Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/11
By: Wei Shu and S.C. Chang
Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Taiwan’s government will likely invest about NT$11 billion (US$355.60
Chang Sheng-ford
million) to gain membership in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford said Thursday, revising his earlier estimate of NT$2.2 billion.
The estimated amount was increased sharply because of “changes in the circumstances” surrounding the recent passage of the bank’s charter, Chang told the press.
Under the AIIB’s the newly confirmed charter, Asian members will contribute 75 percent of the total capitalization, while non-Asian members will make up the other 25 percent. [FULL STORY]