As 2024 unfolds, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has drawn plans to recruit semiconductor professionals from overseas by organizing talent-seeking missions to several Southeast Asian countries in the months ahead, according to officials in the MOEA’s Industrial Development Administration (IDA).
Taiwan’s trade surplus soared 56.9 percent to hit an all-time high of US$80.56 billion last year, reflecting the success of the government’s various investment promotion projects, enhancing local supply chain resilience and boosting the overall economy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Jan. 9.
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry remained on the fast track in 2023 following continuous efforts by the public and private sectors to enhance research and development, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Dec. 28 in a press release.
TECO Electric & Machinery of Taiwan and Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have inaugurated a new factory in Bengaluru, India, focusing on the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
Moody’s Investors Services, a leading international ratings agency, has affirmed Taiwan’s “Aa3” rating, while maintaining the country’s outlook at stable, according to the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The 2023 Taiwan Healthcare Expo, the largest medical technologies event in the Asia-Pacific region, was held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, drawing over 650 participants and 2,300 booths.
The Ministry of Finance actively promotes international exchange and cooperation. In collaboration with the Taxation Administration, Customs Administration, National Taxation Bureaus, Fiscal Information Agency, and Training Institute, the Ministry of Finance and these agencies have jointly advanced international fiscal exchanges.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) stated that the 2023 APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting is held in San Francisco, the United States, from November 10 to 13. The Finance Minister Ms. Tsui-Yun Chuang and the Vice Chairperson of Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Ms. Tsuey-Lin Hsiao lead a delegation of officials from the MOF, FSC, and the Central Bank, to the Meeting.
The sixth Indonesia-Taiwan Industrial Collaboration Forum concluded Oct. 30 in the Southeast Asian country’s city of Bogor, reflecting commitment of both sides to expanding bilateral economic and trade ties.
In line with the promotion of the New Southbound Policy by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to continue to strengthen economic and trade partnerships and talent exchanges with South and Southeast Asian countries, the Taiwan-Malaysia Industrial Collaboration Summit enters its seventh edition this year.
