Taiwan is leaning harder on its home aerospace industry to build drones and defense hardware outside Chinese supply chains — good news for Taichung's factories and workers, and a sign defense spending is flowing into industry.

• Lawmaker Ho Hsin-chun wants Taichung to become Taiwan's main base for aerospace, drones, and smart manufacturing.
• State-linked aerospace maker AIDC is cast as the anchor: it designs, builds, and integrates whole systems.
• The pitch is a "non-red supply chain" — parts and aircraft made without relying on China.
• Taichung already has the precision machinery and aerospace parts makers to feed that chain.
• Promised support includes more money for worker training, AI skills courses, and health checkups, framed as AI helping workers rather than replacing them.

Outlook: Expect more government money and hiring aimed at drones and domestic military aircraft, with Taichung positioning itself as the center of it.