Taiwan ranks 3rd in Asia for corporate governance! China ranks 10th and Hong Kong is going backwards

Taiwan’s corporate governance ranking continues to rank third.

The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA)'s triennial corporate governance rankings of Asian countries were officially announced. Taiwan ranked third, tied with Singapore, China also ranked tenth for two consecutive years, and Hong Kong regressed, falling from sixth to seventh.

In order to enhance Taiwan's visibility in the international capital market and corporate governance fields, our country has specially invited the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) to hold the 2026 Annual Conference in Taiwan last week in conjunction with "Taiwan Week" this year. The theme of this year's Taiwan Annual Conference is "Sustaining Asia's Reform Momentum: Trust, Transparency and Technology", and invites experts in relevant fields and representatives from various countries to exchange and share on Asian corporate governance issues.

The Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) released the "CG Watch 2026" report on the corporate governance performance of various Asian countries on the first day of the meeting. Taiwan's corporate governance ranking among 12 Asian markets was tied for third with Singapore, second only to Australia and Japan.

The stock exchange emphasized that good corporate governance is the most important foundation for a sound capital market and the key to attracting long-term investors to continue investing. Competent authorities, judicial authorities, listed companies, institutional investors, corporate governance-related institutions, etc. in the corporate governance ecosystem all play an important role. In the future, the stock exchange will continue to cooperate with members of the ecosystem and continue to improve the sustainable development ecosystem in accordance with the "Sustainable Development Roadmap for Listed Companies" issued by the competent authority and future expected promotion measures to further achieve the core vision of implementing corporate governance, improving corporate sustainable development, creating a sound ESG ecosystem, and strengthening the international competitiveness of the capital market.