【英文】美国国会报告：美中经济与安全审查委员会2020年度报告（587页）

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s FDI in New Southbound Policy countries  is gradually trending upward, reaching $2.7 billion in 2019, a 16.1  percent increase year-on-year (see Figure 1, Panel B).* 99 The rise in  Taiwan’s FDI in New Southbound Policy countries in 2019 is made  more notable by the fact that Taiwan’s total FDI in other countries fell by half in the same period. Though uncertainty created  by the COVID-19 pandemic may crimp such investment activity  in the short term, Taiwan’s sustained efforts to deepen economic  partnerships with New Southbound Policy countries are likely to  push Taiwan manufacturers to continue reorienting operations toward them. For example, in December 2019 the Taiwan and Vietnam governments updated their bilateral investment agreement to  provide strengthened protections for Taiwan investors in Vietnam,  and Taiwan’s MOEA has indicated it is in talks with other New  Southbound Policy countries regarding similar agreements.

Taiwan electronics manufacturers’ renewed interest in Taiwan as  a base for industry is driven partly by investment incentive programs advanced by the Tsai Administration. In July 2019, Taipei  launched “Invest Taiwan,” a three-year program incentivizing Taiwan frms to increase their domestic investment through preferential loan fnancing, land rental concessions, assistance in ensuring  stable water and electricity supplies, and other perks.103 The initiative specifcally targets Taiwan small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as companies with manufacturing operations in the  Mainland that are adversely impacted by the U.S.-China trade dispute.