BRAIN DRAIN? New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming said Beijing’s efforts to attract Taiwanese could create a situation whereby Taiwan could not retain workers
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 03, 2018
By: Peng Wan-hsin, Sean Lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that the Executive Yuan has set up a task
Premier William Lai answers a question during a question-and-answer session at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
force to study a series of incentives for Taiwanese put forth by Beijing and their effects on Taiwan.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) on Wednesday announced 31 incentives to China-based Taiwanese in an attempt to attract Taiwanese enterprises, associations and artists.
TAO spokesman An Fengshan (安峰山) yesterday said the economic benefits and subsidies for Taiwanese individuals and businesses would allow them to compete on an equal footing with their Chinese counterparts.
The task force is to be overseen by Vice Premier Shih Jun-ji (施俊吉), Lai said during a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. [FULL STORY]
