BOT Receives Sports Activist Award for Supporting Sports and Sustainability

(中央社財經訊息服務20260204 09:37:36)

The Bank of Taiwan has been a longstanding supporter of sports, especially in the development of basketball and baseball. Receiving the Gold Promotion Award at this year’s “Sports Activist Awards” by the Ministry of Sports this year reflects the bank’s outstanding accomplishments in the promotion of sports culture and fulfillment of social responsibility. The latest honor, alongside the “Sports Activist Award” and the “Sports Enterprise Certification” previously conferred by the Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, reaffirms the Bank of Taiwan’s unwavering commitment to sports promotion and corporate sustainability. The award ceremony for the “Sports Activist Award” was held by the Ministry of Sports on January 9, 2026. Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee President Tsai Chia-Fu personally presented BOT Senior Executive Vice President Tai Shih-Yuan with the award recognizing BOT’s longstanding investment and outstanding contribution to sports development in Taiwan.

The BOT basketball team has been actively involved in raising the standard of basketball, cultivation of new talent, and training of national representatives in Taiwan since it was founded in 1973. Over the years, the team has cultivated many talented players for the basketball scene in Taiwan. Some of the better known players in recent years included Hsu Chih-Chiang and Chen Shun-Hsiang. Current star players include Chang Jia-He and Chen Yu-Hsu, making the team an important cradle for Taiwanese basketball talent. A great deal of resources are invested by BOT every year to train team members. These include nutrition subsidies, bonuses, dedicated training facilities, dormitories, and a fully-featured benefits scheme. A comprehensive career counseling mechanism is also set up by BOT to help talented players make the transition to the banking sector. The assurance of players’ long-term development provides a seamless transition between sports and the workplace and fully supports the basketball team’s development.

BOT is actively promoting basketball at the grassroots level as well. Each year, the team hosts free youth basketball camps during summer break. In 2025, the program provided 250 students—ranging from elementary to senior high school—with a valuable opportunity to develop their basketball skills and knowledge. The team visits rural schools every year as well to host charity basketball activities. Between September and October 2025, the team traveled to a number of schools in Yilan, Taichung, and Nantou to join students for basketball training, show them what makes the sports so fun, and sow the seeds of the basketball dream in rural regions.

In baseball, BOT began partnering with the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2010 to invite youth baseball school team to watch the “CPBL All-Star Game.” Watching the game in person introduces students to the passion and excitement of baseball. It also encourages the students to hone their skills so they can become star players and win glory for Taiwan on the international stage in the future, and carry on the Taiwanese baseball legacy.

Having received the “Sports Activist Award” from the Sports Administration, Ministry of Education for seven consecutive years, combined with this latest honor of “Sports Activist Award” from the Ministry of Sports and its triple “Sports Enterprise Certification,” BOT has firmly established itself as a leading pioneer in supporting domestic athletics. In the future, BOT will continue to exert its corporate influence by investing in sports development and rural assistance. It will also embrace the UN Sustainable Development Goals by promoting the common vision of social harmony, national sustainability, and corporate sustainability.