With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, Vice Minister of National Defense General Chung Shu-ming visited armaments units in central Taiwan today. On behalf of Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo Li-hsiung, he extended early holiday greetings to all personnel and commended their longstanding contributions to national security, military materiel research, development, and production, and military facilities and property management.
Accompanied by relevant Joint Staff officers, Vice Minister Chung visited the Central Region Construction and Real Estate Division of the Armaments Bureau’s Construction and Real Estate Service Center and the 401st Plant of its Manufacturing and Production Center. He received mission briefings, reviewed the progress of ongoing projects, and presented Mid-Autumn Festival meal allowances in recognition of the dedication of military personnel and research and production staff.
Vice Minister Chung stated that armaments readiness provides a solid foundation for defense preparedness and defense self-reliance. He noted that the Central Region Construction and Real Estate Division has long been responsible for maintaining military facilities and property and constructing new facilities. Its work is essential to improving service members’ living facilities and optimizing the use of defense assets. The division was also named an Exemplary Unit by the Ministry of National Defense this year in recognition of its outstanding performance. The 401st Plant, meanwhile, has demonstrated substantial research and production capabilities in optoelectronics, precision measurement, and geospatial surveying and mapping, providing indispensable support for enhancing the military’s overall defense capabilities.
Regarding the development of critical technologies and current missions, Vice Minister Chung instructed the 401st Plant to treat the protection of classified information, counterintelligence, and information security as top priorities. He called for the rigorous implementation of cybersecurity safeguards, access controls, and security measures to protect critical national defense information.
In response to current defense operational requirements, Vice Minister Chung emphasized that armaments production and engineering management must continue to evolve. He encouraged the units to advance their core technologies and professional expertise, implement risk-control and workplace-safety measures, and strengthen organizational resilience and technological research and development capabilities, ensuring that all force-development missions are completed on schedule and to the required standards.