Charles University – with four of its 17 faculties directly involved – took a historic step on Friday by jointly launching a new Supply Chain Resilience Center together with National Chengchi University in Taiwan. The center is part of a multifaceted project that will research not only the stability of supply chains in the face of changing factors but, in collaboration with other Czech Republic–based centers and the Taiwanese government, will also help strengthen the semiconductor sector in the Czech Republic.