I was born in Beijing in 1947 and came to Taiwan with my parents at the age of one. We lived in the employee dormitories of the Kaohsiung Refinery. When I was ten, our family moved to Taipei. I attended the Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School for both junior and senior high school. In 1965, I entered the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University, and I graduated in 1969. At that time, Taiwan's high-tech industry had not yet taken off. The courses in the electrical engineering department were just beginning to transition from vacuum tubes to semiconductors, ICs, and electronic computers. Computer programming was done using punched cards, and the equipment in the school's laboratories was quite rudimentary.

Being able to enter the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University was highly enviable in those days. I felt very fortunate and confident. I strongly felt that my classmates were all very intelligent and diligent in their studies. In an environment where we relied solely on textbooks without much experimental equipment, we learned a highly practical science, which produced many outstanding engineers and scientists. I still consider it a miraculous thing. The teachers' guidance was invaluable.

After graduating from college, I went to the United States for further studies. I obtained my master's and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Rochester and Stanford University, respectively. I then joined Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and worked on Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistor (a-Si TFT) research, laying the foundation for the later establishment of a TFT-LCD company when I returned to Taiwan. During my studies and work in the United States, I had many world-class scientists and entrepreneurs as teachers, classmates, and colleagues, which allowed me to see the global level.

In 1990, at the invitation of my college classmate and outstanding alumnus, Hsing-Cheng Tsao, I returned to Taiwan and co-founded UMC, Taiwan's first TFT-LCD company. At that time, not only did we have to run a startup company, but we also had to manage an extremely incomplete supply chain, experiencing the hardships of entrepreneurship. It took several years for several other panel companies to be established in Taiwan before the industry structure gradually became more complete. In 2001, after UMC merged with AU Optronics, the company was renamed AU Optronics (AUO). I served as the general manager for a few months but then resigned to seek new opportunities. In less than half a year, at the request of Chairman Terry Gou of Foxconn, I founded a new panel company, Innolux Corporation.

Influenced by Foxconn, Innolux adopted an innovative "Innolux Business Model," focusing on manufacturing system products to open up the overseas market for panel production. Thanks to this successful business model, Innolux's performance grew rapidly. In 2016, it went public at a record speed, and its stock price reached the highest in the panel industry to date. In 2008-2009, the global financial crisis hit. Two peer companies faced operational difficulties and sought to merge. In March 2010, Innolux merged with Chi Mei Corporation and TPO. This was the largest merger and acquisition case in Taiwan's history, and it propelled Innolux to become the third-largest panel company in the world. At its peak, the annual revenue exceeded 500 billion New Taiwan Dollars. Unfortunately, due to the debt crisis and antitrust lawsuits involving the merged companies, Innolux was embroiled in a significant settlement. It was not until around 2014 that we successfully paid off debts and settlements amounting to approximately 400 billion New Taiwan Dollars, allowing Innolux to rejuvenate.

In April 2016, Foxconn announced its acquisition of Sharp, and in May, I stepped down from my position as Chairman of Innolux to go to Sharp's Liquid Crystal Business Unit to assist in rapidly turning losses into profits. I contributed my knowledge of management from Taiwan to a Japanese company, which was a rare experience in my life.

After merging with Chi Mei Electronics, I needed to travel back and forth between Hsinchu and Tainan. Every time I looked out the window of the high-speed rail, the air was hazy, and the distant landscape was barely visible. I learned that Taiwan's air pollution problem was even more severe than I had imagined. To raise awareness about air pollution, I have been promoting educational activities, research, and seminars related to air pollution using the "Innolux Education Foundation." We sponsored experts and scholars in air pollution research and organized seminars. We also produced an educational video titled "Island of Dust," which was later featured on television programs hosted by Wen-Chien Chen and Nien-Hwa Fang. I am deeply grateful for their support.

In recent years, I have been dedicated to learning and applying AI, IoT, and automation. In the future, I will continue to contribute to the field of intelligent manufacturing. I also hope to have the opportunity to apply AI to air pollution research.

Six years at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School and four years at National Taiwan University have had a profound influence on my life. They have set the standards I follow throughout my life: lifelong learning, hard work, choosing challenges, honesty, fairness, generosity, nurturing interests, and enjoying life. Lastly, I encourage all National Taiwan University alumni to follow their passions and contribute to the nation and society.

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