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Ministries and cabinet agencies

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In addition to the listed 32 cabinet-level agencies, 129 of their subordinate level-3 agencies are presented on this page.

The user can also refer to the Site Map for more details about which agencies are introduced on this page.

Information about other agencies of the ROC central government not under the direct supervision of the Executive Yuan can be found here.

A short list showing cabinet agencies that were abolished since 2006 can be found here.

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Ministries and cabinet agencies—an overview

There are currently 32 ministries and other cabinet agencies under the Executive Yuan. Please note that the Control Yuan and the Examination Yuan have ministries as well.

In terms of administrative hierarchy of the ROC cabinet, the superordinate organization—the complete cabinet—is the Executive Yuan (xingzhengyuan 行政院). Cabinet-level agencies under the Executive Yuan include ministries (bu 部), commissions/councils (weiyuanhui 委員會), and directorate-generals (zongchu 總處); two independent cabinet-level agencies are the Central Bank (zhongyang yinhang 中央銀行) and the National Palace Museum (guoli gugong bowuyuan 國立故宮博物院). Subordinate agencies under a cabinet-level agencies, also called "level-3 agencies" (zhongyang sanji jiguan 中央三級機關), are mostly organized as administrations (shu 署), bureaus (ju 局), and offices (chu 處), and there are also a few centers (zhongxin 中心) and others; administrations being larger than bureaus and offices.

In particluar, level-3 agencies under the Executive Yuan are central government entities which are under the jurisdiction of a Cabinet-level agency but have a greater degree of independence than departments directly belonging to that Cabinet-level agency. Regarding their organizational structure, while most level-3 agencies have subdivisions tailored to the specific needs and professional tasks of the individual agency, they usually all have the following administrative units:

▶  Accounting (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics (zhengfengshi 政風室)—in charge of countering corruption,
▶  Personnel (renshishi 人事室), and
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室).

The last Chinese syllable identifying the kind of subdivision may vary, possible versions are office (shi 室), division (zu 組), et. al.

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◆ Ministry of Interior (MOI)

✉ Ministry of Interior (MOI) 內政部
No. 5 Xuzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10055, Taiwan ROC [10055 台北市中正區徐州路 5 號] ———————————— 🌏 MOI – Web link

The MOI (neizhengbu 內政部) was established in April 1928. In the ROC, the MOI is considered the most prestigious of all cabinet-level agencies, being dubbed "the first ministry in the world" (tianxia diyi bu 天下第一部).

MOI ministers

MOI structure

MOI has the following internal administrative units:

▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室);
▶  Department of Civil Affairs (minzhengsi 民政司),
▶  Department of General Affairs (zongwusi 總務司),
▶  Department of Household Registration Affairs (huzhengsi 戶政司),
▶  Department of Land Administration (dizhengsi 地政司);
▶  Department of Accounting (kuaijichu 會計處),
▶  Department of Civil Service Ethics (zhengfengchu 政風處),
▶  Department of Personnel (renshichu 人事處),
▶  Department of Statistics (tongjichu 統計處);
▶  Information Center (zixun zhongxin 資訊中心); and
▶  The Cooperative & Civil Associations Preparatory Office (hezuo ji renmin tuantisi choubeichu 合作及人民團體司籌備處).

Furthermore, there are two special committees in MOI:

▶  Legal Affairs Committee (fagui weiyuanhui 法規委員會), and
▶  Petitions and Appeals Committee (suyuan shenyi weiyuanhui 訴願審議委員會).

The following are subordinate organizations under the MOI:

▶  Architecture and Building Research Institute (neizhengbu jianzhu yanjiusuo 內政部建築研究所, abbrev. ABRI),
▶  Central Police University (neizhengbu zhongyang jingcha daxue 內政部中央警察大學, abbrev. CPU),
▶  Construction and Planning Agency (neizhengbu yingjianshu 內政部營建署, abbrev. CPA),
▶  Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau (neizhengbu tudi chonghua gongchengchu 內政部土地重劃工程處, abbrev. LCEB),
▶  National Airborne Service Corps (neizhengbu kongzhong qinwu zongdui 內政部空中勤務總隊, abbrev. kongqin空勤 in Chinese and NASC in English),
▶  National Conscription Agency (neizhengbu yizhengshu 內政部役政署),
▶  National Fire Agency (neizhengbu xiaofangshu 內政部消防署, abbrev. NFA),
▶  National Immigration Agency (neizhengbu ruchuguo ji yiminshu 內政部入出國及移民署, abbrev. NIA),
▶  National Land Surveying and Mapping Center (neizhengbu guotu cehui zhongxin 內政部國土測繪中心, abbrev. NLSC), and
▶  National Police Agency (neizhengbu jingzhengshu 內政部警政署, abbrev. NPA).

In addition, a National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center (guojia zhuzhai ji dushi gengxin zhongxin 國家住宅及都市更新中心, abbrev. zhudu zhongxin 住都中心) was inaugurated on Aug. 2, 2018 with the MOI as supervisory agency.

On Sept. 20, 2023 two new subordinate agencies were inaugurated:

• National Land Management Agency, MOI (neizhengbu guotu guanlishu 內政部國土管理署), and
• National Park Service, MOI (neizhengbu guojia gongyuanshu 內政部國家公園署).

Religious affairs

Article 13 of the ROC Constitution reads: "The people shall have freedom of religious belief." (renmin you xinyang zongjiao zhi ziyou 人民有信仰宗教之自由。) In today's ROC, people do indeed enjoy complete religious freedom.

Major religions in Taiwan include Buddhism (fojiao 佛教), Taoism (daojiao 道教), I-Kuan Tao (yiguandao 一貫道), Catholicism (tianzhujiao 天主教), Protestantism (jidujiao 基督教), and Islam (huijiao 回教). [The small but growing community of Jewish residents in Taiwan consists mostly of expats, e. g. diplomats, teachers, students, and businesspeople.]

Another religious tradition dominant in Taiwan is Chinese folk religion (minjian xinyang 民間信仰), e. g. worship of diverse popular deities, gods and immortals like the sea goddess Mazu 媽祖, the Earth God (tudigong 土地公), the Goddess of Mercy Kuan-yin (guanyin 觀音), Kuan Yu (Guan Yu 關羽) aka Guan Gong 關公 (a god of loyalty, justice, integrity and courage), the God of Pestilence (wangye 王爺), the God of Medicine (baosheng dadi 保生大帝), the Kitchen God (zaojun 灶君), the God of Wealth (caishenye 財神爺) and another local wealth god named Han Dan 寒單, the God of Marriage (yuexia laoren 月下老人), the Emperor of Heaven (yuhuang dadi 玉皇大帝), the two sea and door gods Thousand-Mile-Eyes (qianliyan 千里眼) aka General of Thousand Mile Sight and Follow-Wind-Ears (shunfeng'er 順風耳) aka General of Brillant Hearing, the True Warrior (zhenwu 真武) and many others. Furthermore, fortunetelling (suanming 算命) and geomancy (fengshui 風水) are widespread as well.

In this context it should be pointed out that Confucianism (rujiao 儒教) is not a religion but a philosophy and ethical concept concerning moral values, social organization and family relations. However, the rituals performed in Confucius Temples (Kong miao 孔廟) in Taiwan, e. g. those commemorating the birthday of Confucius 孔丘 (551-479 BC) on Sept. 28 each year, are reminiscent of religious worship.

In the past decades, devotees of those religions have lived and practiced their faiths in peaceful coexistence, and there were no problems with religious strife or incidents of violence motivated by fanatic religious dogmatism. The absence of disturbances caused by faith is also reflected by the fact that on the level of the ROC central government religious affairs are handled by a relatively small agency, the Religious Affairs Section (zongjiao fudaoke 宗教輔導科) under the MOI Department of Civil Affairs.

Selected level-3 agencies under MOI

Details about the following selected agencies under MOI are shown directly below.

• National Police Agency (NPA)
• Central Police University (CPU)
• National Conscription Agency
• National Immigration Agency (NIA)
• Construction and Planning Agency (CPA)
• Architecture and Building Research Institute (ABRI)
• National Fire Agency (NFA)
• National Airborne Service Corps (NASC)
• National Land Surveying and Mapping Center (NLSC)
• Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau (LCEB)

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National Police Agency, MOI (NPA)

✉ National Police Agency, MOI (NPA) 內政部警政署
No. 7 Zhongxiao East Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10058, Taiwan ROC [10058 台北市中正區忠孝東路 1 段 7 號] ———————————— 🌏 NPA – Web link

The NPA (neizhengbu jingzhengshu 內政部警政署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was initially established on Aug. 15, 1946 but was soon downsized to a police administration department under MOI in April 1949. On July 15, 1972 it was upgraded once more to a separate agency under the MOI.

NPA director-generals

Apart from the police force units on all local levels, the organizational structure of the NPA features several subordinate entities, including the following:

▶  Aviation Police Bureau (hangkong jingchaju 航空警察局),
▶  Criminal Investigation Bureau (xingshi jingchaju 刑事警察局, abbrev. CIB),
▶  National Highway Police Bureau (guodao gonglu jingchaju 國道公路警察局),
▶  Railway Police Bureau (tielu jingchaju 鐵路警察局);
▶  First Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha diyi zongdui 保安警察第一總隊),
▶  Second Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha dier zongdui 保安警察第二總隊),
▶  Third Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha disan zongdui 保安警察第三總隊),
▶  Fourth Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha disi zongdui 保安警察第四總隊),
▶  Fifth Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha diwu zongdui 保安警察第五總隊),
▶  Sixth Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha diliu zongdui 保安警察第六總隊),
▶  Seventh Special Police Corps (baoan jingcha diqi zongdui 保安警察第七總隊);
▶  Hualien Harbor Police Department (Hualian gangwu jingcha zongdui 花蓮港務警察總隊),
▶  Kaohsiung Harbor Police Department (Gaoxiong gangwu jingcha zongdui 高雄港務警察總隊),
▶  Keelung Harbor Police Department (Jilong gangwu jingcha zongdui 基隆港務警察總隊),
▶  Taichung Harbor Police Department (Taizhong gangwu jingcha zongdui 臺中港務警察總隊);
▶  Civil Defense Office (minfang zhihui guanzhisuo 民防指揮管制所),
▶  Police Communications Office (jingcha dianxunsuo 警察電訊所);
▶  Police Equipment Maintenance Plant (jingcha jixie xiulichang 警察機械修理廠);
▶  Police Broadcasting Service (jingcha guangbo diantai 警察廣播電臺); and
▶  Taiwan Police College (Taiwan jingcha zhuanke xuexiao 臺灣警察專科學校).

In addition, the NPA on March 21, 2017 opened a Counterterrorism Center (fankong xunlian zhongxin 反恐訓練中心). A Special Tactical Unit (chubao teqindui 除暴特勤隊, abbrev. STU) aimed at combating fraud, the sale of narcotics, and other gang-related crimes was officially launched by the CIB on Dec. 25, 2017.

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Central Police University, MOI (CPU)

✉ Central Police University, MOI (CPU) 內政部中央警察大學
No. 56 Shujen Road, Takang Borough, Kueishan District, Taoyuan City 33304, Taiwan ROC [33304 桃園市龜山區大崗里樹人路 56 號] ———————————— 🌏 CPU – Web link

The CPU (zhongyang jingcha daxue 中央警察大學, abbrev. jingda 警大, 🏁—xiaozhang 校長) was established as Central Police College (zhongyang jingguan xuexiao 中央警官學校) in Nanjing on Sept. 1, 1936 by merging the MOI Police Academy (neizhengbu jingguan gaodeng xuexiao 內政部警官高等學校) and the Chechiang Provincial Police School (Zhejiangsheng jingguan xuexiao 浙江省警官學校), and today it is the highest police education institution in the ROC. When the ROC central government relocated to Taiwan in 1949, training and education for police officers was continued at the Training Course for Police Officers (Taiwan jingguan xunlianban 台灣警官訓練班) in Taipei, but the college was forced to close under government order in June 1950. The government reestablished the college in October 1954, and on Dec. 20, 1995 its current name was adopted.

CPU presidents

There are three academic subdivisions (faculties) and five research centers under CPU:

▶  College of Justice Administration (jingzheng guanli xueyuan 警政管理學院),
▶  College of Police Science and Technology (jingcha keji xueyuan 警察科技學院),
▶  General Education Center (tongshi jiaoyu zhongxin 通識教育中心);
▶  Crime Issues Research Center (fanzui wenti yanjiu zhongxin 犯罪問題研究中心),
▶  Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science Research Center (zhencha yu jianshi kexue yanjiu zhongxin 偵查與鑑識科學研究中心),
▶  Criminal Justice Research Center (xingshi sifa yanjiu zhongxin 刑事司法研究中心),
▶  Digital Forensics Research Center (shuwei jianshi yanjiu zhongxin 數位鑑識研究中心), and
▶  Terrorism Research Center (kongbu zhuyi yanjiu zhongxin 恐怖主義研究中心).

Please note that the HQ of the Asian Association of Police Studies (Yazhou jingcha xuehui 亞洲警察學會, abbrev. AAPS) is also based at the CPU.

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National Conscription Agency, MOI

✉ National Conscription Agency, MOI 內政部役政署
No. 21 Guangming Road, Jhongsing Village, Nantou City, Nantou County 54071, Taiwan ROC [54071 南投縣南投市中興新村光明路 21 號] ———————————— 🌏 National Conscription Agency – Web link

The National Conscription Agency (neizhengbu yizhengshu 內政部役政署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on March 1, 2002 when the former MOI Department of Conscription (neizhengbu yizhengsi 內政部役政司) was upgraded. Its tasks include effecting the basic concept of substitute service and also renovating the entire ROC military conscription program.

National Conscription Agency director-generals

In addition to its administrative offices, the National Conscription Agency has the following subdivisions:

▶  Administrative Division (guanlizu 管理組),
▶  Draft Division (zhengjizu 徵集組),
▶  Interests Division (quanyizu 權益組),
▶  Recruit Division (xunlianzu 訓練組), and
▶  Selection and Training Division (zhenxuanzu 甄選組).

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National Immigration Agency, MOI (NIA)

✉ National Immigration Agency, MOI (NIA) 內政部入出國及移民署
No. 15 Guangzhou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10066, Taiwan ROC [10066 台北市中正區廣州街 15 號] ———————————— 🌏 NIA – Web link

The NIA (neizhengbu ruchuguo ji yiminshu 內政部入出國及移民署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Jan. 2, 2007 as the ROC's government organization in charge of immigration and border control (but not customs, which falls into the MOF's jurisdiction). Previously, border control had been handled by military agencies since the 1950s. In 1972, the Entry and Exit Bureau under the MOI's National Police Agency (neizhengbu jingzhengshu ruchujing guanliju 內政部警政署入出境管理局) was established. For decades, Taiwan's border control and immigration had been separately administered by various agencies, resulting in administrative inefficiency. Eventually, the Immigration Act (ruchuguo ji yiminfa 入出國及移民法) was promulgated on May 21, 1999, then other statutes related to the NIA were passed by the Legislature Yuan on Nov. 8, 2005 and three days later promulgated by the ROC president.

NIA director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, NIA has following subdivisions:

▶  Entry and Exit Affairs Division (ruchuguo shiwuzu 入出國事務組),
▶  Immigration Affairs Division (yimin shiwuzu 移民事務組),
▶  Immigration Information Division (yimin zixunzu 移民資訊組),
▶  International Affairs Division (guoji ji zhifa shiwuzu 國際及執法事務組);
▶  Border Affairs Corps (guojing shiwu dadui 國境事務大隊),
▶  Central Taiwan Administration Corps (zhongqu shiwu dadui 中區事務大隊),
▶  Northern Taiwan Administration Corps (beiqu shiwu dadui 北區事務大隊),
▶  Southern Taiwan Administration Corps (nanqu shiwu dadui 南區事務大隊); and
▶  Planning and Training Division (xunlian zhongxin 訓練中心).

Since August 2018 a TV program called Taiwan Bravo (women yijiaren 我們一家人) with a focus on new immigrants is broadcast on SetTV by the NIA and sponsored by the MOI's New Immigrants Development Fund (xin zhumin fazhan jijin 新住民發展基金).

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Construction and Planning Agency, MOI (CPA)

✉ Construction and Planning Agency, MOI (CPA) 內政部營建署
No. 342 Bade Road Sec. 2, Songshan District, Taipei City 10556, Taiwan ROC [10556 台北市松山區八德路 2 段 342 號] ———————————— 🌏 CPA – Web link

The CPA (neizhengbu yingjianshu 內政部營建署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on March 2, 1981 based on the Construction and Planning Department of the MOI (neizhengbu yingjiansi 內政部營建司). It is responsible for construction and building codes, urban planning, public housing, local infrastructure, land use and management.

CPA director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, the subdivisions of CPA include the following:

▶  Building Administration Division (jianzhu guanlizu 建築管理組),
▶  Building Engineering Division (jianzhu gongchengzu 建築工程組),
▶  Construction Division (gongwuzu工務組),
▶  Environmental Engineering Division (huanjing gongchengzu 環境工程組),
▶  Finance Administration Division (caiwuzu 財務組),
▶  Land Administration Division (tudizu 土地組),
▶  Management Administration Division (guanlizu 管理組),
▶  National Parks Division (guojia gongyuanzu 國家公園組),
▶  Planning Administration Division (qihuazu 企劃組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe jihuazu 綜合計畫組),
▶  Public Housing Division (guomin zhuzhaizu 國民住宅組),
▶  Public Works Division (gonggong gongchengzu 公共工程組),
▶  Road Engineering Division (daolu gongchengzu 道路工程組),
▶  Urban Planning Division (dushi jihuazu 都市計畫組); and
▶  Central Region Office (zhongbu bangongshi 中部辦公室).

Furthermore, there are Task Force Units (renwu bianzu 任務編組) and Field Engineering Units (zhuwai gongcheng danwei 駐外工程單位). A National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center (guojia zhuzhai ji dushi gengxin zhongxin 國家住宅及都市更新中心, abbrev. HURC) was set up on Aug. 1, 2018.

The ROC's national parks are under the CPA's jurisdiction as well in the category of subordinate agencies (suoshu jiguan 所屬機關) but will be placed under a new agency called National Parks Administration (guojia gongyuanshu 國家公園署) in the future, a draft for that agency’s organizational act was completed on May 3, 2018. There are currently nine national parks in the Taiwan area:

❶ Kenting National Park (Kending guojia gongyuan 墾丁國家公園), est. Sept. 1, 1982; land area 180.84 km², sea area 152.06 km²; HQ in Hengchun Town 恆春鎮, Pingtung County
❷ Yushan National Park (Yushan guojia gongyuan 玉山國家公園), est. April 6, 1985; land area 1031.2 km²; HQ in Shuili Township 水里鄉, Nantou County
❸ Yangmingshan National Park (Yangmingshan guojia gongyuan 陽明山國家公園), est. Sept. 1, 1985; land area 113.38 km²; HQ in Beitou District 北投區, Taipei City
❹ Taroko National Park (Tailuge guojia gongyuan 太魯閣國家公園), est. Nov. 12, 1986; land area ca. 920 km²; HQ in Xiulin Township 秀林鄉, Hualien County
❺ Shei-pa National Park (Xueba guojia gongyuan 雪霸國家公園), est. July 1, 1992; land area 768.5 km²; HQ in Dahu Township 大湖鄉, Miaoli County
❻ Kinmen National Park (Jinmen guojia gongyuan 金門國家公園), est. Oct. 18, 1995; land area 35.287 km²; HQ in Jinning Township 金寧鄉, Kinmen County
❼ Dongsha Atoll National Park (Dongsha huanjiao guojia gongyuan 東沙環礁國家公園), est. Jan. 17, 2007 in the area of the Pratas Islands 東沙群島; land area 1.7857 km², sea area 3534.8938 km²; HQ in Nanzi District 楠梓區, Kaohsiung City
❽ Taijiang National Park (Taijiang guojia gongyuan 台江國家公園), est. Oct. 15, 2009; land area 49.05 km², sea area 344.05 km²; HQ in Annan District 安南區, Tainan City
❾ South Penghu Marine National Park (Penghu nanfang sidao guojia gongyuan 澎湖南方四島國家公園), est. June 8, 2014 (official opening ceremony on Oct. 18, 2014); land area 3.7029 km², sea area 353.668 km²; HQ in Nanzi District 楠梓區, Kaohsiung City

Please note that the Marine National Park Headquarters (haiyang guojia gongyuan guanlichu 海洋國家公園管理處), established on Oct. 4, 2007 and located in Kaohsiung's Nanzi District, is tasked with the management of the Dongsha Atoll National Park and the South Penghu Marine National Park.

In addition to the nine national parks, protected areas in the ROC include one national nature park (guojia ziran gongyuan 國家自然公園), 22 nature reserves for special ecosystems (ziran baoliuqu 自然保留區), six forest reserve areas (ziran baohuqu 自然保護區), 20 wildlife refuges (yesheng dongwu baohuqu 野生動物保護區), and 37 major wildlife habitats (yesheng dongwu zhongyao qixi huanjing 野生動物重要棲息環境). altogether, more than 19 percent of the ROC's land area are under protection.

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Architecture and Building Research Institute, MOI (ABRI)

✉ Architecture and Building Research Institute, MOI (ABRI) 內政部建築研究所
13 F., No. 200 Beixin Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23143, Taiwan ROC [23143 新北市新店區北新路 3 段 200 號 13 樓] ———————————— 🌏 ABRI – Web link

The ABRI (neizhengbu jianzhu yanjiusuo 內政部建築研究所, 🏁—suozhang 所長) was formally set up on Oct. 30, 1995 and aims for promoting innovation and progress in architecture through nationwide research projects, policies and programs, to enhance the level of building technology and the quality of the overall infrastructure. Please note that according to the ABRI website, Ho Ming-chin served as director-general from April 2006 to February 2010 and again from January 2011 to August 2016, leaving an unexplained gap in his tenure.

ABRI director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, ABRI has the following subdivisions:

▶  Disaster Prevention Division (anquan fangzaizu 安全防災組),
▶  Engineering Technology Division (gongcheng jishuzu 工程技術組),
▶  Environment Control Division (huanjing kongzhizu 環境控制組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe guihuazu 綜合規劃組);
▶  Fire Laboratory Center (fanghuo shiyan zhongxin 防火實驗中心),
▶  Materials Laboratory Center (cailiao shiyan zhongxin 材料實驗中心), and
▶  Performance Laboratory Center (xingneng shiyan zhongxin 性能實驗中心).

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National Fire Agency, MOI (NFA)

✉ National Fire Agency, MOI (NFA) 內政部消防署
8 F., No. 200 Beixin Road Sec. 3, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23143, Taiwan ROC [23143 新北市新店區北新路 3 段 200 號 8 樓（大坪林聯合開發大樓）] ———————————— 🌏 NFA – Web link

The NFA (neizhengbu xiaofangshu 內政部消防署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on March 1, 1995 with fire prevention, disaster rescue and emergency medical service as its three primary missions.

NFA director-generals

In addition to administrative units, NFA has the following subdivisions:

▶  Civilian Coordination Division (minli yunyongzu 民力運用組),
▶  Disaster Management Division (zaihai guanlizu 災害管理組),
▶  Disaster Rescue Division (zaihai qiangjiuzu 災害搶救組),
▶  Emergency Medical Service Division (jinji jiuhuzu 緊急救護組),
▶  Fire Investigation Division (huozai diaochazu 火災調查組),
▶  Fire Prevention Division (huozai yufangzu 火災預防組),
▶  Hazardous Material Management Division (weixian wupin guanlizu 危險物品管理組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe qihuazu 綜合企劃組),
▶  Training & Education Division (jiaoyu xunlianzu 教育訓練組); and
▶  Rescue Command Center (jiuzai jiuhu zhihui zhongxin 救災救護指揮中心).

Internal units (paichu danwei 派出單位)

External units (fushu jiguan 附屬機關)

▶  Hualien Harbor Fire Brigade (Hualian gangwu xiaofangdui 花蓮港務消防隊),
▶  Kaohsiung Harbor Fire Brigade (Gaoxiong gangwu xiaofangdui 高雄港務消防隊),
▶  Keelung Harbor Fire Brigade (Jilong gangwu xiaofangdui 基隆港務消防隊), and
▶  Taichung Harbor Fire Brigade (Taizhong gangwu xiaofangdui 臺中港務消防隊).

Furthermore, the NFA's Central Emergency Operation Center (zhongyang zaihai yingbian zhongxin 中央災害應變中心, abbrev. CEOC) is activated in the event of major disasters like typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, aviation disasters, forest fires etc., and it coordinates rescue operations and relief efforts. Apart from its HQ, there are also backup centers (beiyuan zhongxin 備援中心) in northern, central and southern Taiwan as well as local centers in every ROC city and county.

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National Airborne Service Corps, MOI (NASC)

✉ National Airborne Service Corps, MOI (NASC) 內政部空中勤務總隊
10 F., No. 200 Beixin Road Sec. 3, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23143, Taiwan ROC [23143 新北市新店區北新路 3 段 200 號 10 樓] ———————————— 🌏 NASC – Web link

The NASC (neizhengbu kongzhong qinwu zongdui 內政部空中勤務總隊, abbrev. kongqin空勤, 🏁—zongduizhang 總隊長) was formally established on Nov. 9, 2005 based on the NASC Preparatory Office (kongzhong qinwu zongdui choubeichu 空中勤務總隊籌備處, 🏁—chuzhang 處長) which was set up when the NPA Air Police Department (neizhengbu jingzhengshu kongzhong jingchadui 內政部警政署空中警察隊), the NFA Airborne Fire Fighting Squadron (neizhengbu xiaofangshu kongzhong xiaofangdui 內政部消防署空中消防隊), the MOTC Aviation Team of Civil Aeronautics Administration (jiaotongbu minyong hangkongju hangkongdui 交通部民用航空局航空隊), and the CGA Air Patrol Squadron (xingzhengyuan haian xunfangshu kongzhong zhenxundui 行政院海岸巡防署空中偵巡隊) were merged on March 10, 2004.

NASC director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, NASC has the following subdivisions:

▶  Aviation Affairs Division (hangwuzu 航務組),
▶  Aviation Safety Division (feian jianlihui 飛安監理會),
▶  Duty Command Center (qinwu zhihui zhongxin 勤務指揮中心),
▶  Maintenance Division (jiwuzu 機務組), and
▶  Service Brigades (qinwu dadui 勤務大隊), comprising Brigade 1 (diyi dadui 第一大隊), Brigade 2 (dier dadui 第二大隊), and Brigade 3 (disan dadui 第三大隊).

On Feb. 5, 2018 a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter/NA-907 operated by NASC which had been deployed to bring a patient from Orchid Island (Lanyu) to Taitung crashed off Lanyu, killing all six people aboard.

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National Land Surveying and Mapping Center, MOI (NLSC)

✉ National Land Surveying and Mapping Center, MOI (NLSC) 內政部國土測繪中心
4 F., No. 497 Liming Road Sec. 2, Nantun District, Taichung City 40873, Taiwan ROC [40873 台中市南屯區黎明路 2 段 497 號 4 樓] ———————————— 🌏 NLSC – Web link

The NLSC (neizhengbu guotu cehui zhongxin 內政部國土測繪中心, 🏁—zhuren 主任) was established in February 1947 as Wasteland Survey Headquarter (huangdi kance zongdui 荒地勘測總隊, 🏁—zongduizhang 總隊長) under the Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG). In 1953 it was renamed Survey Headquarter (celiang zongdui 測量總隊, 🏁—zongduizhang 總隊長) under TPG and Land Survey Bureau (tudi celiangju 土地測量局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) under TPG on July 3, 1992. That agency was placed under the authority of the MOI on July 1, 1999 and reorganized as NLSC on Nov. 16, 2007.

NLSC director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, NLSC has the following subdivisions:

▶  Cadastral Resurvey Section (dijitu chongceke 地籍圖重測課),
▶  Cadastral Survey Section (diji celiangke 地籍測量課),
▶  Control Survey Section (kongzhi celiangke 控制測量課),
▶  Planning & Technology Section (qihuake 企劃課),
▶  Survey Information Section (cehui zixunke 測繪資訊課),
▶  Survey Teams (celiangdui 測量隊), and
▶  Topographic and Hydrographic Survey Section (dixing yu haiyang celiangke 地形與海洋測量課).

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Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau, MOI (LCEB)

✉ Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau, MOI (LCEB) 內政部土地重劃工程處
4 F., No. 503 Liming Road Sec. 2, Nantun District, Taichung City 40873, Taiwan ROC [40873 台中市南屯區黎明路 2 段 503 號 4 樓] ———————————— 🌏 LCEB – Web link

LCEB (neizhengbu tudi chonghua gongchengchu 內政部土地重劃工程處, 🏁—chuzhang 處長) was established in March 1968 as Farmland Rezoning and Planning Headquarter (nongdi chinghua guihua zongdui 農地重劃規劃總隊) under the Land Administration Bureau (Taiwansheng dizhengju 臺灣省地政局) of the Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG) and renamed Land Consolidation Engineering Headquarter (tudi chonghua gongcheng guihua zongdui 土地重劃工程規劃總隊) on Jan. 1, 1975. In June 1998 the name Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau (Taiwan shengzhengfu dizhengchu tudi chonghua gongchengju 臺灣省政府地政處土地重劃工程局) under TPG was adopted. On July 1, 1999 it was placed under the authority of the MOI as LCEB (neizhengbu tudi chonghua gongchengju 內政部土地重劃工程局), the current Chinese name was adopted on Nov. 16, 2007. Its main task is land rezoning.

LCEB directors

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◆ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

✉ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) 外交部
No. 2 Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10048, Taiwan ROC [10048 台北市中正區凱達格蘭大道 2 號] ———————————— 🌏 MOFA – Web link

The MOFA (waijiaobu 外交部) was established in May 1927 and manages the foreign relations of the ROC.

MOFA ministers

Note: Between April and October 1949, Yeh Kung-chao was acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (daili buzhang 代理部長).

MOFA structure

MOFA has the following internal subdivisions:

▶  Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (dongya taipingyangsi 亞東太平洋司, abbrev. yataisi 亞太司),
▶  Department of European Affairs (ouzhousi 歐洲司),
▶  Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs (guoji hezuo ji jingji shiwusi 國際合作及經濟事務司, abbrev. guojingsi 國經司),
▶  Department of International Information Services (guoji chuanbosi 國際傳播司, abbrev. guochuansi 國傳司),
▶  Department of International Organizations (guoji zuzhisi 國際組織司, abbrev. guozusi 國組司),
▶  Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs (lading meizhou ji jialebihaisi 拉丁美洲及加勒比海司, abbrev. lameisi 拉美司),
▶  Department of North American Affairs (beimeisi 北美司),
▶  Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs (tiaoyue falüsi 條約法律司, abbrev. tiaofasi 條法司),
▶  Department of West Asian and African Affairs (yaxi ji feizhousi 亞西及非洲司, abbrev. yafeisi 亞非司);
▶  Department of Archives, Information Management and Telecommunications (zixun ji dianwuchu 資訊及電務處),
▶  Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (zhujichu 主計處),
▶  Department of Civil Service Ethics (zhengfengchu 政風處),
▶  Department of Personnel (renshichu 人事處),
▶  Department of Protocol (libinchu 禮賓處),
▶  Secretariat (mishuchu 秘書處);
▶  Department of General Affairs (jiyao shiwu bangongshi 機要事務辦公室);
▶  Department of Policy Planning (yanjiu shejihui 研究設計會);
▶  Central Taiwan Office (zhongbu banshichu 中部辦事處),
▶  Eastern Taiwan Office (dongbu banshichu 東部辦事處),
▶  Southern Taiwan Office (nanbu banshichu 南部辦事處), and
▶  Southwestern Taiwan Office (Yun Jia Nan banshichu 雲嘉南辦事處).

The following are subordinate organizations and agencies under the MOFA:

Please note that the MOFA also administrates the Taipei Guest House (Taibei binguan 臺北賓館) in Taipei City's Boai Special Zone (boai tequ 博愛特區), Zhongzheng District, a historical structure which was built between 1899 and 1901 and is used for receiving state guests or celebration activities.

Transferred to the MOFA from the GIO

MOFA's Department of International Information Services started its regular operations on Sept. 1, 2012 and is based on administrative units and personnel from the former Government Information Office (GIO) which had been abolished on May 20, 2012. Since its establishment, the Department has been headed by the following director-generals (sizhang 司長):

The Department's duties include creation and distribution of media contents in foreign languages, the most noteworthy publications are listed below.

• Taiwan Review (TR)—bimonthly magazine in English, published since April 1951 as "Free China Review" (FCR), renamed "Taipei Review" in April 2000. The current name was adopted in March 2003. Publication intervals were reduced from monthly to bimonthly after the April 2016 edition.
• Taiwan Journal—weekly newspaper in English, first published on March 1, 1964 as "Free China Weekly", renamed "Free China Journal" (FCJ) on Jan. 1, 1984 and "Taipei Journal" on Jan. 7, 2000; the final name was adopted on Jan. 24, 2003. The printed version was terminated on May 22, 2009 and transformed into the online news portal "Taiwan Today". Publication intervals of the printed newspaper: weekly, except of the period between July 4, 1988 and June 18, 1993 when it was produced as semi-weekly newspaper.
• Les Echos de la République de Chine à Taïwan (short "Les Echos")—newspaper published three times a month in French, established on Oct. 20, 1968 as "Les Echos de la République de Chine". The final name was adopted on Oct. 1, 2001. The printed newspaper was terminated on Feb. 21, 2002 and replaced with the online news portal "Taiwan Info".
• Noticias. Boletín informativo sobre Taiwan (short "Noticias")—newspaper published three times a month in Spanish, established on Jan. 6, 1971 as "Noticias de la República de China", renamed "Noticias de la República de China en Taiwan" on Oct. 6, 2001. The final name was adopted on April 6, 2003. The printed newspaper was terminated on May 26, 2014 and replaced with the online news portal "Noticias de Taiwan".
• Taiwan Panorama (guanghua zazhi 光華雜誌)—bilingual magazines. The Chinese–English edition has been published monthly since January 1976 as Sinorama (guanghua huabao 光華畫報), the current name was adopted in January 2006. A monthly Chinese–Japanese edition ("台湾光華雑誌Taiwan Panorama") was created in January 1980, its September 2014 edition was the last one printed on paper, and it has been produced as an online publication only since. A bilingual printed Chinese–Spanish edition of Sinorama was published monthly between mid-1980 and 2001. Three bimonthly bilingual printed editions featuring Southeast Asian languages were launched in December 2015: Chinese–Bahasa Indonesia ("Majalah Taiwan Panorama"), Chinese–Thai ("นิตยสารกวางหัวไต้หวัน Taiwan Panorama"), and Chinese–Vietnamese ("Tạp chí Panorama").
• Taiwan Hoy—bimonthly magazine in Spanish, published since September 1982 as "China Libre", renamed "Taipéi Hoy" in March 2000. The current name was adopted in January 2003.
• Taiwan aujourd'hui—bimonthly magazine in French, first published in January 1984 as "La Chine libre", renamed "Taïpei aujourd'hui" in March 2000. The final name was adopted in February 2003. The printed magazine was terminated in May 2016. Publication intervals: bimonthly from its establishment to Jan./Feb. 2003, monthly April 2003 to October 2014, bimonthly Nov./Dec. 2014 until its termination.
• Taiwan heute—bimonthly magazine in German, first published in September 1988 as "Freies China", renamed "Taipeh heute" in March 2000. The final name was adopted in January 2003. The printed magazine was terminated in September 2014 and replaced with a website that went online the following month, featuring daily news.
• Taivanskaia Panorama (Тайваньская панорама)—bimonthly magazine in Russian, first published in May 1994 as "Svobodnyi Kitai" (Свободный Китай), renamed "Taibeiskaia Panorama" (Тайбэйская панорама) in March 2000. The final name was adopted in January 2003. The printed magazine was terminated in September 2014 and replaced with a website that went online the following month, featuring daily news.
• Taiwan Headlines—electronic daily newspaper in English launched on Sept. 8, 1999 and updated each weekday. It contained selections from English-language newspapers in Taiwan, translations of articles printed in the local Chinese-language papers, photographs, informative graphics, and special reports on selected topics. The publication was terminated and its website shut down on Dec. 31, 2014.
• Taiwan Info—online news portal in French launched on April 1, 2002 as successor of "Les Echos".
• Taiwan Today (TT)—online news portal in English launched on June 1, 2009 as a successor of "Taiwan Journal". Please note that a Japanese version of Taiwan Today was launched on Aug. 1, 2011, and additional versions in Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese went online on May 21, 2018.
• Noticias de Taiwan—online news portal in Spanish launched on June 1, 2014 as successor of "Noticias".

Other foreign-language materials produced by MOFA include the annual booklet "Taiwan at a Glance" (Taiwan yipie 台灣一瞥), the Foreign Relations Yearbook as well as non-regular printed information, brochures, digital contents, promotional videos etc. Their main purposes are improving the visibility of Taiwan and the ROC in the international community, introducing and explaining government policies and conveying official positions of the current administration, tasks that were transferred from the GIO to the MOFA in May 2012.

The Republic of China Yearbook, a comprehensive reference which had been published annually since the 1950s, contained extensive information about politics, economy, society, culture and many other topics in English. For decades, this valuable source was compiled by the GIO. After the GIO was abolished, the section "Who's Who in the ROC" in the yearbook was discontinued in the 2013 edition, ending a tradition of more than six decades. Three years later the Executive Yuan decided to terminate the publication of the ROC Yearbook altogether following the 2016 edition.

Selected level-3 agencies under MOFA

Details about the following selected agencies under MOFA are shown directly below.

• Taiwan Council for U. S. Affairs (TCUSA)
• Taiwan-Japan Relations Association
• Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA)
• Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (IDIA)

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Taiwan Council for U.S. Affairs, MOFA (TCUSA)

✉ Taiwan Council for U. S. Affairs, MOFA (TCUSA) 台灣美國事務委員會
1 F., No. 133 Boai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10048, Taiwan ROC [10048 台北市中正區博愛路 133 號 1 樓] ———————————— 🌏 TCUSA – Web link

The TCUSA (Taiwan Meiguo shiwu weiyuanhui 台灣美國事務委員會, 🏁—zhuren weiyuan 主任委員) was established on March 1, 1979 as a subordinate agency under MOFA. TCUSA's original name then was "Coordination Council of North American Affairs" (waijiaobu bei Mei shiwu xietiao weiyuanhui 外交部北美事務協調委員會, abbrev. CCNAA), and it should not be confused with the MOFA Department of North American Affairs (waijiaobu bei Mei si 外交部北美司). The adoption of the current name was announced on May 25, 2019, a ceremony to unveil the new nameplate was held on June 6, 2019.

TCUSA chairpersons

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Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, MOFA

✉ Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, MOFA 外交部臺灣日本關係協會
4 F., No. 7 Roosevelt Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10092, Taiwan ROC [10092 台北市中正區羅斯福路 1 段 7 號 4 樓] ———————————— 🌏 Taiwan-Japan Relations Association – Web link

The Taiwan-Japan Relations Association (waijiaobu Taiwan Riben guanxi xiehui 外交部臺灣日本關係協會, abbrev. Tai Ri xie台日協, 🏁—huizhang 會長) was established on Dec. 2, 1972 under the name "Association of East Asian Relations" (waijiaobu yadong guanxi xiehui 外交部亞東關係協會, abbrev. yaxie 亞協 in Chinese and AEAR in English) as an organization under MOFA to manage the inofficial relations with Japan. The current name was adopted on May 17, 2017.

Taiwan-Japan Relations Association chairpersons

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Bureau of Consular Affairs, MOFA (BOCA)

✉ Bureau of Consular Affairs, MOFA (BOCA) 外交部領事事務局
3-5 F., No. 2-2 Jinan Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10051, Taiwan ROC [10051 台北市中正區濟南路 1 段 2 之 2 號 3~5 樓（中央聯合辦公大樓北棟）] ———————————— 🌏 BOCA – Web link

The BOCA (waijiaobu lingshi shiwuju 外交部領事事務局, abbrev. lingwuju 領務局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was established in May 1992 when MOFA's Department of Consular Affairs (lingshi shiwusi 領事事務司) was upgraded following the promulgation of the Organization Act of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (waijiaobu lingshi shiwuju zuzhi tiaoli 外交部領事事務局組織條例) on Jan. 22, 1992. It provides passport services, visa services, document authentication and the coordination of emergency assistance to ROC citizens abroad.

BOCA director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, BOCA has the following subdivisions:

▶  Document Authentication Division (wenjian zhengmingzu 文件證明組),
▶  Passport Administration Division (huzhao xingzhengzu 護照行政組),
▶  Passport Issuing Division (huzhao zhifa fuwuzu 護照製發服務組),
▶  Visa Division (qianzhengzu 簽證組);
▶  Congressional Liaison Unit (guohui lianluozu 國會聯絡組),
▶  Information Management Unit (zixun xiaozu 資訊小組),
▶  Legal Unit (fazhi xiaozu 法制小組); and
▶  Branch Office at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport/Emergency Call Center (Taiwan Taoyuan guoji jichang banshichu 臺灣桃園國際機場辦事處).

The design of the ROC passport’s front cover has been altered several times over the past decades, four of the most recent samples are shown below this paragraph (please note that some of those image files were slightly edited for aesthetics). Conventional passports from the 1980s were replaced with machine-readable passports in January 1995. Since September 2003 the word “Taiwan” has been added, and passports showing the newest design have been issued since Jan. 2, 2021.

1980s	1995	2003	2021

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Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, MOFA (IDIA)

✉ Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, MOFA (IDIA) 外交部外交及國際事務學院
No. 280 Dunhua South Road Sec. 1, Daan District, Taipei City 10691, Taiwan ROC [10691 台北市大安區敦化南路 1 段 280 號] ———————————— 🌏 IDIA – Web link

The IDIA (waijiaobu waijiao ji guoji shiwu xueyuan 外交部外交及國際事務學院, abbrev. waijiao xueyuan 外交學院, 🏁—yuanzhang 院長) was formally established on Sept. 1, 2012. As an institution, it was preceded by the Foreign Service Training Institute (waijiaobu waijiao lingshi renyuan xunliansuo 外交部外交領事人員訓練所) which had been established in January 1969 and renamed Foreign Service Institute (waijiaobu waijiao lingshi renyuan jiangxisuo 外交部外交領事人員講習所) in May 1971.

The IDIA chancellor is concurrently the administrative vice minister (changwu cizhang 常務次長) of MOFA. Like most ministries in the ROC, MOFA's leadership comprises the minister and at least two deputy ministers—a political vice minister (zhengwu cizhang 政務次長) and an administrative vice minister. IDIA's day-to-day management is the responsibility of its president (fuyuanzhang 副院長).

IDIA chancellors

IDIA presidents

In addition to its administrative units, IDIA has two subdivisions:

▶  Division of Research and International Exchanges (yanjiu jiaoliuzu 研究交流組),
▶  Division of Training and Planning (peixun guihuazu 培訓規劃組).

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◆ Ministry of National Defense (MND)

✉ Ministry of National Defense (MND) 國防部
No. 409 Beian Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10462, Taiwan ROC [10462 台北市中山區北安路 409 號] ———————————— 🌏 MND – Web link

The MND (guofangbu 國防部) was established on June 1, 1946. Before that there was an agency called the "Ministry of War" (junzhengbu 軍政部).

MND ministers

MND structure

The organizational structure of the MND is listed below.

🪖 Departments in the MND headquarters (bubenbu danwei 部本部單位):

▶ Department of Integrated Assessment (zhenghe pinggusi 整合評估司),
▶ Department of Military Justice (falü shiwusi 法律事務司),
▶ Department of Ressources Planning (ziyuan guihuasi 資源規劃司),
▶ Department of Strategic Planning (zhanlüe guihuasi 戰略規劃司);
▶ Accounting Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶ Administration Office (zhengwu bangongshi 政務辦公室),
▶ All-out Defense Mobilization Office (quanguo fangwei dongyuanshi 全民防衛動員室),
▶ Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶ National Defense Procurement Office (guofang caigoushi 國防採購室),
▶ Office of the Inspector General (zong duchazhang shi 總督察長室), and
▶ Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室).

On Dec. 30, 2021 the All-out Defense Mobilization Office was upgraded to All-out Defense Mobilization Agency (quanmin fangwei dongyuanshu 全民防衛動員署, abbrev. quandongshu 全動署) as part of Taiwan's ongoing efforts to improve the combat readiness of the country's reserve forces. The new agency began operations on Jan. 1, 2022, and its legal foundation is the Organization Act of the All-out Defense Mobilization Agency of the Ministry of National Defense (guofangbu quanmin fangwei dongyuanshu zuzhifa 國防部全民防衛動員署組織法).

The MND operates an Armed Forces Museum (guojun lishi wenwuguan 國軍歷史文物館, abbrev. junshiguan 軍史館) under the jurisdiction of the Military History Department (shizheng bianyichu 史政編譯處) of the MND Administration Office, established on Oct. 31, 1961.

On Oct. 11, 2016 the MND announced that it would establish a National Defense Technology Division (guofang kejishi 國防科技室) in 2017 which would be similar to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), but as of January 2022 that division apparently has yet to be set up.

🪖 Secondary authorities (ciji junshi jiguan 次級軍事機關):

▶ Armaments Bureau (guofangbu junbeiju 國防部軍備局),
▶ Comptroller Bureau (zhujiju 主計局),
▶ Medical Affairs Bureau (junyiju 軍醫局), and
▶ Political Warfare Bureau (zhengzhi zuozhanju 政治作戰局).

🪖 Military authorities (junshi jiguan 軍事機關):

▶ Army Command HQ (lujun silingbu 陸軍司令部),
▶ Navy Command HQ (haijun silingbu 海軍司令部), and
▶ Air Force Command HQ (kongjun silingbu 空軍司令部).

The Army Command HQ includes the Army Logistics Command (lujun houqin zhihuibu 陸軍後勤指揮部) which was known as Combined Logistics Command (guofangbu lianhe houqin silingbu 國防部聯合後勤司令部, abbrev. CLC) before Dec. 28, 2012 when it was placed under the Army Command HQ. A noteworthy organization under the Army Command HQ is the Ordnance Readiness Development Center (lujun binggong zhengbei fazhan zhongxin 陸軍兵工整備發展中心).

🪖 Military institutions (junshi jigou 軍事機構):

▶ Armed Forces Reserve Command (houbei zhihuibu 後備指揮部)—Chinese name before Jan. 1, 2013: houbei silingbu 後備司令部, and
▶ Military Police Command (xianbing zhihuibu 憲兵指揮部)—Chinese name before Jan. 1, 2013: xianbing silingbu 憲兵司令部.

The Armed Forces Reserve Command and the Military Police Command are allocated organizations under the MND's Chiefs of General Staff (CGS).

🪖 General staff headquarters (canmou benbu 參謀本部):

▶ Informative and Electronic Operations Command of the General Staff (zidian zuozhan zhihuibu 資電作戰指揮部),
▶ Office for Communications, Electronics and Information of the Deputy of the General Staff (tongxin dianzi zixun canmou cizhangshi 通信電子資訊參謀次長室),
▶ Office for Intelligence of the Deputy of the General Staff (qingbao canmou cizhangshi 情報參謀次長室),
▶ Office for Logistics of the Deputy of the General Staff (houqin canmou cizhangshi 後勤參謀次長室),
▶ Office for Operations and Planning of the Deputy of the General Staff (zuozhan ji jihua canmou cizhangshi 作戰及計畫參謀次長室),
▶ Office for Personnel of the Deputy of the General Staff (renshi canmou cizhangshi 人事參謀次長室), and
▶ Office for Training of the Deputy of the General Staff (xunlian canmou cizhangshi 訓練參謀次長室).

Another agency worth mentioning is the Military News Agency (guofangbu junshi xinwen tongxunshe 國防部軍事新聞通訊社, abbrev. MNA). Furthermore, the 205^th Armory, MND (guofangbu di erlingwu binggongchang 國防部第205兵工廠) manufactures weapons and ammunition.

Please note that the ROC military for decades had its own judiciary, with three military courts—North District Court of Martial Law (guofangbu beibu difang junshi fayuan 國防部北部地方軍事法院), Military High Court (guofangbu gaodeng junshi fayuan 國防部高等軍事法院), and Supreme Military Court (guofangbu zuigao junshi fayuan 國防部最高軍事法院), each having its own prosecutors office (jianchashu 檢察署). Amendments to the Code of Court Martial Procedure (junshi shenpanfa 軍事審判法) were promulgated on Aug. 13, 2013 and went into force two days later; all military servicemen are now subject to the civilian justice system during peacetime.

Selected level-3 agencies under MND

Details about the following selected agencies under MND are shown directly below.

• Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB)
• Political Warfare Bureau
• Armaments Bureau
• Medical Affairs Bureau (MAB)

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Military Intelligence Bureau, MND (MIB)

✉ Military Intelligence Bureau, MND (MIB) 國防部軍事情報局
No. 74 Lane 62, Zhicheng Road Sec. 1, Shilin District, Taipei City 11145, Taiwan ROC [11145 台北市士林區至誠路 1 段 62 巷 74 號]

The ROC's first intelligence organization was instituted in 1928 as the "Clandestine Investigation Section" (michazu 密查組) directly under the Army's Headquarters (zong silingbu 總司令部). It was reorganized as "Special Works Department" (tewuchu 特務處) on April 1, 1932, and when in September of the same year the "Investigation and Statistics Bureau" (junweihui diaocha tongjiju 軍委會調查統計局, abbrev. juntongju 軍統局) was established under the Military Commission (junshi weiyuanhui 軍事委員會), the Special Works Department was incorporated into that Bureau and renamed the "Second Division" (dierchu 第二處). After the Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937, the Special Works Department was expanded and took over the Investigation and Statistics Bureau. After Japan's defeat the Investigation and Statistics Bureau was reorganized as the "Counterespionage Bureau" aka Secrecy Bureau (baomiju 保密局) under the MND and again in 1955 as "Intelligence Bureau" (qingbaoju 情報局), which in turn was merged on July 1, 1985 with the Special Military Intelligence Office (tezhong qingbaoshi 特種情報室) to constitute today's MIB (guofangbu junshi qingbaoju 國防部軍事情報局, 🏁—juzhang 局長).

MIB chiefs

Please note that there are four intelligence-gathering secret services operating in today's ROC. Apart from the MIB, they include the National Security Bureau (guojia anquanju 國家安全局) as well as the MND Office of Telecommunications Development (guofangbu dianxun fazhanshi 國防部電訊發展室) and the Military Security Brigade (junshi anquan zongdui 軍事安全總隊) under the MND Political Warfare Bureau (guofangbu zhengzhi zuozhanju 國防部政治作戰局). The Military Security Brigade was run by the—now defunct—Taiwan Garrison Command before 1992.

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Political Warfare Bureau, MND

✉ Political Warfare Bureau, MND 國防部政治作戰局
No. 409 Beian Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10462, Taiwan ROC [10462 台北市中山區北安路 409 號] ———————————— 🌏 Political Warfare Bureau – Web link

The origins of the Political Warfare Bureau (guofangbu zhengzhi zuozhanju 國防部政治作戰局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) can be traced back to 1924 when the Whampoa Military Academy (Huangpu junxiao 黃埔軍校) was established and had a Political Staff Bureau (zhengzhibu 政治部) included in its organizational structure. When the National Military Council (junshi weiyuanhui 軍事委員會) under the local ROC government in Canton was established in July 1925, it had a Department for Political Training (junshi weiyuanhui zhengzhi xunlianbu 軍事委員會政治訓練部) which would become the Political Department (zhengzhibu 政治部) of the National Military Council in February 1928. In June 1946, the National Military Council was restructured as MND, and in February 1948 the Political Staff Bureau (guofangbu zhenggongju 國防部政工局) under the MND was set up.

After the ROC central government relocated to Taiwan, the Political Staff Bureau was transformed to the MND Political Department (guofangbu zhengzhibu 國防部政治部) in April 1950 and renamed General Political Department (guofangbu zong zhengzhibu 國防部總政治部) in May 1951. That entity was renamed again in August 1963 to General Political Warfare Department (zong zhengzhanbu 總政戰部) with some modifications to its structural agencies. On Jan. 29, 2000 it was reorganized as General Political Warfare Bureau (guofangbu zong zhengzhi zuozhanju 國防部總政治作戰局), an agency under MND, and its current name was finally adopted on Jan. 1, 2013.

Political Warfare Bureau director-generals

Please note that Wang Ming-wo 王明我 was acting director-general between November 2009 and December 2012.

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Armaments Bureau, MND

✉ Armaments Bureau, MND 國防部軍備局
No. 409 Beian Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10462, Taiwan ROC [10462 台北市中山區北安路 409 號]

The Armaments Bureau (guofangbu junbeiju 國防部軍備局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was set up on March 1, 2002 and is in charge of supervision over production, procurement and quality control of arms, munitions and weapons systems.

Armaments Bureau directors

In addition to its administrative units, the subdivisions of the Armaments Bureau include the following:

▶  Acquisition Management Division (huode guanlichu 獲得管理處),
▶  Construction and Real Estate Division (gongcheng yingchanchu 工程營產處),
▶  General Administration Office (zonghe shiwuchu 綜合事務處), and
▶  Program Evaluation Division (jihua pingguchu 計畫評估處).

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Medical Affairs Bureau, MND (MAB)

✉ Medical Affairs Bureau, MND (MAB) 國防部軍醫局
No. 409 Beian Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10462, Taiwan ROC [10462 台北市中山區北安路 409 號] ———————————— 🌏  MAB – Web link

While institutions responsible for medical affairs in the ROC military can be traced back to 1925 with varying names and structures, the current MAB (guofangbu junyiju 國防部軍醫局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was set up under the General Staff on Sept. 1, 1970 and transferred to the MND on March 1, 2002.

MAB director-generals

The organizational structure of the MAB includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Department of Medical Management (yiwu guanlichu 醫務管理處),
▶  Department of Medical Planning (yiwu jihuachu 醫務計畫處),
▶  Department of Medical Readiness and Healthcare (weiqin baojianchu 衛勤保健處),
▶  Department of Pharmaceutical Management (yaozheng guanlichu 藥政管理處); and
▶  Comptroller Office (zhujishi 主計室).

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◆ Ministry of Justice (MOJ)

✉ Ministry of Justice (MOJ) 法務部
No. 130 Chongqing South Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10048, Taiwan ROC [10048 台北市中正區重慶南路 1 段 130 號] ———————————— 🌏 MOJ – Web link

The MOJ (fawubu 法務部) was established on Nov. 16, 1928 under the Chinese name sifa xingzhengbu 司法行政部. In 1944 it was transferred from the Judicial Yuan to the Executive Yuan, and in June 1980 its current Chinese name was adopted.

Main tasks and functions

While the Legislative Yuan has the power to pass all ordinary legislation and to review legislative bills proposed by the four other Yuan, and the Judicial Yuan as the highest judicial organ of the ROC is charged with interpreting the ROC Constitution and supervising the lower courts, the MOJ is responsible for carrying out various judicial functions in the ROC. These functions include the following:

• formulating and reviewing legal proposals,
• participating in the legal preparations and activities of the Executive Yuan and its ministries and agencies,
• revising the Civil Code (minfa 民法) and the Criminal Code (xingfa 刑法),
• planning the prosecutorial system and supervising prosecutorial affairs, and
• executing anti-corruption work.

MOJ ministers

MOJ structure

MOJ has the following internal administrative units:

▶  Department of Government Employee Ethics (zhengfengsi 政風司),
▶  Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs (guoji ji liang'an falüsi 國際及兩岸法律司),
▶  Department of Legal Affairs (falü shiwusi 法律事務司),
▶  Department of Legal System (fazhisi 法制司),
▶  Department of Planning (zonghe guihuasi 綜合規劃司),
▶  Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Protection (baohusi 保護司),
▶  Department of Prosecutorial Affairs (jianchasi 檢察司);
▶  Department of Accounting (kuaijichu 會計處),
▶  Department of Information Management (zixunchu 資訊處),
▶  Department of Personnel (renshichu 人事處),
▶  Department of Statistics (tongjichu 統計處), and
▶  Secretariat (mishuchu 秘書處).

The following are subordinate organizations under the MOJ:

▶  Academy for the Judiciary (fawubu sifaguan xueyuan 法務部司法官學院),
▶  Administrative Enforcement Agency (fawubu xingzheng zhixingshu 法務部行政執行署, abbrev. AEA),
▶  Agency Against Corruption (fawubu lianzhengshu 法務部廉政署, abbrev. AAC),
▶  Agency of Corrections (fawubu jiaozhengshu 法務部矯正署, abbrev. MJAC),
▶  Institute of Forensic Medicine (fawubu fayi yanjiusuo 法務部法醫研究所),
▶  MOJ Investigation Bureau (fawubu diaochaju 法務部調查局, abbrev. MJIB),
▶  Supreme Prosecutors Office (zuigao jianchashu 最高檢察署),
▶  Taiwan High Prosecutors Office (Taiwan gaodeng jianchashu 台灣高等檢察署), and
▶  Training Institute for Correctional Officers (jiaozheng renyuan xunliansuo 矯正人員訓練所).

Capital punishment in the ROC

The MOJ is the government agency in charge of administering the death penalty (sixing 死刑), and the Minister of Justice also approves pending executions and signs execution orders. Although the minister does have the authority to refuse to sign an execution order, only a court of law can overturn a death sentence.

Since the ROC resumed executions on April 30, 2010 after a 52-month hiatus, delinquents were put to death at the following five locations (the figure in the square brackets refers to the number of persons executed there since early 2010)—Taipei Detention Center (Taibei kanshousuo 臺北看守所) [13], Taichung Prison (Taizhong jianyu 臺中監獄) [7], Tainan Prison (Tainan jianyu 臺南監獄) [6], Kaohsiung Second Prison (Gaoxiong dier jianyu 高雄第二監獄) [5], and Hualien Prison (Hualian jianyu 花蓮監獄) [4]. Since the end of martial law more than 500 persons were executed in the ROC (see table below), the last execution to date took place on April 1, 2020 in Taipei Detention Center.

Executions are usually carried out by gunshot; the condemned prisoners receive anaesthesia and are unconscious before they are shot. Prisoners who agreed to donate organs following their deaths are shot in the head, those who did not are shot in the heart. New rules announced by the MOJ which took effect on July 15, 2020 require prisoners being executed wearing hoods to make the job of the executioner less traumatic.

While opinion polls suggest that a large majority in Taiwan's society has been consistently supporting capital punishment, groups like the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) and others promote the reform of Taiwan's penal system and advocate the abolition of the death penalty. On June 20, 2018 MOJ minister Chiu Tai-san stated that abolishing capital punishment was not a government policy, and following the most recent execution the MOJ commented that 'abolishing the death sentence is an international trend and a long-term goal for the justice ministry, but there is no consensus in our country'.

One particular case widely discussed in that context was the wrongful execution of airman Chiang Kuo-ching 江國慶 (1975-1997): Chiang was accused of raping and killing a 5-year old girl on Sept. 12, 1996 at Air Force Command Headquarters in Taipei and pleaded guilty after being tortured. He was executed on Aug. 13, 1997 at the age of 21. On Sept. 13, 2011 the Military Northern District Court (beibu difang junshi fayuan 北部地方軍事法院) exonerated Chiang in a posthumous trial. On Dec. 12, 2011 the Taipei District Court sentenced another airman named Hsu Jung-chou 許榮洲—a pedophile with mental health issues—to 18 years imprisonment for the crime.

Selected level-3 agencies under MOJ

Details about the following selected agencies under MOJ are shown directly below.

• MOJ Investigation Bureau (MJIB)
• Supreme Prosecutors Office
• Taiwan High Prosecutors Office
• Administrative Enforcement Agency (AEA)
• Agency Against Corruption (AAC)
• Agency of Corrections (MJAC)
• Institute of Forensic Medicine
• Academy for the Judiciary

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MOJ Investigation Bureau (MJIB)

✉ MOJ Investigation Bureau (MJIB) 法務部調查局
No. 74 Zhonghua Road, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23149, Taiwan ROC [23149 新北市新店區中華路 74 號] ———————————— 🌏 MJIB – Web link

The MJIB (fawubu diaochaju 法務部調查局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was established in 1927 as Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (diaocha tongjiju 調查統計局) of the KMT. In April 1949 it was reorganized as an agency under the ROC MOI and placed under the authority of the ROC MOJ in June 1956. Its current name was adopted on Aug. 1, 1980. MJIB is a law enforcement, criminal-investigation and counter-intelligence agency, and its primary missions are protecting national security, maintaining social stability and investigating major crimes.

MJIB director-generals

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Supreme Prosecutors Office

✉ Supreme Prosecutors Office 最高檢察署
No. 235 Guiyang Street Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10048, Taiwan ROC [10048 台北市中正區貴陽街 1 段 235 號] ———————————— 🌏 Supreme Prosecutors Office – Web link

The Supreme Prosecutors Office (zuigao jianchashu 最高檢察署) is under the jurisdiction of the ROC MOJ and headed by the ROC Prosecutor-general (zuigao jianchashu jiancha zongzhang 最高檢察署檢察總長, abbrev. jianchazhang 檢察長)—sometimes called "Chief Prosecutor" in English. Before May 25, 2018 the Chinese name of the agency was zuigao fayuan jianchashu 最高法院檢察署.

ROC Prosecutor-generals

In addition to its administrative units, the Supreme Prosecutors Office features a Division (shujiting 書記廳) with the following subordinate units:

▶  Data Section (ziliaoke 資料科),
▶  Documentation Section (wenshuke 文書科),
▶  General Affairs Section (zongwuke 總務科)
▶  Records Section (jiluke 紀錄科), and
▶  Research and Evaluation Section (yanjiu kaoheke 研究考核科).

One important unit under the Supreme Prosecutors Office was the Special Investigation Division (SID) which was abolished effective Jan. 1, 2017.

On March 21, 2014 the Taipei District Court sentenced Chief Prosecutor Huang Shih-ming to 14 months imprisonment for leaking classified information related to prosecutors' investigations in an alleged case of influence-peddling involving Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng 王金平. On Feb. 12, 2015 the Taiwan High Court sentenced Huang to 15 months imprisonment (commutable to a fine of NT$ 450,000) in a final ruling, and on Oct. 31, 2016 the Taipei District Court ordered Huang to pay DPP legislator Ker Chien-ming 柯建銘 NT$ 620,000 after Ker had filed a civil law suit. On Aug. 25, 2017 the Taipei District Court found former ROC president Ma Ying-jeou not guilty of leaking classified information, but that verdict was overturned on May 15, 2018 by the Taiwan High Court which sentenced Ma to 4 months imprisonment. Ma was eventually acquitted in that case by the Taiwan High Court in a final ruling on July 12, 2019.

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Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, MOJ

✉ Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, MOJ 臺灣高等檢察署
No. 124 Chongqing South Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10048, Taiwan ROC [10048 台北市中正區重慶南路 1 段 124 號] ———————————— 🌏 Taiwan High Prosecutors Office – Web link

The Taiwan High Prosecutors Office (Taiwan gaodeng jianchashu 臺灣高等檢察署, 🏁—jianchazhang 檢察長) can be traced back to the Taiwan Governor's High Court Prosecution Bureau (Taiwan zongdufu gaodeng fayuan jianchaju 臺灣總督府高等法院檢察局) which was set up by the Japanese colonial administration in 1896. When the ROC took over Taiwan in 1945, that agency was renamed Taiwan High Court Department of Prosecution (Taiwan gaodeng fayuan jianchachu 臺灣高等法院檢察處) and restructured in its current form on Dec. 24, 1989. Before May 25, 2018 its official Chinese name was Taiwan gaodeng fayuan jianchashu 臺灣高等法院檢察署.

Taiwan High Prosecutors Office chief prosecutors

In addition to its administrative units, the subdivisions of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office include the following:

▶  Clerk Division (shujichu 書記處);
▶  Data Section (ziliaoke 資料科),
▶  Documentation Section (wenshuke 文書科),
▶  Enforcement Section (zhixingke 執行科),
▶  General Affairs Section (zongwuke總務科),
▶  Litigation Counseling Section (susong fudaoke 訴訟輔導科),
▶  Records Section (jiluke 紀錄科), and
▶  Research and Evaluation Section (yanjiu kaoheke 研究考核科).

On May 3, 2023 the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office launched the Digital Forensics Office (keji zhuanze bangongshi 科技專責辦公室).

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Administrative Enforcement Agency, MOJ (AEA)

✉ Administrative Enforcement Agency, MOJ (AEA) 法務部行政執行署
7 F., No. 51 Kangning Road Sec. 3, Neihu District, Taipei City 11485, Taiwan ROC [11485 台北市內湖區康寧路 3 段 51 號 7 樓] ———————————— 🌏 AEA – Web link

The AEA (fawubu xingzheng zhixingshu 法務部行政執行署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Jan. 1, 2000.

AEA director-generals

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Agency Against Corruption, MOJ (AAC)

✉ Agency Against Corruption, MOJ (AAC) 法務部廉政署
2, 3, 5-8 F., No. 318 Songjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10468, Taiwan ROC [10468 台北市中山區松江路 318 號 2 、 3 樓及 5 至 8 樓] ———————————— 🌏 AAC – Web link

The Agency Against Corruption (fawubu lianzhengshu 法務部廉政署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on July 20, 2011.

AAC director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, AAC has the following subdivisions:

▶  Comprehensive Planning Division (zonghe guihuazu 綜合規劃組),
▶  Corruption Prevention Division (fangtanzu 防貪組), and
▶  Malpractices Investigation Division (sutanzu 肅貪組).

Furthermore, there are three Investigation Offices (diaochazu 調查組):

▶  Central Investigation Office (zhongbu diqu diaochazu 中部地區調查組),
▶  Northern Investigation Office (beibu diqu diaochazu 北部地區調查組), and
▶  Southern Investigation Office (nanbu diqu diaochazu 南部地區調查組).

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Agency of Corrections, MOJ (MJAC)

✉ Agency of Corrections, MOJ (MJAC) 法務部矯正署
No. 180 Hong-teh Village, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 33307, Taiwan ROC [33307 桃園市龜山區宏德新村 180 號] ———————————— 🌏 MJAC – Web link

The MJAC (fawubu jiaozhengshu 法務部矯正署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was formally established on Jan. 1, 2011. It was based on the former MOJ Department of Corrections (fawubu jiaozhengsi 法務部矯正司) that has an institutional history dating back to the Prison Department (jianyusi 監獄司) of the Ministry of Justice (sifabu 司法部) which in turn was set up right after the ROC was established in 1912.

MJAC directors

In addition to its administrative units, MJAC has the following subdivisions:

▶  Correctional Medical Service Division (jiaozheng yiliaozu 矯正醫療組),
▶  Logistics & Resource Division (houqin ziyuanzu 後勤資源組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe guihuazu 綜合規劃組),
▶  Rehabilitation & Counseling Division (jiaohua fudaozu 教化輔導組),
▶  Security & Supervision Division (anquan dudaozu 安全督導組); and
▶  Statistics Office (tongjishi 統計室).

The ROC has seven categories of correctional institutions which are under the jurisdiction of the MJAC—prisons (jianyu 監獄), detention centers (kanshousuo 看守所), skill training institutes (jineng xunliansuo 技能訓練所), reform schools (shaonian fuyuyuan 少年輔育院), juvenile detention houses (shaonian guanhusuo 少年觀護所), drug abuser treatment centers (jiezhisuo 戒治所), and schools [for juvenile offenders] (jiaozheng xuexiao 矯正學校). In the following list a red skull symbol (☠) indicates that executions were carried out in that prison since early 2010.

▶  Taipei Prison (Taibei jianyu 臺北監獄)———☠
▶  Taoyuan Prison (Taoyuan jianyu 桃園監獄)
▶  Taoyuan Women's Prison (nüzi jianyu 桃園女子監獄)
▶  Hsinchu Prison (Xinzhu jianyu 新竹監獄)
▶  Taichung Prison (Taizhong jianyu 臺中監獄)———☠
▶  Taichung Women's Prison (Taizhong nüzi jianyu 臺中女子監獄)
▶  Changhua Prison (Zhanghua jianyu彰化監獄)
▶  Yunlin Prison (Yunlin jianyu 雲林監獄)
▶  Yunlin Second Prison (Yunlin dier jianyu 雲林第二監獄)
▶  Chiayi Prison (Jiayi jianyu 嘉義監獄)
▶  Tainan Prison (Tainan jianyu 臺南監獄)———☠
▶  Kaohsiung Prison (Gaoxiong jianyu 高雄監獄)
▶  Kaohsiung Second Prison (Gaoxiong dier jianyu 高雄第二監獄)———☠
▶  Kaohsiung Women's Prison (Gaoxiong nüzi jianyu 高雄女子監獄)
▶  Pingtung Prison (Pingdong jianyu 屏東監獄)
▶  Keelung Prison (Jilong jianyu 基隆監獄)
▶  Yilan Prison (Yilan jianyu 宜蘭監獄)
▶  Hualien Prison (Hualian jianyu 花蓮監獄)———☠
▶  Taitung Prison (Taidong jianyu 臺東監獄)
▶  Penghu Prison (Penghu jianyu 澎湖監獄)
▶  Kinmen Prison (Jinmen jianyu 金門監獄)
▶  Lyudao Prison (Lüdao jianyu綠島監獄)
▶  Bade Minimum-Security Prison (Bade waiyi jianyu 八德外役監獄)
▶  Mingde Minimum-Security Prison (Mingde waiyi jianyu 明德外役監獄)
▶  Zihciang Minimum-Security Prison (Ziqiang waiyi jianyu 自強外役監獄)
▶  Keelung Detention Center (Jilong kanshousuo 基隆看守所)
▶  Taipei Detention Center (Taibei kanshousuo 臺北看守所)
▶  Taipei Women's Detention Center (Taibei nüzi kanshousuo 臺北女子看守所)
▶  Hsinchu Detention Center (Xinzhu kanshousuo 新竹看守所)
▶  Miaoli Detention Center (Miaoli kanshousuo 苗栗看守所)
▶  Taichung Detention Center (Taizhong kanshousuo 臺中看守所)
▶  Changhua Detention Center (Zhanghua kanshousuo 彰化看守所)
▶  Nantou Detention Center (Nantou kanshousuo 南投看守所)
▶  Chiayi Detention Center (Jiayi kanshousuo 嘉義看守所)
▶  Tainan Detention Center (Tainan kanshousuo 臺南看守所)
▶  Kaohsiung Detention House (Gaoxiong kanshousuo 高雄看守所), shares premises and is jointly administered with the Kaohsiung Second Prison
▶  Pingtung Detention Center (Pingdong kanshousuo 屏東看守所)
▶  Hualien Detention Center (Hualian kanshousuo 花蓮看守所)
▶  Taiyuan Skill Training Institute (Taiyuan jineng xunliansuo 泰源技能訓練所)
▶  Dongcheng Skill Training Institute (Dongcheng jineng xunliansuo 東成技能訓練所)
▶  Yanwan Training Institute (Yanwan jineng xunliansuo 岩灣技能訓練所)
▶  Changhua Reform School (Zhanghua shaonian fuyuyuan 彰化少年輔育院)
▶  Taoyuan Reform School (Taoyuan shaonian fuyuyuan 桃園少年輔育院)
▶  Taipei Juvenile Detention House (Taibei shaonian guanhusuo 臺北少年觀護所)
▶  Tainan Juvenile Detention House (Tainan shaonian guanhusuo 臺南少年觀護所)
▶  Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center (Xindian jiezhisuo 新店戒治所)
▶  Taichung Drug Abuser Treatment Center (Taizhong jiezhisuo 臺中戒治所)
▶  Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment Center (Gaoxiong jiezhisuo 高雄戒治所)
▶  Taitung Drug Abuser Treatment Center (Taidong jiezhisuo 臺東戒治所)
▶  Chengjheng High School (Chengzheng zhongxue 誠正中學)
▶  Ming Yang High School (Mingyang zhongxue 明陽中學)

In addition, the Taichung Prison Pei-teh Hospital (Taizhong jianyu peide yiyuan 臺中監獄培德醫院) which is contracted out to a vendor, currently China Medical University Hospital (Zhongguo yiyao daxue fushe yiyuan 中國醫藥大學附設醫院, abbrev. CMUH), is a facility for seriously ill inmates.

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Institute of Forensic Medicine, MOJ

✉ Institute of Forensic Medicine, MOJ 法務部法醫研究所
No. 123 Min'an Street, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 23552, Taiwan ROC [23552 新北市中和區民安街 123 號] ———————————— 🌏 Institute of Forensic Medicine – Web link

The Institute of Forensic Medicine (fawubu fayi yanjiusuo 法務部法醫研究所, 🏁—suozhang 所長) was formally established on July 1, 1998.

Institute of Forensic Medicine director-generals

The institute has the following subdivisions:

▶  Forensic Genetics and Trace Evidences Division (xueqing zhengwuzu 血清證物組),
▶  Forensic Pathology Division (fayi binglizu 法醫病理組),
▶  Forensic Toxicology Division (duwu huaxuezu 毒物化學組); and
▶  Secretary Office (mishushi 秘書室).

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Academy for the Judiciary, MOJ

✉ Academy for the Judiciary, MOJ 法務部司法官學院
No. 81 Xinhai Road Sec. 3, Daan District, Taipei City 10671, Taiwan ROC [10671 台北市大安區辛亥路 3 段 81 號] ———————————— 🌏 Academy for the Judiciary – Web link

The Academy for the Judiciary (fawubu sifaguan xueyuan 法務部司法官學院, 🏁—yuanzhang 院長) was set up in 1955 as Judges and Prosecutors Training Institute (sifaguan xunliansuo 司法官訓練所) under the MOJ, and on July 1, 2013 it was reorganized to its present form and renamed.

Academy for the Judiciary presidents

In addition to its administrative units, the Academy for the Judiciary has the following subdivisions:

▶  Academic Affairs Department (jiaowuzu 教務組),
▶  Student Affairs Department (xuequzu 學務組);
▶  Crime Prevention Research Center (fanzui fangzhi yanjiu zhongxin 犯罪防治研究中心); and
▶  Judges and Prosecutors Training Committee (sifaguan xunlian weiyuanhui 司法官訓練委員會).

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◆ Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

✉ Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) 經濟部
No. 15 Fuzhou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10015, Taiwan ROC [10015 台北市中正區福州街 15 號] ———————————— 🌏 MOEA – Web link
Older logo (before September 2023)

The history of the MOEA (jingjibu 經濟部) can be traced back to Oct. 25, 1928 when it was established as Ministry of Commerce (gongshangbu 工商部). In December 1931 it was merged with the Ministry of Farming and Mining (nongkuangbu 農礦部) to become the Ministry of Basic Industries (shiyebu 實業部). In December 1937, the name was changed to MOEA. In March 1949, several other cabinet-level agencies were abolished and absorbed by the MOEA, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (nonglinbu 農林部), the Ministry of Water Resources (shuilibu 水利部), and the Resources Commission (ziyuan weiyuanhui 資源委員會). In the 2012-2014 ROC government restructuring, the MOEA was slated to be transformed to the new Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (jingji ji nengyuanbu 經濟及能源部) by Jan. 1, 2015, but so far the process has been delayed.

MOEA ministers

MOEA structure

The organizational structure of MOEA includes the following staff units (muliao danwei 幕僚單位), administrative agencies (xingzheng jiguan 行政機關) and national corporations (shiye jigou 事業機構):

Staff units
▶  Department of Economic Legal Affairs (jingji fazhisi 經濟法制司),
▶  Department of General Planning (zonghe guihuasi 綜合規劃司),
▶  Department of Industrial Technology (chanye jishusi 產業技術司, abbrev. DoIT),
▶  Department of Investment Promotion (touzi cujinsi 投資促進司),
▶  Department of Investment Review (touzi shenyisi 投資審議司),
▶  Department of State-owned Enterprise Affairs (guoying shiye guanlisi 國營事業管理司);
▶  Department of Accounting (kuaijichu 會計處),
▶  Department of Civil Service Ethics (zhengfengchu 政風處),
▶  Department of General Affairs (mishuchu 秘書處),
▶  Department of Information Management (zixunchu 資訊處),
▶  Department of Personnel (renshichu 人事處), and
▶  Department of Statistics (tongjichu 統計處).
The DoIT, established in 1993 under the Chinese name jishuchu 技術處 and renamed in September 2023, is one of the more noteworthy departments in the MOEA. Its main mission is to leverage the MOEA's Technology Development Programs (keji yanjiu fazhan zhuan'an jihua 科技研究發展專案計畫, abbrev. keji zhuan'an 科技專案 in Chinese and TDP in English) to integrate the R&D resources and soft power of research institutes, academia and industry.

Administrative agencies
▶  Administration of Commerce, MOEA (shangye fazhanshu 商業發展署),
▶  Energy Administration, MOEA (nengyuanshu 能源署),
▶  Industrial Development Administration, MOEA (chanye fazhanshu 產業發展署),
▶  International Trade Administration, MOEA (guoji maoyishu 國際貿易署),
▶  Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, MOEA (zhongxiao ji xinchuang qiyeshu 中小及新創企業署),
▶  Water Resources Agency, MOEA (shuilishu 水利署);
▶  Bureau of Industrial Parks, MOEA (chanye yuanqu guanliju 產業園區管理局),
▶  Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, MOEA (biaozhun jianyanju 標準檢驗局),
▶  Intellectual Property Office, MOEA (zhihui caichanju 智慧財產局);
▶  Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency, MOEA (dizhi diaocha ji kuangye guanli zhongxin 地質調查及礦業管理中心); and
▶  Training Institute for Economic and Trade Affairs, MOEA (jingmao renyuan peixunsuo 經貿人員培訓所)

National corporations
▶  Taiwan Sugar Corporation (Taiwan tangye gongsi 台灣糖業公司),
▶  Taiwan Power Company (Taiwan dianli gongsi 台灣電力公司),
▶  CPC Corporation, Taiwan (Taiwan zhongyou gongsi 台灣中油公司), and
▶  Taiwan Water Corporation (Taiwan zilaishui gongsi 台灣自來水公司).

In addition, the MOEA maintains overseas offices (zhuwai jigou 駐外機構) for the Asia Pacific, America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Furthermore, in June 2003 the MOEA established the Taiwan Design Center (Taiwan chuangyi sheji zhongxin 台灣創意設計中心, abbrev. TDC) which helps local companies become cultural innovators. On Dec. 5, 2019 the MOEA announced that in 2020 the TDC will be upgraded to Taiwan Design Research Institute (Taiwan sheji yanjiuyuan 台灣設計研究院, abbrev. TDRI), a platform for different disciplines to collaborate and strengthen Taiwan's design capabilities. The new agency will be a collaboration between the MOEA and the MOC.

On Sept. 26, 2023 numerous changes were implemented in the MOEA’s organizational structure. The most noteworthy changes were as follows:

• A new subordinate agency under MOEA was established—the Administration of Commerce (jingjibu shangye fazhanshu 經濟部商業發展署).
• The Bureau of Energy (jingjibu nengyuanju 經濟部能源局, abbrev. BOE) was upgraded and renamed Energy Administration (jingjibu nengyuanshu 經濟部能源署).
• The Industrial Development Bureau (jingjibu gongyeju 經濟部工業局, abbrev. IDB) was upgraded and renamed Industrial Development Administration (jingjibu chanye fazhanshu 經濟部產業發展署).
• The Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (jingjibu zhongxiao qiyechu 經濟部中小企業處, abbrev. SMEA) was extended and renamed Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (jingjibu zhongxiao ji xinchuang qiyeshu 經濟部中小及新創企業署).
• The Export Processing Zone Administration (jingjibu jiagong chukouqu guanlichu 經濟部加工出口區管理處, abbrev. EPZA) was reorganized as Bureau of Industrial Parks (jingjibu chanye yuanqu guanliju 經濟部產業園區管理局).
• The Bureau of Foreign Trade (jingjibu guoji maoyiju 經濟部國際貿易局, abbrev. BOFT) and the International Trade Commission (jingjibu maoyi diaocha weiyuanhui 經濟部貿易調查委員會, abbrev. ITC) were merged to constitute the International Trade Administration (jingjibu guoji maoyishu 經濟部國際貿易署).
• The Bureau of Mines (jingjibu kuangwuju 經濟部礦務局, abbrev. BOM) and the Central Geological Survey (jingjibu zhongyang dizhi diaochasuo 經濟部中央地質調查所, abbrev. CGS) were merged to constitute the Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency (jingjibu dizhi diaocha ji kuangye guanli zhongxin 經濟部地質調查及礦業管理中心).
• The former State-owned Enterprise Commission (jingjibu guoying shiye weiyuanhui 經濟部國營事業委員會, abbrev. SEC) was downgraded to Department of State-owned Enterprise Affairs, MOEA (jingjibu guoying shiye guanlisi 經濟部國營事業管理司).
• The former Investment Commission (jingjibu touzi shenyi weiyuanhui 經濟部投資審議委員會) was downgraded to Department of Investment Review, MOEA (jingjibu touzi shenyisi 經濟部投資審議司).

The following subordinate agencies under MOEA remained unchanged: Water Resources Agency (jingjibu shuilishu 經濟部水利署, abbrev. WRA), Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (jingjibu biaozhun jianyanju 經濟部標準檢驗局, abbrev. BSMI), and Intellectual Property Office (jingjibu zhihui caichanju 經濟部智慧財產局, abbrev. TIPO).

Selected level-3 agencies under MOEA

Details about the following selected agencies under MOEA are shown directly below.

• Energy Administration (EA)
• Administration of Commerce (AOC)
• International Trade Administration (TITA)
• Industrial Development Administration (IDA)
• Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA)
• Bureau of Industrial Parks (BIP)
• Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency (GSMMA)
• Water Resources Agency (WRA)
• Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)
• Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)

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Energy Administration, MOEA (EA)

✉ Energy Administration, MOEA (EA) 經濟部能源署
13 F., No. 2 Fuxing North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 10492, Taiwan ROC [10492 台北市中山區復興北路 2 號 13 樓] ———————————— 🌏 EA – Web link
BOE logo

The EA (jingjibu nengyuanshu 經濟部能源署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on July 1, 2004 as Bureau of Energy (jingjibu nengyuanju 經濟部能源局, abbrev. BOE; 🏁—juzhang 局長) and upgraded on Sept. 26, 2023. Its forerunner had been the Energy Commission under the MOEA (jingjibu nengyuan weiyuanhui 經濟部能源委員會) which was created on Nov. 1, 1979.

EA director-generals

The organizational structure of the EA includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Electricity Development and Management Division (dianli fazhan ji guanlizu 電力發展及管理組),
▶  Energy Conservation Development and Management Division (jieneng fazhan ji guanlizu 節能發展及管理組),
▶  Energy Policy and Climate Change Division (nengyuan zhengce ji qihou bianqianzu 能源政策及氣候變遷組),
▶  Petroleum and Gas Development and Management Division (youqi fazhan ji guanlizu 油氣發展及管理組),
▶  Renewable and Prospective Energy Development Division (zaisheng yu qianzhan nengyuan fazhanzu 再生與前瞻能源發展組),
▶  Renewable Energy Facilities Promotion Division (zaisheng nengyuan shezhi tuiguangzu 再生能源設置推廣組);
▶  Accounting Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  Information Management Office (zixunshi 資訊室),
▶  Legal Affairs Office (fawushi 法務室),
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室), and
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室).

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Administration of Commerce, MOEA (AOC)

✉ Administration of Commerce, MOEA (AOC) 經濟部商業發展署
No. 15 Fuzhou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10015, Taiwan ROC [10015 台北市中正區福州街 15 號] Nantou office 南投辦公區: No. 4 Shengfu Road, Nantou City, Nantou County 54003, Taiwan ROC [54003 南投縣南投市省府路 4 號] ———————————— 🌏 AOC – Web link

The AOC (jingjibu shangye fazhanshu 經濟部商業發展署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Sept. 26, 2023.

AOC director-general

The organizational structure of the AOC includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Business Environment Division (shangye huanjingzu 商業環境組),
▶  Commerce Development Division (fuwu fazhanzu 服務發展組),
▶  Company Registration Division (gongsi dengjizu 公司登記組),
▶  General Planning Division (zhengce guihuazu 政策規劃組);
▶  Accountant Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  General Affairs Office (mishushi 秘書室),
▶  Information Management Office (zixunshi 資訊室), and
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室).

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International Trade Administration, MOEA (TITA)

✉ International Trade Administration, MOEA (TITA) 經濟部國際貿易署
No. 1 Hukou Street, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10066, Taiwan ROC (former BOFT HQ) [10066 台北市中正區湖口街 1 號] Kaohsiung office 高雄辦事處: 2 F., No. 103 Zhongzheng 4th Road, Qianjin District, Kaohsiung City 80147, Taiwan ROC [80147 高雄市前金區中正四路 103 號 2 樓] ———————————— 🌏 TITA – Web link
BOFT logo
ITC logo

The TITA (jingjibu guoji maoyishu 經濟部國際貿易署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Sept. 26, 2023 by merging the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and the International Trade Commission (ITC).

TITA director-general

The organizational structure of the AOC includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Bilateral Trade Division I (shuangbian maoyi yizu 雙邊貿易一組),
▶  Bilateral Trade Division II (shuangbian maoyi erzu 雙邊貿易二組),
▶  Export/Import Administration Division (maoyi guanlizu 貿易管理組),
▶  Multilateral Trade Affairs Division (duobian maoyizu 多邊貿易組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe qihuazu 綜合企劃組),
▶  Trade Development Division (maoyi fazhanzu 貿易發展組);
▶  Kaohsiung Office (Gaoxiong banshichu 高雄辦事處);
▶  Accounting Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  Information Management Office (zixunshi 資訊室),
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室), and
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室).

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About BOFT and ITC

The Bureau of Foreign Trade (jingjibu guoji maoyiju 經濟部國際貿易局, abbrev. BOFT, 🏁—juzhang 局長), established on Jan. 1, 1969, had been administered by the following director-generals:

The International Trade Commission (jingjibu maoyi diaocha weiyuanhui 經濟部貿易調查委員會, abbrev. maodiaohui 貿調會 in Chinese and ITC in English, 🏁—zhuren weiyuan 主任委員) was established on July 1, 1994 in order to help domestic industry to obtain relief and undertake necessary restructuring when hurt as a result of imports. In addition, the ITC had the responsibility of injury investigations for countervailing and antidumping cases. The ITC was usually headed by the sitting MOEA vice minister (jingjibu zhengwu cizhang 經濟部政務次長 or jingjibu changwu cizhang 經濟部常務次長), before May 2012 it was headed by the sitting MOEA minister. The ITC chairpersons were as follows:

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Industrial Development Administration, MOEA (IDA)

✉ Industrial Development Administration, MOEA (IDA) 經濟部產業發展署
No. 41-3 Xinyi Road Sec. 3, Daan District, Taipei City 10651, Taiwan ROC [10651 台北市大安區信義路 3 段 41-3 號] ———————————— 🌏 IDA – Web link
IDB logo (before September 2023)
Older logo (before June 2016)

The IDA (jingjibu chanye fazhanshu 經濟部產業發展署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Feb. 25, 1970 as Industrial Development Bureau (jingjibu gongyeju 經濟部工業局, abbrev. IDB, 🏁—juzhang 局長) and upgraded on Sept. 26, 2023. Its mission and functions include promotion of industrial upgrading, development and management of industrial parks, among others.

IDA director-generals

In addition to its administrative units, IDA has the following subdivisions:

▶  Consumer Goods and Chemical Industry Division (minsheng huagong chanyezu 民生化工產業組),
▶  Electronics and Information Technology Industry Division (dianzi zixun chanyezu 電子資訊產業組),
▶  Industrial Policy Division (chanye zhengcezu 產業政策組),
▶  Knowledge Economy Industry Division (zhishi jingji chanyezu 知識經濟產業組),
▶  Metal Electromechanical Industry Division (jinshu jidian chanyezu 金屬機電產業組),
▶  Sustainable Development Division (yongxu fazhanzu 永續發展組); and
▶  Industries Assistance Center, MOEA (chanye jingzhengli fazhan zhongxin 產業競爭力發展中心).

An Intelligent Electric Vehicle Promotion Office (jingjibu gongyeju zhihui diandongche tuidong bangongshi 經濟部工業局智慧電動車推動辦公室) was established by the IDB on Sept. 8, 2010.

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Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, MOEA (SMESA)

✉ Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, MOEA (SMESA) 經濟部中小及新創企業署
3 F., No. 95 Roosevelt Road Sec. 2, Daan District, Taipei City 10646, Taiwan ROC [10646 台北市大安區羅斯福路 2 段 95 號 3 樓] ———————————— 🌏 SMESA – Web link
SMEA logo

The SMESA (jingjibu zhongxiao ji xinchuang qiyeshu 經濟部中小及新創企業署, 🏁—shuzhang 署長) was established on Jan. 15, 1981 under the name Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (jingjibu zhongxiao qiyechu 經濟部中小企業處, abbrev. SMEA, 🏁—chuzhang 處長) as administrative agency responsible for small and medium-sized enterprises-related affairs in Taiwan. Small and medium enterprises have been recognized as the key driving force of Taiwan's economic development over the past half century. SMEA was upgraded to SMESA on Sept. 26, 2023.

SMESA director-generals

The organizational structure of the SMESA includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Financial Development Division (caiwu fazhanzu 財務發展組),
▶  Management Consulting Division (jingying fudaozu 經營輔導組),
▶  Planning Division (zonghe qihuazu 綜合企劃組),
▶  Startup and Incubation Division (xinchuang yuchengzu 新創育成組);
▶  Accounting and Statistics Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室),
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室);
▶  Central Taiwan Service Office (zongqu fuwuchu 中區服務處), and
▶  Southern Taiwan Service Office (nanqu fuwuchu 南區服務處).

Furthermore, a Social Innovation Lab (shehui chuangxin shiyan zhongxin 社會創新實驗中心) was set up on Oct. 18, 2017 with the support of the SMEA.

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Bureau of Industrial Parks, MOEA (BIP)

✉ Bureau of Industrial Parks, MOEA (BIP) 經濟部產業園區管理局
No. 600 Jiachang Road, Nanzi District, Kaohsiung City 81170, Taiwan ROC [81170 高雄市楠梓區加昌路 600 號] ———————————— 🌏 BIP – Web link
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The BIP (jingjibu chanye yuanqu guanliju 經濟部產業園區管理局, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was established on Dec. 3, 1966 as Export Processing Zone Administration (jingjibu jiagong chukouqu guanlichu 經濟部加工出口區管理處, abbrev. EPZA, 🏁—chuzhang 處長) when Taiwan integrated the functions of a free trade area, duty-free zone and industrial park by creating its first export processing zone (EPZ) in Kaohsiung. EPZA was reorganized as BIP on Sept. 26, 2023.

Following the establishment of the Kaohsiung EPZ (Gaoxiong jiagong chukouqu 高雄加工出口區), more EPZs were subsequently set up—the Taichung EPZ (Taizhong jiagong chukouqu 台中加工出口區) in 1969 and the Nantze EPZ (Nanzi jiagong chukouqu 楠梓加工出口區) in 1970. As demand outstripped the supply of space at the three EPZs, the ROC government began in 1997 to successively develop the Chungkang EPZ (Zhonggang jiagong chukouqu 中港加工出口區) in December 1997, the Linkuang EPZ (Linguang jiagong chukouqu 臨廣加工出口區) in August 1999, and the Pingtung EPZ (Pingdong jiagong chukouqu 屏東加工出口區) in December 2000.

BIP director-generals

The organizational structure of the BIP includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Environment and Labor Affairs Division (huan’an laodongzu 環安勞動組),
▶  Industrial Parks Development Division (yuanqu fazhanzu 園區發展組),
▶  Investment Services Division (touzi fuwuzu 投資服務組),
▶  Land Development and Construction Management Division (kaifa yingjianzu 開發營建組),
▶  Operations Management Division (yingjian guanlizu 營運管理組);
▶  Accounting Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Government Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室), and
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室).

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Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency, MOEA (GSMMA)

✉ Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency, MOEA (GSMMA) 經濟部地質調查及礦業管理中心
No. 53 Zhonghua Road Sec. 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 10042, Taiwan ROC (former BOM HQ) [10042 台北市中正區中華路 1 段 53 號] New Taipei office 新北辦公室: No. 2 Lane 109, Huaxin Street, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 23568, Taiwan ROC (former CGS HQ) [23568 新北市中和區華新街 109 巷 2 號] ———————————— 🌏 BOM – Web link
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The GSMMA (jingjibu dizhi diaocha ji kuangye guanli zhongxin 經濟部地質調查及礦業管理中心, 🏁—zhuren 主任) was established on Sept. 26, 2023 by merging the Bureau of Mines (BOM) with the Central Geological Survey (CGS).

GSMMA director-general

The organizational structure of the GSMMA includes the following subdivisions:

▶  Applied Geology Division (yingyong dizhizu 應用地質組),
▶  Mine Administration Division (kuangwu xingzhengzu 礦務行政組),
▶  Mine Safety Division (kuangchang baoanzu 礦場保安組),
▶  Regional Geology Division (quyu dizhizu 區域地質組),
▶  Resource Geology Division (ziyuan dizhizu 資源地質組),
▶  Sand and Gravel Management Division (tushi guanlizu 土石管理組);
▶  Accounting and Statistics Office (zhujishi 主計室),
▶  Civil Service Ethics Office (zhengfengshi 政風室),
▶  Personnel Office (renshishi 人事室), and
▶  Secretariat (mishushi 秘書室).

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About BOM and CGS

The Bureau of Mines (jingjibu kuangwuju 經濟部礦務局, abbrev. BOM, 🏁—juzhang 局長) was established on Feb. 11, 1970 when the Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG) integrated the Coal Industry Regulatory Committee (meiye tiaojie weiyuanhui 煤業調節委員會) and other relevant agencies into the Taiwan Provincial Bureau of Mines (Taiwansheng kuangwuju 臺灣省礦務局). When the TPG was downsized, the agency was integrated into MOEA as BOM. Between its establishment and its restructuring, BOM was headed by the following director-generals: