APFCB 2016 - 14th Asia?Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress

It is our great honour and pleasure to invite you to participate in the 14th Asia?Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine Congress in Taiwan in 2016. It is the first time such a great event to be hosted by the Chinese Association for Clinical Biochemistry (CACB) in Taiwan.
The organizing committee will arrange scientific and social activities to enrich our knowledge, skills and networks. We also hope that you will enjoy Taiwan which is well known as Formosa, the beautiful island, an interesting place with a wide array of tourism and ecological resources, a diversity of traditional folk customs, a rich culture, modern arts, fantastic food, and modern technology.
We have more than 200 mountains that soar above 3,000 meters in height, and our unique geology and topography have created countless arresting landscapes and alluring coastal scenes. We also have an unparalleled ecological diversity and a huge number of plant and animal species concentrated in a relatively small place. We have some of the friendliest people in the world, 24-hour bookstores and convenient stores, and bustling night markets. Taiwan is also a gourmet's paradise, with the finest of Chinese cuisine, the booming development of foreign restaurants, and unique dining opportunities in establishments serving local Taiwanese snacks, Hakka dishes, aborigine banquets, and night-market foods, as well as exquisite international dining in five-star hotels. Whatever your preference and budget, Taiwan will easily satisfy your taste buds. We also have the advantage of convenient transportation and an excellent travel environment that you will want to enjoy again and again.
On behalf of the organizer of the APFCB Congress 2016, I welcome you to visit our Beautiful Island.
Woei-horng Fang, Ph.D.
President, CACB
Chairman, Organizing Committee