Premier Lin Chuan: Promote the New Southbound Policy to boost bilateral educational cooperation

After hearing the Ministry of Education's report on the "New Southbound Policy − Talent Cultivation Program Implementation" at the Executive Yuan meeting yesterday (the 9th), Premier Lin Chuan said that the education policies related to the "New Southbound Policy" have already produced preliminary results, and he asked the Ministry of Education to firmly grasp the needs and goals of New Southbound countries in talent cultivation and industrial development and to implement them; he also asked it to find ways to promote bilateral cooperation and complementary talent resources with these countries, so as to produce substantive influence and effects for our country's overall economic development and the strengthening of relations with New Southbound countries.

The Ministry of Education said that the program has three major goals, including "providing a high-quality education industry," "two-way cultivation of professional talent," "expanding bilateral talent exchanges," and "expanding bilateral educational cooperation platforms." It is estimated that from 106 to 109, the number of students from New Southbound countries studying or training in Taiwan will grow by 20% each year; in the 108 academic year, the number of students from New Southbound countries studying or training in Taiwan will reach 58,000.