Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)

Ministry of Economic Affairs

經濟部 Jīngjìbù (Mandarin) Kîn-chi Phu (Hakka)
Logo of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Seal of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部印)
Agency overview
Formed	June 1931 (as National Economic Council) December 1937 (as MOEA)[1]
Jurisdiction	Taiwan
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei
Minister responsible	J.W. Kuo
Deputy Ministers responsible	Tseng Wen-sheng Chen Chern-chyi Lin Chuan-neng
Website	www.moea.gov.tw

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA; Chinese: 經濟部; pinyin: Jīngjìbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Keng-chè-pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 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.^[2]

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.

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.^[3]

The internal structure of the MOEA:

• Department of General Planning
• Department of Industrial Technology
• Department of Investment Promotion
• Department of Investment Review
• Department of State-owned Enterprise Affairs
• Department of Economic Legal Affairs
• Department of General Affairs
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Civil Service Ethics
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Information Management

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is responsible for the entire Taiwanese economy. It has a number of statutory administrative agencies reporting under it. They are:

• Industrial Development Administration
• Administration of Commerce
• Small and Medium Enterprise Administration
• International Trade Administration
• Energy Administration
• Water Resources Agency
• Intellectual Property Office
• Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
  • Keelung Branch
  • Hsinchu Branch
  • Taichung Branch
  • Tainan Branch
  • Kaohsiung Branch
  • Hualien Branch
• Bureau of Industrial Parks
  • Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone
  • Taichung Export Processing Zone
  • Chungkang Export Processing Zone
  • Pingtung Export Processing Zone
• Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency (formerly the Central Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines)

The Ministry of Economic Affairs have a number of state owned enterprises reporting to it. They are:

• Taiwan Sugar Corporation
• Taiwan Power Company
• CPC Corporation
• Taiwan Water Corporation

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2014)

Country	City	Name of office
Canada	Ottawa	Ottawa Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada
Colombia	Bogota	Bogota, D.C. Division Economica, Oficina Comercial de Taipei, Bogota, D.C., Republica de Colombia
Switzerland	Bern	Bern Economic Division, Delegation Culturelle et Economique de Taipei
United States	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C. Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

• 1928: H. H. Kung
• 1931: Chen Kung-po (陳公博) [Chen Gongbo]
• 1935: Wu T’ing-chang (吳鼎昌) [Wu Dingchang]
• 1937: Ch’eng T’ien-ku (程天固) [Cheng Tiangu]
• 1938: Wang Wen-ho (翁文灝) [Weng Wenhao]
• 1946: Wang Yun-wu

Political Party:   Chinese Youth Party   Kuomintang   Non-partisan/unknown

† Died in office.

The MOEA building is accessible by walking distance West of Guting Station of the Taipei Metro on the Orange Line.^[5]

• Executive Yuan
• Economic history of China (1912–49)
• Economy of Taiwan

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