Resource
	Infrastructure

Taiwan's government has spared no effort in providing an attractive environment and resources for domestic and foreign investors to establish manufacturing facilities:

1. Transportation: Taiwan has two international airports - CKS International Airport in Taoyuan, and Kaohsiung's Hsiaokang International Airport. International ports located in Keelung, Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Taichung also serve the island. Taiwan's convenient domestic transportation infrastructure includes the Sun Yat Sen North-South Freeway, the Southern Taiwan Second Freeway, the Northern Taiwan Second Freeway, the East-West Expressway and the East-West Cross Island Highway, a railway network, mass rapid transit systems, and domestic airports in all major cities. Furthermore, Taiwan's transportation infrastructure continues to be upgraded through the construction of a high-speed railway, Kaohsiung's twin harbors, the Taoyuan Air Cargo Transport Park and international airports in Taichung that are under planning or construction.
   　
2. Telecommunications: Taiwan has installed an extensive fiber-optic network and has high Internet penetration. Telecommunications facilities are sound and convenient, and telecommunication rate is economical. Taiwan therefore has a considerable advantage in telecommunications and information networks.
   　
3. Electrical Power: Taiwan's current major sources of electrical power are thermal and nuclear. In the future, other sources of power generation will be actively developed, including hydro, wind, solar and other renewable energy. By means of diversifying sources of fuel, it is hoped to increase the sources and stability of electricity. In addition, the government also provides a preferential pricing policy for industrial-used electricity to encourage industrial development.
   　
4. Water Resources: Average annual rainfall in Taiwan is around 2,500 millimeters. For the purpose of increasing the efficiency of water utilization and having a stable water supply for industrial and civilian use, the government implements silt dredging, reforestation, water resource management so as to implement reasonable allocation management of water resources.
   　
5. Environmental Protection: Due to rapid industrial development, pollution problems have become more severe. The government has responded with the creation of the Environmental Protection Administration (E.P.A.), which is dedicated to protecting Taiwan's quality of life through better environmental planning and management. Our nation's environmental laws and regulations meet those set by international agreements and environmental protocols.
   　
6. Biotech Parks: Based on the Executive Yuan's "Promotion Plan for the Biotechnology Industry," Taiwan has chosen the Nankang Biotechnology Plaza to serve as a key biotech cluster, joining the Hsinchu Biomedical Park . The Council of Agriculture's "Agricultural Biotech Park Scheme;" has planned that before the end of 2008, four agricultural biotech parks are to be signed into law: Pingtung's Agricultural Biotech Park, and Changhwa's National Floriculture Park, Tainan County's Orchid Biotech Park, Ilan County's Marine Biotech Park, and Chiayi County's Medicinal Herbs Biotech Park. After the abovementioned biotech parks are completed, complementing similar industrial parks such as the Chunan base of the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, the Yunlin Base of the Taichung Science-based Industrial Park, and the Luchu Base of the Southern Taiwan Science Park-designed primarily as biotech parks-three major biotech villages will be formed in the northern, central, and southern parts of Taiwan. In addition, the 12 industrial areas being developed by the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, including Ilan's Liche, Changhwa's Pinhai, Yunlin Technology, Toulio Kuangdah, Tainan Tehcnology, Taoyuan Chungli, Taichung's Youshih, Kaoshiung Linhai, Dahfa, Pingtung's Neipu, Hualien's Hoping, and the Nankang Software Park all enjoy discounted rental structures designed to attract and retain biotech companies.
   　
7. High Quality Professionals: In keeping with the government's promotion of the industry, numerous universities have established life-science related departments to cultivate the highly educated professionals the industry needs. In addition, Academia Sinica, the National Health Research Institutes, the Industrial Technology Research Institute, the Development Center for Biotechnology and other related institutes currently provide complete on-going training in life sciences. With local talent being developed in such a way, and with overseas-based Taiwanese bio-scientists returning in large numbers to help build the industry back in their homeland, the number of trained and talented life science professionals in Taiwan continues to rise.