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President Tsai Ing-wen yesterday attends an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taipei. Photo: CNA
By Liao Chia-ning and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The National Development Council’s Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office would be expanded into a proposed Talent Taiwan program to boost education establishments in critical industries, President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） said on Tuesday.
The program is a one-stop service center to recruit international talent, Tsai told the general assembly of the Taipei-based Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce.
The government would also provide 10,000 scholarships for international students over the next four years, provided they pledge to remain in Taiwan after they graduate, she said.
The continued development of Taiwanese industries, and the revival of the service and tourism sectors in the post-COVID-19-pandemic era were two main driving forces to draw talent to Taiwan, she said.
The government hopes to resolve issues by ensuring that enough top-quality people are hired, she added.
The government has established six semiconductor-related institutes, as well as other institutes in key industries to foster local talent in collaboration with National Taiwan University, the National Taipei University of Technology, National Tsing Hua University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Cheng Kung University and National Sun Yat-sen University, Tsai said.
The Talent Taiwan program would help match industries with talent, she said.
Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung （潘文忠） yesterday said that the Ministry of Education would initiate cross-agency efforts to expand programs to foster talent for the industrial sector.
The ministry hopes to establish new industry-academia collaboration programs and would discuss how best to retain talent from them, including via scholarship programs, Pan said.
Launched in 2018, the Taiwan Employment Gold Card includes a resident visa, work permit, Alien Resident Certificate and re-entry permit, allowing holders to leave and re-enter Taiwan multiple times for up to three years.
It was part of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professional Talent （外國專業人才延攬及故用法）, which was itself part of a government initiative to attract highly skilled foreign professionals to Taiwan.
Additional reporting by Yang Mien-chieh
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
