Taiwan's Investment Commission approved a 15-year-high of US$13.3 billion in foreign direct investments in 2022 -- that's the third highest on record.

According to the statistics reported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Investment Commission, 562 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total value of US$2.747121 billion were approved from January to March 2022

Overseas investment in Taiwan in the first eight months of this year amounted to US$7.5 billion, a 27% decrease compared to the previous year.

Approved foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2020 has surpassed US$6 billion, according to a report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Investment Commission.

While Taiwan has very little exposure to the now bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank, its collapse should hold lessons for regulators and investors

By Paul Shelton

The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics has said it expects Taiwan's investment rate to hit a 27-year high in 2022, as local companies expand production and upgrade technologies.

ECCT members voted in new boards of directors and supervisors for 2020 at the 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The ECCT held its Annual General Meeting to elect boards of directors and supervisors for 2021 (see below for full list).

The election of H Henry Chang marks an exciting milestone for the ECCT as it welcomes its first Taiwanese chairperson