Taiwanese Digital Minister Online Class for Japanese Junior and Senior High School Students September 21st, 21:05

Mr. Audrey Tang, a minister in charge of digital in Taiwan, who is attracting worldwide attention for measures against the new corona virus using digital technology, gave an online class for Japanese junior high school students and high school students. You can change the world with your voice. "

The class was realized by a Japanese company "Inspire High" working on online education, which was commissioned by Mr. Audrey Tan, and about 1000 Japanese junior high school students and high school students participated using the smartphone app.



Audrey Tan is 39 years old.



Four years ago, I was appointed as a minister in charge of digital, instructing Taiwan's digital policy, and incorporating a mechanism to utilize the voices of citizens received on the Internet in the policy.



While mask shortages have become an issue for the new corona countermeasures, their skills are attracting worldwide attention, such as the development of online maps that show the stock of masks in pharmacies at a glance.



Mr. Tan introduced an episode in which the map system of the mask was repeatedly improved every week based on the opinions of the citizens, "In the digital society, it is most important to make use of the voice of the citizens who use it and make it more useful. I said.



After that, he said, "Participation in society is the same, regardless of age or educational background.



Let's use SNS etc. to convey your voice."



Finally, Mr. Tan said, "You can change the world. You



don't need the perfect proposal.



If you can convey your ideas to just a few people, it will spread and create a new world." I did.



Rinan Horii, a third-year high school student who attended an online class at her home in Tokyo, said, "I wasn't really interested in politics until now, but Audrey Tan has created a system that makes it easy to participate in politics using digital technology. I felt that there are things that our generation can do from now on. "

What is Audrey Tang?

Audrey Tang, a minister in charge of IT in Taiwan, is now 39 years old.



In the Tsai Ing-wen administration, which was launched in 2016, I was appointed as a minister without a specific department.



After dropping out of junior high school, Mr. Tang started his own business as a teenager by studying at home instead of going to school and learning programming by himself.



After that, after working as an advisor at an American IT company, he retired at the age of 33 and served as an advisor in the IT field at the Taiwanese authorities.



Since assuming the post of minister in 2016, he has led the digital policies of each department of the Taiwanese authorities and introduced a mechanism to reflect the voices of citizens on the Internet in the policies.



When it becomes difficult to obtain masks due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the real name system sales mechanism that allows you to buy masks at pharmacies by presenting your health insurance card using the data of health insurance that citizens join. The skill has received international acclaim, such as introducing the system and supporting the development of online maps that show the amount of masks in stock at pharmacies at a glance.



Mr. Tang has announced that he is a transgender person whose mind and body do not match.