners to make sure we protect the lives of our citizens. Given that the real situation is that we are not members of the World Health Organization and everybody understands the virus knows no borders, we cannot do our part by ourselves. It takes a lot of co-operation with neighbouring countries and international society.
That's the reason why the government and the people of Taiwan want to engage with the international community from time to time. Particularly in this pandemic, we noticed that our experience can be shared with our friends.
Nowadays, people are talking about the Taiwan model. With that in mind, I'd like to take a few minutes to share the real nature of the Taiwan model. To make a long story short, I'll say that number one is pre-pandemic preparedness; the second thing is quick, coordinated and proactive decision-making; third is health-forward policy-making, including by instituting border control, health checks at all points of entry and more; four is the application of big data, artificial intelligence and technology broadly; five is management of the production, purchase and dissemination of critical medical supplies; six is open, accurate, timely and transparent dissemination of information; and seven is productive and good-faith international co-operation.
In fact, we can use three words to describe it: transparency, technology and teamwork.