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(...) As for maintaining environmental sustainability, the government has introduced the energy transition policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and act in accordance with the Paris Agreement to achieve its targets. The government has also engaged in reform policies to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to implement equitable economic development.

(…) Chinese Taipei is a member of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and continues to use non-GPA covered public procurement to support SMEs, environment friendly products, (…)

Over 60% of the surface area is forested, with reforestation efforts having gradually borne fruit over the past decades. The vast majority of forest is publicly owned. Initiatives to combat illegal logging and promote the utilization of locally produced timber have been taken. Public sector support in fisheries includes grants to fishermen to reduce their fishing capacities, (...) There were several legislative, regulatory and institutional developments over the review period, largely to strengthen Chinese Taipei's framework for preventing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. (...)

(...) Chinese Taipei continues to import nearly 98% of its energy supply and as such remains vulnerable to global commodity price movements. An ambitious reform programme aims, inter alia, to increase the share of locally produced renewable energy in the total energy mix to 20%, to transition to use of cleaner energy, and to end nuclear generation by 2025. A recent amendment to the Electricity Act has liberalized the electricity sales market for electricity generated from renewable sources for the first time. Incentives are being provided, largely through feed-in tariffs, to encourage renewable energy generation. An electricity price formula and a price stabilization fund are aimed at mitigating the impact of price volatility in the short term. Publicly owned enterprises continue to play a significant role in the sector.

(...) a March 2017 NT$882.4 billion (US$29 billion) stimulus plan designed to lift economic growth over the next eight years and help reduce the wealth gap between the cities and the countryside; an increase in higher minimum wages and additional funding for childcare and long-term care for the elderly; pensions reform; and construction of homes (particularly social housing) (Section 1.2.3.1, 1.2.3.2 and 1.2.4). [11] (...)

[11] The stimulus plan includes a NT$420 billion Forward–Looking Infrastructure Construction Project with emphasis on water resource management, green energy construction, (...)

Economic, trade and investment goals are contained in the 17th mid-term development plan (NDP 2017-2020) which is the main strategy document, reviewed every four years, for addressing current development needs. (…) The plan contains six core policies, one of which is "industrial upgrading and an innovative economy". Under this policy heading, an ecosystem for industrial innovation is to be developed through the promotion of technological innovation, funding assistance, personnel support and easing of regulations. Certain innovative industries (an Asian Silicon Valley, intelligent machinery, green energy technology, biomedicine, new agriculture and the circular economy) are to be promoted to add value across all industry sectors. (...)

A Five-Plus-Two Industries Innovation Plan emphasises accelerating overall industrial upgrades through innovation and envisages the future of Chinese Taipei's industry as being characterized by cross-industry technology integration. It contains elements of previously implemented strategies, such as the "Productivity 4.0 Initiative" and the "Industry Upgrading and Transformation Action Plan", and was formulated to be aligned with the administration's "New Economic Model" which is focused on sustainable development, (...) The five target industries for which industrial innovation plans have been developed include: (...) green energy; (...) The "Plus-Two" element of the Plan relates to "new materials" and the "circular economy" with the aim of supporting across-the-board industrial transformation and upgrading.

The Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Programme, launched in 2017 with a 30 year view, aims to build the infrastructure needed for Chinese Taipei's development. It contains funding for eight categories: (…) water environments; green energy; (…)

Table 2.1 Principal trade-related laws, January 2018
Area Law (year of promulgation and the date of last amendment)
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Energy (…) Renewable Energy Development Act promulgated in 08.07.2009

2.21. Chinese Taipei has stated that trade remains pivotal to its economic development; it strives to pursue a free and open multilateral trade regime, and actively participates in the WTO discussions in order to contribute to the formulation of new international trade regulations and eventually to create greater and more tangible opportunities for all the stakeholders in the ever changing global trade environment.

It is also a participant (...) on environmental goods (EGA).