A task force formed by the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development to attract homebound investment is set to be led by Deputy Minister Hwang Wang-hsiang, the CEPD announced July 19.
Hwang said the CEPD task force will serve as a team of strategy consultants for the Cabinet’s move to lure domestic and overseas investment in Taiwan’s infrastructure projects and emerging industries.
“About 30 staff will be assigned to work for the CEPD task force, with Kao Shien-quey, secretary-general of the CEPD, serving as the team’s chief executive officer,” he added.
Hwang said the council will ensure that all staff working for the CEPD contact windows have a friendly attitude and provide professional, efficient and customized services to investors. “The CEPD will also set up a gateway website and a 24-hour phone line for potential investors,” the deputy minister said, adding that CEPD representatives will work in shifts to handle inquiries.
He also confirmed that all ministries and councils must organize teams led by their deputy ministers to support the government’s move in encouraging inbound investment.
All government agencies, not only those directly related to economics, should establish task forces dedicated to the recruiting campaign to support the government’s efforts to encourage inbound investment, Hwang said. When an investment project encounters issues related to a particular ministry or agency, it can be referred to such teams for professional assistance, he said.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the “one-stop shop” established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to facilitate foreign investment will also comprise 30 staff and will be directed by Yen Chueng-kuang, deputy director-general of the MOEA's Department of Investment Services. Yen announced the MOEA’s “one-stop shop” will begin a trial run Aug. 1 and officially kick off Aug. 8. (AW-THN)