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The government actively promotes the development of strategic industries, hoping to accelerate industrial upgrading and sustainable transformation through the introduction of financial resources. The insurance industry has the advantage of long-term stable funds and is an important partner for policy promotion. To this end, the government has taken "encouraging investment and financing of strategic industries in the insurance industry" as its policy goal, and continues to promote investment plans for key industries, six core strategic industries and five trusted industries.

Continue to promote the "Program to Encourage Insurers to Invest in the Six Core Strategic Industries, Public Infrastructure, Long-term Care Enterprises, and Sustainability Bonds".

The FSC has formulated policies and measures to guide the insurance industry to invest in areas with public interest and industrial development potential, including:

In response to the six core strategic industry promotion plans approved by the administrative agency in 2021, the promotion of the six core strategic industries and the 5+2 industrial innovation that has continued since 2017 is in response to the trend of global supply chain restructuring in the post-epidemic era, and Taiwan's industrial competitiveness is strengthened through advanced deployment.

• Information and Digital
  Develop next-generation semiconductor technologies and promote AIoT application environments. Assemble a national 5G team to maintain Taiwan’s leadership in ICT technologies, export AIoT solutions, and enter the global 5G supply chain.
• Nactional Defense and Strategy
  Promote defense autonomy through the aerospace and shipbuilding industries. Develop 10 aviation technologies including engines, and 8 core technologies for ship propulsion systems, while establishing a defense industry supply chain. The space industry will focus on low-earth orbit satellites and ground equipment to market Taiwan’s national space brand.
• Outstanding Cybersecurity Excellence
  Develop protective technologies for 5G and semiconductors, create five AIoT and medical-related solutions, and establish cybersecurity offense-defense and international cooperation institutions to strengthen protection in emerging fields and build advanced real-world testing environments.
• Taiwan Precision Health
  Build large-scale genetic and National Health Insurance databases, develop systems for precision prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and create precision epidemic prevention products. Expand international biomedical business opportunities and promote Taiwan’s epidemic prevention brand globally.
• Strategic Stockpile
  Strengthen five major supply chains: energy independence, food security, essential goods, medical supplies, and disaster relief materials (including sand and gravel). Ensure the supply of critical materials and secure key raw materials such as semiconductor components and equipment, automotive batteries, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and 15 essential industrial materials.
• Green Electricity and Renewable Energy
  Establish renewable energy industrial zones and R&D bases, improve green electricity participation mechanisms, and build a national offshore wind power team. Enter the Asia-Pacific wind power supply chain and export Taiwan’s wind power industry internationally.

5+2 Industrial Innovation, AI, 5G, etc.

• Asia Silicon Valley
  Develop an IoT and innovation-startup ecosystem to support the growth of startups, connect with international capital and technologies, and build an innovation-driven Silicon Valley.
• Intelligent Machinery
  Integrate mechanical, sensing, IoT, and AI technologies to promote smart manufacturing, enhancing production efficiency and competitiveness.
• Biomedicine
  Advance precision medicine, medical device R&D, and healthcare services to enhance the competitiveness and global visibility of Taiwan’s biotech and medical industries.
• Nactional Defense and Strategy
  Establish an autonomous national defense industrial system, strengthen defense technology R&D and the industrial supply chain, and improve defense independence and security capabilities.
• Green Energy
  Promote renewable energy, energy-saving technologies, and power system transformation to develop a low-carbon economy and achieve energy transition and sustainable development.
• Innovative Agriculture
  Combine technology with agriculture to promote smart farming, value-added agricultural products, and rural revitalization, thereby improving agricultural productivity and sustainability.
• Circular Economy
  Promote resource recycling and reuse, waste reduction, and green design to establish a circular industrial model that supports both environmental protection and economic growth.

As of the end of June 2025, the cumulative amount of investment in the six core strategic industries, public infrastructure, long-term care services, and sustainable development bonds plans of the insurance industry reached 2.33 trillion yuan, with remarkable results. The fourth phase of the plan will be implemented from July 2025, with a target of an additional 40 billion yuan to strengthen industrial competitiveness and green capital markets, and in the future, the performance of the insurance industry will be evaluated according to the scoring criteria and outstanding performances will be recognized.

On July 8, 2025, the Executive Yuan approved the "Five Trusted Industries Promotion Plan after the competent authorities provide industry definition and code of the target industry, the FSC will amend the law to open up investment in the insurance industry and develop incentive measures.

The administrative agency approved the five trusted industry promotion plans, which are listed as the key directions of the government's future industrial policy. After confirmation, the Financial Supervisory Commission will amend the law to open up investment in the insurance industry and develop incentive measures to guide insurance funds to invest in these highly strategic industries.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs confirmed the energy-saving service industry through Interpretive Letter No. 11358040490 on December 31, 2024

(ESCO) or facilities are included in the "Regulations Governing Use of Insurer's funds in Special Projects, Public Utilities and Social Welfare Enterprises" as strategic industries with public construction attributes. The main motivations are as follows:

The government has included energy storage, electric vehicle charging piles and logistics centers in strategic industries with public construction attributes, and continues to encourage investment in the insurance industry to promote green finance and sustainable development. In terms of insurance products, energy efficiency and equipment insurance are being planned, and some insurance companies have launched energy-saving performance policies to reduce the risk of ESCO operators.
Ministry of Economic Affairs has issued an interpretive letter to clarify ESCO industries and ESCO projects with public interest are both in the scope of insurers’ investments. This aims to encourage insurers to invest in ESCO and adopted a lower risk factor.