A thorough investigation of UMC Taiwan precursor to mainland investment policy tightening?

Recently, the world's second largest chip foundry in Taiwan UMC, suspected illegal investment on the mainland chip manufacturers and ship technology, lightning Taiwan prosecutors' investigation". Xuan Mingzhi, vice chairman of the board and chairman of the board of directors of the ship and technology has also been concerned about the search area of the home of Xu Jianhua. This shocked the global IT industry events, caused by the same way to invest in the mainland of the Taiwan businessmen are closely watching, this is a case in the end, or the relevant policies to tighten the precursor of Taiwan? Joint investigation will affect the Taiwan semiconductor industry to the mainland?

In recent years, the rapid rise of China's electronic industry, Taiwan and the mainland of China's economic interdependence is getting higher and higher, Taiwan chip manufacturers have to invest in the mainland has been an open secret.

However, the Taiwan authorities made various provisions of Taiwan investment in the mainland, including the island's large enterprises on the mainland investment shall not exceed 40% of its net assets, the assets shall not exceed 30% in 5 billion to 10 billion yuan NT enterprises, assets of more than 10 billion yuan NT shall not exceed 20%. In addition, the Taiwan authorities have also invested in the mainland of high-tech enterprises to develop a variety of strict restrictions.

Taiwanese investment in mainland China, must be "MOEA" and "Mac" approval and approval of the department regulations are a lot of orders or administrative discretion, which will control the standard full of randomness and political. Taiwanese investment in order to avoid the troubled, often used "stalkers" to avoid the Taiwan authorities control. The most common are two ways: one is to set up a company in third, and was removed to the mainland investment; another is to avoid corporate investment, change in the name of investment in mainland china. This detour investment methods have many drawbacks.

"Taiwan industry is really very helpless," Taiwan namchow chemical company chairman Chen Feilong recently in a forum said, "for the investment in the mainland, Taiwan whether high-tech or traditional industries and are not easy to handle. The government's policies have made it hard for business people to do so."

In response to this thing, online survey sina.com.cn electric antithetical couplet case, more than 90% of the respondents think that this is the Taiwan authorities on the mainland investment policy tightening precursor, only 5% of people think that is a single case by accident.

More analysts believe that the UMC is unexpected trouble with the Taiwan authorities on the mainland investment policy is closely related to the.

Recently, the island of Taiwan asked the Taiwan authorities to review all the cross-strait economic and trade policy has snowballed. They believe that the Taiwan government's investment policy is inappropriate, inconsistent with public opinion, a serious impediment to cross-strait economic and trade exchanges. Taiwan authorities can not jump out of the old thinking, there will be no fundamental change in the island's economy, it is difficult to stop the pace of Taiwan businessmen to the mainland.

The industry believes that if there are not so many restrictions on the Taiwan authorities on the mainland investment, many companies investing in the mainland without laborious detour, shortcomings will also be greatly reduced. At present, the island's high-tech enterprises, especially the wafer foundry industry strongly want to invest in the mainland, but suffer from restrictions by the government policy. They called on the Taiwan authorities to get rid of ideological disputes, effectively for the economic needs of Taiwan, the development of macroeconomic policy.