Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-17

Taiwan has been ranked the world’s 13th most competitive economy in the World

Premier William Lai has hailed Taiwan’s performance in this year’s World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report for 2018. (CNA file photo)

Economic Forum’s 2018 economic competitiveness report.

The report surveyed the strengths and weaknesses of 140 economies around the world. Taiwan ranked fourth among Asia-Pacific economies, after Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong.

In a Facebook post Tuesday, Premier William Lai hailed Taiwan’s performance in the report. He noted that Taiwan ranked among the top ten economies in 18 of the 98 criteria used to evaluate competitiveness.    [FULL  STORY]