According to the statistics of the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2,549 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a total amount of US$10,083,598,000 were approved from January to September 2016. This indicates a decrease of 7.95% in the number of cases, but an increase of 204.34% in the FDI amount as compared with the same period of 2015.
With regard to inward investment from Mainland China, 116 cases were approved with an amount of US$212,357,000 from January to September 2016, indicating an increase of 112.29% in the FDI amount as compared with the same period of 2015. Aggregated from June 30, 2009 to September 30, 2016, 905 cases were approved with a total investment added up to US$1,655,573,000.
In terms of Taiwan’s outbound investment (except to Mainland China), 377 projects were registered from January to September 2016 with a total amount of US$9,570,854,000, indicating an increase of 13.21% in the number of cases, and an increase of 8.85% in the amount as compared with the same period of 2015.
As for Taiwan’s outward investment to Mainland China, 176 applications have been approved from January to September 2016, indicating a decrease of 30.43% as compared with the same period of 2015. The approved investment amount is US$7,081,172,000, an increase of 2.92% as compared with the same period in 2015.