In order to lead technological R&D innovation, advance industrial technology development, and reinforce international cooperation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) established the S&T Advisors Office as per the Science and Technology Development Program in 1979, the predecessor of the present Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT). In 1993, under the stipulation of Article 21 of the MOEA Organization Law, the DoIT as we know it today came into being. The main mission of the DoIT is to leverage the Technology Development Programs (TDP) to integrate the R&D resources and soft power of research institutes, academia, and the industry, with a view to jointly developing advanced key cross-domain technologies, so as to reinforce the R&D capability of the industry and consolidate Taiwan's strength in applied technologies.