Having implemented a Hepatitis B (HBC) vaccination program for newborns in 1986, Taiwan was once a pioneer in vaccination efforts. However, Taiwan’s exclusion from participation in the World Health Organization (WHO), a tight budget, and a lack of coordination between immunization policy and healthy insurance policy have taken their toll. As a result, the development…
Rising food safety awareness and health consciousness among consumers around the world have made the consumption of organic foods a popular trend. In the United States, it is the fastest growing section of the food industry, with organic products accounting for over 5% of all food sold, totaling US$49.4 billion in sales in 2017, according…
Following the enactment this past March of the new Act Governing Cosmetic Sanitation and Safety (the Cosmetics Act for short), the Cosmetics Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei made a number of suggestions for remedying shortcomings in the law through the implementation regulations that are yet to be drafted. In its position…
In the insurance section of the 2018 Taiwan White Paper recently released by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, the Insurance Committee offers a long-term roadmap to improving the insurance market in Taiwan and allowing citizens to take a more holistic view of their insurance protection needs. The insurance penetration ratio of Taiwan, or the…
In the energy section of the 2018 Taiwan White Paper recently released by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, the Chamber’s Energy Committee calls for the appointment of an “energy czar” to oversee the government’s efforts to redirect Taiwan’s electrical power generation away from reliance on nuclear and fossil fuels. By 2025, according to the…
Special to Topics Online For the past three years, exceptionally hot weather in May has placed extreme peak demands on the Taiwan Power Co. grid. This year on May 30, when temperatures soared above 36 degrees Celsius, electricity demand broke an all-time record to reach 36.77GWh (gigawatt hours). Yet unlike previous years when blistering temperatures…
Fresh consideration of the profession’s status is currently under way. Special to Topics Online Taiwan continues to be one of the very few jurisdictions in the world where the profession of chiropractic lacks legal recognition. Its doctors of chiropractic – educated and licensed in the United States and other advanced countries – exist in Taiwan…
Two experts note how improved industry-regulator communications helped in the U.S. Food safety issues have continued to plague Taiwan, despite comprehensive efforts by the regulatory agencies. At the same time, the food industry complains that many of the regulations and practices put into place to ensure that Taiwan’s food is safe and free of both…
When AmCham Taipei committees met with government regulators on February 26 in the third quarterly meeting convened by the National Development Council (NDC) to discuss unresolved issues from the Chamber’s Taiwan White Paper, one additional item was included in the agenda. Although the issue arose following publication of the 2017 White Paper, it was considered…
Better results, but still below expectations. Each year when AmCham Taipei launches the latest edition of its Taiwan White Paper, the Chamber’s various committees score each of their suggestions from the previous year’s White Paper according to the degree of progress achieved. Last June the scorecard for the recommendations made in 2016 was disappointing to…
