(1) The economic benefits of opening up investment opportunities to Mainland investors include the following:
1. Boosting domestic investment and developing the international market
Opening up investment opportunities to Mainland investors may enhance Taiwan's industrial capital and boost the financial markets, improve domestic investment, expand cross-strait industrial cooperation, and combine strengths from both sides to facilitate expansion into the Mainland and international markets.
2. Activating foreign capital policy to enhance overall competitiveness
Opening up investment opportunities to Mainland investors may strengthen foreign confidence in the investment environment in Taiwan, activate foreign capital policy, benefit multinational corporations choosing Taiwan as a regional operations center and global logistics base, and strengthen links between Taiwan and the international markets and thus enhance the country's overall competitiveness.
3. Promoting the normalization of cross-strait economic and trade relations to expand Taiwan's economic development niche
Opening up investment opportunities to Mainland investors can enable two-way investment across the Strait, promote the normalization of cross-strait economic and trade relations, and improve the one-way imbalance of flow in capital, technology, and human resources to the Mainland over the years. This will help to build stable and healthy cross-strait economic and trade relations and expand Taiwan's economic development niche.
(2) Since the government first allowed Mainland investment to Taiwan on June 30 in 2009 to the end of July 2014, 559 cases of Mainland investment in Taiwan have been approved, with a total investment amount of about US$ 1.037 billion.
(3) The government currently allows Mainland investment in 404 industry sectors in Taiwan, including 201 manufacturing sectors, 160 service sectors, and 43 public construction sectors. The government will continue to strengthen promotional activities to attract Mainland enterprises. It will also continue to assess the impact of Mainland capital on Taiwan's overall economy and industry, and review and improve relevant policies and implementation mechanisms based on implementation experience in order to encourage more Mainland investors to invest in Taiwan and facilitate well-balanced cross-strait two-way investment.