Number of business owners and employment in Taiwan reaches record high
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/11/06
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – In a document disclosed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs on Tuesday (Nov.
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SMEA Deputy Director-General Betty Hu (Facebook photo)
According to the "2019 Small and Medium Enterprise White Book," small- and medium-sized companies accounted for 97.64 percent of the total number of enterprises in Taiwan at the end of 2018. They are also responsible for 78 percent of the total employed population in Taiwan, which marks the highest since 2014. [FULL STORY]