Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is the ministry of the Republic of China responsible for formulating policy and laws for industry and trade, foreign direct investment, energy, minerals, measurement standards, intellectual property, state-owned enterprises. The ministry is a cabinet level government agency of the Executive Yuan.
The executive agency promotes industrial and economic policies which allows economic activity and growth, increased employment and investments in sector which are critical to Taiwan's economy. Taiwan's main exports are electronics, computers, telecommunications equipment, industrial design services and creative industries/culture.
History
MOEA was initially established in June 1931 as National Economic Council by the Executive Yuan. In December 1931, the council was merged with other organizations to create the Ministry of Basic Industries. In December 1937, the ministry was reorganized as the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The MOEA continued to function in Taiwan since 1949 after the Kuomintang was defeated on the mainland during the Chinese Civil War.Structure
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is very important in the management of Taiwan's economy. It manages a number of statutory bodies and state owned enterprises.Staff units
The internal structure of the MOEA:- Department of Mines
- Department of Commerce
- Department of International Cooperation
- Department of Investment Services
- Department of Industrial Technology
- Department of Statistics
- Central Region Office
- Southern Taiwan Joint Services Center
- Office of Trade Negotiations
Administrative agencies
- Industrial Development Bureau
- * Central Region Branch
- * Southern Region Branch
- Bureau of Foreign Trade
- Intellectual Property Office
- Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
- * Keelung Branch
- * Hsinchu Branch
- * Taichung Branch
- * Tainan Branch
- * Kaohsiung Branch
- * Hualien Branch
- Bureau of Energy
- Water Resources Agency
- Small and Medium Enterprise Administration
- Export Processing Zone Administration
- * Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone
- * Taichung Export Processing Zone
- * Chungkang Export Processing Zone
- * Pingtung Export Processing Zone
- Central Geological Survey
- State-owned Enterprises Commission
- Investment Commission
- International Trade Commission
- Bureau of Mines
National corporations
- Taiwan Sugar Corporation
- Taiwan Power Company
- CPC Corporation
- Taiwan Water Corporation
Overseas offices
| Country | City | Name of office |
| Ottawa | Ottawa Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada | |
| Bogota | Bogota, D.C. Division Economica, Oficina Comercial de Taipei, Bogota, D.C., Republica de Colombia | |
| Bern | Bern Economic Division, Delegation Culturelle et Economique de Taipei | |
| Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States |
List of ministers
- 1928: H. H. Kung
- 1931: Chen Kung-po
- 1935: Wu T’ing-chang
- 1937: Ch’eng T’ien-ku
- 1938: Wang Wen-ho
- 1946: Wang Yun-wu
- 1948: Chen Chi-tien
- 1948–1949:Liu Wei-chi
- 1949: Sun Yue-chi
- 1949–1950: Liu Hang-chen
- 1950: Yen Chia-kan
- 1950–1952: Cheng Tao-ju
- 1952–1954: T. K. Chang
- 1954–1955: Yin Chung-jung
- 1955–1958: Kiang Piao
- 1958–1965: Yang Gi-tzeng
- 1965–1969: Li Kwoh-ting
- 1969†: Tao Sheng-yang
- 1969–1978: Sun Yun-suan
- 1978–1981: Chang Kwang-shih
- 1981–1984: Chao Yao-tung
- 1984–1985: Hsu Li-teh
- 1985–1988: Lee Ta-hai
- 1988–1991: Chen Li-an
- 1991–1993: Vincent Siew
- 1993–1996: Chiang Pin-kung
- 1996–2000: Wang Chih-kang
- 2000–2002: Lin Hsin-i
- 2002: Christine Tsung
- 2002–2004: Lin Yi-fu
- 2004–2006: Ho Mei-yueh
- 2006: Morgan Hwang
- 2006–2008: Steve Chen
- 2008–2009: Yiin Chii-ming
- 2009–2013: Shih Yen-shiang
- 2013–2014: Chang Chia-juch
- 2014: Woody Duh
- 2014–2016: John Deng
- 2016–2017: Chih-Kung Lee
- 2017-2020: Shen Jong-chin
- 2020-present: Wang Mei-hua