But IBM decided to set up its first Asia-Pacific bioinformatics center here because Taiwan has plenty of highly talented people in both the infotech and biotech fields, and offers the possibility of bringing in the Chinese gene pool and traditional Chinese medicine, "explains Wang.
「台灣對生物資訊的概念還很薄弱，不過鑑於台灣在資訊及生技兩個領域都有許多優秀人才，又可藉此切入華人基因及中草藥資料庫，因此 IBM 還是選擇此地成立它在亞太區的首座生物資訊研發中心，」王聖棨解釋。