Effect of Globalization in Taiwan

Effect of Globalization in Taiwan

A. Industry

The Impact of Globalization on Taiwan’s Hi-Tech Industry

Over the past two decades, Taiwan has made great strides in raising the level of its science and technology, contributing markedly to the country’s economic strength as a whole. Taiwan is better known as its hi-tech industry and the U.S’s eighth largest trading partner. This experience in high-tech development has provided great inspiration in many areas. In the course of high-tech development in Taiwan, the government has played a key role in creating a proper environment. In the early stages, the government stressed establishing special funds for national scientific development, working out long-term plans and organization of specific responsibilities, and completing experimental centers for academic research and expensive and valuable instruments. At the present stage, emphasis is on carrying out a policy of industrial upgrading in the area of science and technology and bolstering national competitiveness through science and technology legislation. The government has long devised policies to develop important technologies based on the recommendations of the national science and technology conferences, which solicit opinions from industry, government agencies, and academic institutions. Through the investment of money and manpower, the government has worked to create a macro-environment favorable to high-tech development. In this presentation, we will examine in the ear of globalization, Taiwan from the perspective of hi-tech changes and growth patterns in order to elucidate the lighter and darker faces of globalization and its impact on Taiwan society.

B. Information

Globalization to higher education in Taiwan

Within the last decade, Taiwan’s higher education system has experienced transformation along the lines of decentralization and marketization. The pressure to compete internationally and to attain global...