According to the mid- and long-term development proposal of NCUE (see Appendix 16.2.3A), formulated in 2016 and revised in 2017 and 2018, 
The eighth key point of the university’s middle- and long-term development plan states the core goal of ‘strengthening the openness of higher education to the public and fulfilling social responsibilities’. On the institutional level, we focus on building an open learning environment at the university by publicizing school-related information, so that the public can monitor the development of the school in various ways; regarding teaching, we offer courses and activities relating to local identities and encourage teachers and students to jointly explore regional issues and strengthen their connection with local institutions, so that the university and local communities can experience innovative cooperation, mutual benefit, and common prosperity.

1、 Disclosure of information on NCUE’s operations:
The “Information Disclosure” section is available on the homepage of NCUE’s official website. It presents university-related information on administration, evaluation and reports, scientific research and procurement, and internal control. Local stakeholders can access the information online and provide NCUE with suggestions, guidance, and supervision based on it.
Link: https://ncueinfo.ncue.edu.tw/

2、 Strengthening the connection between local institutions to realize joint exploration of local issues

2.1 NCUE invites local experts, scholars, and representatives of regional institutions (e.g. provincial and county governments, social welfare institutions, local enterprises, and community colleges) to clarify and communicate community issues to assist community development and foster an active and harmonious environment of social participation. Among Taiwan’s universities, NCUE was a pioneer in setting up community psychological counseling and potential development centers serving people in the community. The Centre provides mental health services, including potential development, for local community residents and institutions. It also links university and community college resources to provide a sound education mechanism for local residents and strengthen interactions between NCUE and county/city governments to solve the government agencies’ problems. NCUE hopes that implementing the above strategies will help NCUE and the local regions realize innovative cooperation, mutual benefits, and common prosperity. To enhance mental health professionals’ practical training, the community psychological counseling center offers workshops on youth cases to train youth counseling specialists. Mental health professionals can acquire professional knowledge and skills in psychology that can improve the quality of their youth counseling. 
The NCUE community counseling clinic website can be found here:
https://human1.ncue.edu.tw/files/11-1012-12.php?Lang=zh-tw
2.2 Caring for local industrial parks
To reflect the public nature of higher education and fulfill the university’s social responsibility, NCUE’s Innovation Incubation Center of the Research and Development Department actively promotes innovative businesses and assists traditional industries. Consistent with the national strategy, we build a diversified platform with precision machinery, smart electric vehicles, and green energy industries as core technologies to form a refined incubation network and develop local competitive industries. Using the expertise and resources of the university, we help enterprises that are pursuing sustainable development goals to start up and grow. By providing long-term assistance in improving industrial technology and helping manufacturers to obtain government R&D subsidies, we cultivate industrial cooperation and expand the benefits of the guidance provided by the university in the Taichung-Changhua-Nantou Region.
In recent years, NCUE has gathered diverse resources from several of its departments, academic and research institutions in neighboring areas, the Changhua County Industrial Advancement Association, public associations, and the service centers of industrial parks and has integrated the resources of teams formed by full-time teachers with practical experience. Through the guidance of experts in various professional fields, we provide manufacturers with extensive, thorough proposals and strive to implement them. Jointly with a neighboring university (Dayeh University), we set up the “Changhua County Local Innovative Organization Alliance” and undertook cross-discipline and cross-university cooperation in order to promote R&D among small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as industry–university cooperation in innovation in the Taichung-Changhua area. Faculty members with relevant expertise are sent to cooperate in R&D with manufacturers facing a problem or otherwise in need. We also encourage enterprises to apply for government R&D subsidies (such as SBIR and CITD) to reduce their R&D costs, enhance their innovation and R&D capabilities, and increase their innovation momentum.
Please refer to Appendix 16.2.3B for the implementation results of the school.
2.3 Joining hands and linking with Changhua’s regional industries
Changhua County has mostly small- and medium-sized enterprises. The challenges faced by industrial development at this stage include the following: technical personnel shortages; process and product upgrades; process optimization and automation; cloud platform integration and relevant data analysis; process-yield monitoring technologies; wastewater treatment; environmental monitoring; energy and water conservation; and green energy implementation. These challenges have motivated the teachers in NCUE’s specialized fields to leverage resources drawn from partner universities and introduce the concepts and technologies of ‘smart machinery’ and the Internet of Things and transform traditional industries into smart manufacturing industries aligned with Productivity 4.0 to transform Changhua County into a ‘smart city’. With the Environmental Education Center serving as a platform, the professional skills and abilities of faculty members working in various fields and schools are combined to integrate the theory and practice of environmental sustainability and to guide students in designing core, professional courses and activities related to regional environmental issues, promote positive attitudes and values towards the environment, cultivate environmental education, promote photoelectric green energy applications and eco-friendly breeding technology, nurture teachers and talents for the transformation and reconstruction of communities, and improve the environment and industry so as to achieve sustainable environmental management and utilization.
The project website can be found here:
https://zh-tw.facebook.com/NCUEUSR/
2.4 Cooperation on building Changhua’s green energy industry
Changhua owns a wind farm that is important at a global level. A green energy industry will definitely take root in Changhua. However, energy storage equipment is crucial to the development of green energy, and the development of smart energy, especially green energy, is one of the strong suits of NCUE’s School of Engineering.
Energy company Ørsted donated a megawatt-size energy storage system to NCUE, which is the first university in the world to accept such a piece of equipment. In the cooperation project, NCUE offers the land while Ørsted provides equipment and personnel. The two parties cooperate to support the green energy development policy of the Changhua County Government. NCUE will focus on the development of smart energy during the selection of faculty members, master’s and doctoral dissertations, and student projects, and will play a determining role in Taiwan’s green energy industry.
Link: https://economic.chcg.gov.tw/03bulletin/bulletin02_con.asp?bull_id=281030.
2.5 Building a game and sports network to empower the local elder community
Industry–official–university cooperation is conducted between NCUE and Changhua Show Chwan Memorial Hospital and Christian Hospital. The two parties have signed the “Memorandum of Cooperation in Training Professional Sports Instructors and the Service Plan” to cooperate on events and services that promote health among the elderly and the general public, public health through sports, joint academic research, academic research development in various fields, and in-depth services for local communities.
To establish a substantive cooperation mechanism between the two parties and fulfill the university’s social responsibility, we run an industry–university cooperation project with Show Chwan Memorial Hospital. The theme of the project is “providing in-depth services for local communities,” the strategy is to “offer a professional sports guidance service,” and the vision is to “create an industry–official–university cooperative service business” with the aim of applying the concept of preventive medicine by promoting “regular exercise” and teaching the middle-aged and elderly to manage their health. Link: https://www.peopo.org/news/473706.
2.6 Other relevant measures to link with local communities

2.6.1 NCUE has established an off-campus rental housing service mechanism to serve neighboring off-campus landlords and students who rent off-campus residences. The project aims to strengthen the quality of NCUE’s rental housing services and effectively protect the students who rent off-campus residences.
For more information, see the following websites:

• Student’s off-campus rental service project: https://sdg.ncue.edu.tw/var/file/32/1032/img/321/254995840.pdf
• Rental safety certification webpage: https://student.ncue.edu.tw/files/14-1017-19011,r113-1.php?Lang=zh-tw
• Cloud rental network: https://house.nfu.edu.tw/announce/3571

2.6.2 NCUE has a parking space discount system. The underground parking lot of NCUE’s Jinde campus is open to the community or outsiders to rent (30 minutes of free parking is available) on an episodic or a long-term basis. Since the campus is located in Fuxing village of Changhua City, residents there who live nearby can enjoy a discounted monthly rental fee. There are quotas for the applications; the quotas, service periods, application procedures, and other relevant measures are implemented according to the Office of General Affairs. Those who hire the university’s venues to hold activities can enjoy a one-time discounted fee. See details of the university parking lot management measures on the website: https://general2.ncue.edu.tw/ezfiles/19/1019/img/612/156554695.pdf