Brief Introduction

I. Data in this chapter reflect the major social and economic development of the Taiwan, including land; population; employment; national accounts; industry; energy; construction; transportation and communications; external trade; public finance and banking; prices; education; health; housing; and social security.

II. Data in this chapter are mainly abstracted from the Department of Statistics, Executive Yuan and other relevant Ministry of Taiwan, which are tabulated and edited by the International Statistical Information Centre of the National Bureau of Statistics.

III. Trade data is calculated by the General Trade System from Jan. 2016, the data from 2001 to 2015 are revised again according to the standard.