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Taiwan Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Ms. CatherineWang
President of Taiwan Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (TSMA)
According to World Population Ageing released by the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United
Nations (UN), an ageing population becomes worldwide.
The societies around the world get aged very quickly. This
social issue become urgent and vital for many countries.
Based on the UN report, it indicates that the ageing pop-
ulation in 2000 already achieved 600 million people, that
is, 10% of the global population. As estimated, the ageing
population in 2015 will go up to 2 billion people, that is,
21% of the global population. In the next 50 years, the ag-
ing population will increase nearly quadruple. Especially,
the group above 80 years old increases the fastest. The
total number could be nearly five times.
The worldwide health-promotion has gradually
become phenomenal. All countries have been promoting
all kinds of policies to disease-preventing monitor
to health promotion, For example, the American
government promote the polic y, Economic
Revitalization Strategy with IOT. It promotes healthy
people and prevent from diseases, so as to improve
life quality and keep a healthy lifestyle and behaviors.
Besides, the Europe Union established an intelligent
environment with the applications of Health ICT.
It promotes the development of intelligent health
related applications. The Japanese government
promote this policy, Health Japan 21 and Smart Life
which encourages sports, proper dining and behaviors
and other intelligence projects to enhance national
health awareness and national health. Moreover,
the 13
th
Five-Year Plan in China emphasizes the
applications of IOT and other intelligent technologies
or techniques. To use the big-data analysis, a health
monitoring and internet analysis platform will