On August 15th, 2022, the permanent secretariat of AFACT in Taiwan held the international forum on "Establishing Digital Economic Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region" and brought together domestic and international experts and scholars in the Indo-Pacific region.

Dignitaries invited to participate in the event included Minister Audrey Tang of Digital Affairs, Dr. Cheng-Hong Cho, Head of Delegation of Taiwan, AFACT and President of Institute for Information Industry, Mr. Akio Suzuki, Opinion Leader in APAC for negotiations with international NGOs in sustainable tourism, Mr. Tahseen Ahmad Khan, Vice Chairman of UN/CEFACT, Mr. Sachin Mehta, Coordinator of Travel & Tourism Domain of UN/CEFACT, and Mr. Tain-Tsair Hsu, Chairman of the Board of Commerce Development Research Institute. More than a hundred participants joined the event physically and online. Mr. Harm Jan van BURG, Vice Chair of UNECE, Dr. Shinichi Ishii, Chair of AFACT, Mr. Hisanao Sugamata, TMC Chair, Dr. Mahmood Zargar, Former General Secretary of AFACT and e-Commerce Consultant of I.R.Iran Ministry of Commerce and other good friends in the AFACT community also gave their wishes to the event.

The Forum focused on the recent developments and achievements of how facilitating cross-border physical and digital transactions through the harmonization of data flows contributes to the world's sustainable development and growth of the global economy. In Panel One “ The Altruism and Governance Value of Cross-border Data Exchange”, the speakers elaborated on the cross-border trade data flow and data governance in domains such as sport, carbon emission, and smart transportation, which are potential standardization topics to be discussed in AFACT and UN/CEFACT. And in Panel Two “Technology Use for Cross-border Sustainable Tourism in the Post-Epidemic Era”, the speakers exchanged views on the issue of digital transformation and global supply chain on the top.

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