TAIWAN - Talent-strapped Taiwan seeks 20,000 ‘special’ professionals, 200,000 overseas students amid talent push

Title:

Talent-strapped Taiwan seeks 20,000 ‘special’ professionals, 200,000 overseas students amid talent push

 

Author:

Ralph Jennings

 

Published:

South China Morning Post, 2 February 2023

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3208748/talent-strapped-taiwan-seeks-20000-special-professionals-200000-overseas-students-amid-talent-push?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3208748

From the news article:

* Taiwan said in September that it was looking to attract 400,000 foreign workers by 2030 amid competition from the likes of Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore 

 

* Taiwan’s domestic workforce is set to shrink after its population declined by last year due to a historically low number of births and the most deaths ever