Taiwan may ease restrictions on Chinese high-tech investments

Last Updated: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:53:00 +1100

A media report from Taiwan says the Government will decide by the end of the year whether to relax curbs on high-tech investments in China.

The Commercial Times says the economic ministry will wrap up a review of long-standing controls on semiconductor, flat panel and integrated circuit makers next month.

It quotes Taiwan's Prime Minister Wu Den-yi, who says critical or sensitive technologies should be kept in Taiwan, and companies will also be required to keep their operational headquarters on the island even if the restrictions are eased.

Calls for easing controls on high-tech investment in China have been mounting among local industries as they claim their competitors from South Korea and Japan have been increasing activity there.

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