tirsdag 15. juli 2025

Taiwanese investment in China steadily declining

Investment in China fell due to increasing costs, the US-China trade war and China’s economic development slowdown, a spokesperson said.The percentage of Taiwanese businesses investing in China has been steadily declining since 2010 due to increased costs, the US-China trade war and the slowdown of China’s economic development, Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) spokesperson Li Pao-wen said.

In terms of Taiwan’s total outward investment, the percentage of businesses investing in China has dropped from 83.8 percent in 2010 to 11.4 percent in 2023, 7.5 percent last year and 2.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, Li said in an exclusive interview with Liberty Times, the Taipei Times’ sister paper.  Li said that 70 percent of these businesses experienced a drop in profits last year, and this trend is unlikely to change in the short term.