As part of the government's efforts to promote the biotechnology industry in Taiwan, in July 1999 the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) set up the Biomedical Engineering Center (BMEC) to actively develop biomedical engineering technologies.
政府為推動生物技術產業，在去年七月於工研院成立「生物醫學工程中心」，積極投入生醫工程技術的研發，生物晶片便是其中一個重要的核心技術領域。