Taiwan to Announce Core Technologies Prohibiting 'China Leakage' Within the Year

"Taiwanese Companies Support Chinese Huawei" Report Mitigation Effort
Assisting the US Strengthening Export Controls on Chinese Technology

The Taiwanese government is set to announce a list of core technologies prohibited from being leaked to China within this year, aligning with the United States' export controls on technology to China. This move comes shortly after reports emerged that some Taiwanese semiconductor companies are supporting the construction of new semiconductor factories for China's Huawei, which is under U.S. sanctions, indicating that Taiwan has begun controlling and cracking down on its domestic companies.

According to local Taiwanese media on the 6th, Ku Li-hsiung, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC), stated in an interview with Japan's Nikkei Asia published the previous day, "Before the end of the year, the National Science and Technology Council will announce which core technologies need to be protected."

He explained, "This policy defines the core technologies that the nation must protect, including semiconductors, agriculture, aerospace, and information and communication technology (ICT)," adding, "China is coveting Taiwan's semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) design."

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Secretary Ku expects that through this policy, the issue of semiconductor core technology leakage will be scrutinized more strictly from a national security perspective, thereby preventing China from acquiring Taiwan's core technologies.

According to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Foreign Trade, the most imported item from Taiwan to China last year and from January to August this year was IC products. As of August this year, the cumulative import value of IC products by China reached $29.43 billion.

Accordingly, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Taiwan is currently reviewing products and technologies exported to hostile overseas forces such as mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Subsequently, it plans to announce a list of core technologies subject to Article 3 of the National Security Act. A review committee composed of members from industry, government, and academia will jointly determine the scope, followed by promulgation by the Executive Yuan to take effect.

The intention is to strengthen control and enforcement over semiconductors and core technologies to prevent the leakage of core technologies to China through Taiwanese companies.

Additionally, Secretary Ku emphasized that Taiwan is focusing on cooperation with the international community and supply chain security, similar to the Netherlands and Japan. Previously, the United States implemented semiconductor equipment export controls to China in October last year and requested the Netherlands and Japan, both leaders in semiconductor equipment, to join in export controls to China.

He also stated that based on the "Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area," enacted and implemented in 1992, Taiwan closely monitors the linkage and exchanges in the science and technology industries between Taiwan and China, regulates investments, and prohibits the transfer of the latest technologies to China.

Local Taiwanese media reported, "Taiwan, the world's largest producer of advanced semiconductors, is aligning with the United States' efforts to exclude China from the global technology supply chain."

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