According to statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in the first eight months of 2026, the amount of approved investment by overseas Chinese in Taiwan reached US$16.181 billion, an annual increase of 90.93%, mainly driven by large-scale investment cases such as Micron, Wo Xu and Yushan Energy; on the other hand, Taiwan The overseas investment of Taiwanese companies is even more obvious. In the first eight months, the amount of overseas investment reached US$62.390 billion, an annual increase of 98.37%. Among them, TSMC’s two overseas capital increases reached US$50 billion, pushing up the overall amount of overseas investment.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs stated that in the first eight months of this year, a total of 1,578 overseas investment cases in Taiwan were approved, and the investment amount increased by more than 90% compared with the same period last year. Among them, the largest one is Singapore-based Micron Semiconductor Asia's investment in Taiwan's Micron Memory with a monetary claim of approximately US$7.44996 million; followed by a Danish company Vosch's investment in Changhua Offshore Wind Power in Northwest China with approximately US$1.24859 billion, and a Dutch company's investment in Yushan Energy of approximately US$1.05411 billion. Looking at August alone, 188 overseas overseas investments were approved, with an investment amount of US$2.25419 billion; in addition, 123 new foreign companies were approved in Taiwan in August, with an investment amount of approximately US$23.58 million.
While foreign capital continues to increase its investment in Taiwan, the flow of Chinese capital to Taiwan has cooled down significantly. In the first eight months of this year, only 15 mainland-funded investments in Taiwan were approved, with an investment amount of US$83.37 million, a 91.79% decrease from the same period last year; in August alone, 3 projects with an investment amount of US$4.27 million were approved.
On the other hand, overseas investment by Taiwanese companies has also increased rapidly. In the first eight months of this year, 458 foreign investments were approved, with an investment amount of US$62.38988 billion, an annual increase of 98.37%, almost doubling. The biggest key is TSMC's overseas layout. The Ministry of Economic Affairs pointed out that in the first eight months of this year, TSMC invested US$30 billion in TSMC GLOBAL LTD. in the British Virgin Islands and US$20 billion in TSMC ARIZONA CORPORATION in the United States, for a total of US$50 billion. This has become the main reason for the surge in Taiwan's overseas investment. In addition, Nanya Technology also increased its investment in overseas companies with US$1 billion, and Lite-On Technology increased investment in its US subsidiary with US$919 million, reflecting that Taiwanese companies continue to invest in overseas markets, expand production capacity, and layout global supply chains.
Investment by Taiwanese companies in China has declined. In the first eight months of this year, 161 investments in China were approved, with an amount of approximately US$660.36 million, a decrease of 21.68% compared with the same period last year; in August alone, there were 19 projects with an investment amount of US$87.46 million.
