無人機國家隊嘉義起飛！卓榮泰：打造南方矽谷、讓台灣軍工產業發光全球!

「台灣的進步，不能少了嘉義的力量。」
“Taiwan’s progress cannot move forward without the power of Chiayi,” Premier Cho Jung-tai declared with conviction during a hometown gathering in New Taipei.

行政院長卓榮泰3日出席新北市嘉義同鄉會就職典禮時強調，中央政府將全力推動「大南方新矽谷」計畫，而嘉義將扮演重要角色，特別是在無人機產業的發展上。他期許嘉義鄉親們勇於投入，成為台灣無人機國家隊的一份子。

At the core of this initiative is Taiwan’s growing investment in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a sector now formally integrated into President Lai Ching-te’s “Five Trustworthy Industries” strategy. With the global drone supply chain currently dominated by the U.S. and China, Cho believes Taiwan is poised to become the world’s trusted “non-red” alternative.

為了將南台灣打造成另一個高科技核心，行政院提出「六大區域產業及生活圈」發展計畫，其中整合嘉義、台南、高雄、屏東四縣市的「大南方新矽谷」，將鎖定無人機、資通訊、半導體、大健康、智慧農業等尖端產業加速推動。

The government’s goal is to establish dual innovation engines—matching the power of northern Taiwan’s “Hsinchu-Miaoli Silicon Valley” with a new southern counterpart. UAVs, alongside ICT, semiconductors, and biotech, are seen as pillars of this emerging cluster.

卓榮泰特別提到，政府早在2021年即將原台灣體大嘉義校區轉型為「亞洲無人機AI創新應用研發中心」，目前已吸引許多無人機相關廠商進駐，成為產業第一階段重要基地。

To scale up capacity, a second site is in the works—at Tatung Institute of Technology’s Taibao Campus. This expansion effort involves a cross-sector coalition, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chiayi County Government, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and more.

這座由學界、政府與產業三方協作的創新平台，預計不僅推升無人機研發能量，也將強化國防自主，讓台灣在全球民主供應鏈中扮演關鍵角色。

Premier Cho underlined that defense autonomy and industrial transformation are intertwined. The development of the drone industry is not just about technological advancement, but also about Taiwan’s strategic resilience in a world of increasingly polarized supply chains.

他也肯定嘉義同鄉會自1992年成立以來對台灣社會的貢獻，會員已突破五萬人，在各行各業皆表現出色。卓榮泰呼籲，嘉義鄉親應勇於投入產業升級、國防自主、民主供應鏈三大目標，共同為台灣打造世界級無人機產業。

“Let us send a clear signal to the world that Taiwan shines not only in semiconductors, but now in UAVs as well,” he concluded. “And let that pride be rooted in Chiayi.”