To bolster Taiwan's capital market, the Taiwan Stock Exchang(TWSE) has partnered with the Taipei Exchange(TPEx) to form the ""Capital Market Service Group"" By leveraging the semiconductor and AI industries, this initiative aims to strengthen clusters of emerging industries and create a premier platform for innovative enterprises. It focuses on two key strategies: ""Assisting TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies with International Development"" and ""Launching Diversidied Products."" The objective is to cultivate a more friendly, open, and competitive capital market, thereby attracting investments and enhancing its overall value.
- Assist Listed Companies with International Development
- Create a Premier Platform for Listings
- Launch diversified products
Assist Listed Companies with International Development
- Number of Companies
- Market Capitalization
- Trading Volume
Promote Listings for Quality Domestic and International Companies
- Leveraging our competitive edge in industries like semiconductors, AI, and ICT while also concentrating on the growth of emerging sectors such as biotechnology, healthcare, and digital cloud services to lead industrial diversification.
- Hosting various summits, forums, and specialized seminars to facilitate connections across industry chains, allowing for a "big-to-small" mentoring approach where established companies can help foster the growth of new ventures.
- Partnering with public sector organizations, industry associations, and the broader startup community to drive the development of emerging industry clusters.
Enhance Corporate Value
- Revising the 'Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies' and adding a 'Reference Guide for Corporate Value Enhancement Plans' to guide listed companies in strengthening their ability to create long-term value.
- In October 2024, a new "Enhancement of Corporate Value Plan" section will be added to the "Investor Section" on the Market Observation Post System((MOPS), along with strengthened promotion efforts.
- Increasing incentives and various channels for listed companies to disclose their corporate value enhancement plans.
Align with international ESG development trends.
- Promoting sustainability action plans, conducting outreach, and providing disclosure guidelines and references.
- Enhancing the functions of the ESG InfoHub and ESG digital reporting platform.
- Assisting companies in their Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas inventory and disclosure, while encouraging disclosure of Scope 3.
- Strengthening the management of assurance providers to enhance the quality and transparency of sustainability information reporting.
Enhance Listed Company Visibility
- Encouraging Listed companies to increase their frequency of investor conferences.
- Organize and coordinate capital investment events/roadshows with securities firms and other intermediaries to arrange meetings with institutional investors to highlight the advantages of the Taiwan capital market and engage their further participation.
- Engage with institutional investors to augment their awareness of issuer's strategies and expand issuer visibil-ity to further advance investment possibilities.
- The IR ESG engagement platform enhances the connection between small and medium-sized listed companies and institutional investors.
Build Convenient Digital Platforms for Enhanced Information Services
- Launched the optimized Market Observation Post System (MOPS) website in February 2025 to help investors quickly access and effectively use accurate investment and financial information
- Refining the integrated and transparent Investment InfoHub, providing information relevant to investment decisions.
- Enhanced the functions of the ESG InfoHub with sustainability report examples and a brand-new dashboard that went live in July 2025.
Create a Premier Platform for Listings
- Taiwan has the world's most comprehensive and competitive supply chains in the semiconductor, AI, and ICT industries, laying a solid foundation for innovation and development.
- The TWSE has launched the Taiwan Innovation Board (TIB), encouraging enterprises with key technologies, innovative capabilities, or innovative business models to raise capital in the market.
- The TWSE will accelerate the establishment of a competitive regulatory framework for the TIB, leading Taiwan's capital market onto the global stage and discovering the next unicorn.
- Target Enterprises
- Enterprises with the drive and ability to adaptEnterprises with the drive and ability to adapt
- High-tech sectors with significant growth potentialAligned with government industrial development strategies, combining innovation in software, hardware, and resilience. This includes fields such as AI, AIoT, cybersecurity, smart healthcare, robotics, drones, satellite communications, green energy, and smart manufacturing
- Enterprises focused on international market expansionPossessing a clear strategy for global expansion, actively targeting overseas markets, and operating without geographical limitations.
- Iconic, high-quality international startups with a compelling storyTargeting high-growth markets like Southeast Asia, which benefits from a demographic dividend, and Silicon Valley in the U.S., a hub for global leading technology.
- Driving Strategic Initiatives
- Targeting ‘Emerging Gem’ under Corporate Groups with a ‘Big-to-Small’ ApproachRegularly monitoring the development of subsidiaries and investee companies within corporate groups, and providing early assistance with IPO market selection and planning.
- Focusing on High-Potential, Early-Stage Investment CompaniesCollaborating with key innovation ecosystem players such as Startup Island TAIWAN, AppWorks, SparkLabs, and the Venture Capital Association to facilitate bridging with the capital market.
- Supporting Domestic Potential to Attract Quality Overseas InnovationLeveraging successful listing cases in Taiwan to further promote high-quality overseas innovation companies with a connection to our market.
- Partnering with Large-Cap Issuing Companies and International VCs to Promote Overseas ListingsUncovering high-growth overseas targets from their investment portfolios and proactively planning promotion strategies for their listing in Taiwan.
- Differentiated Services
- Provide Resources for International Business Expansion Assisting with business and capital matching via the Southeast Asia Innovation Capital Platform.
Hosting supply chain and cross-industry exchange events.
Utilizing diverse fundraising tools after listing. - Enhance Visibility and RecognitionParticipating in the TWSE's overseas investor roadshows and thematic investor conferences/corporate presentations.
- Connect with Quality Investors / Boost Liquidity Enhance investor relations through the IR engagement platform
Use a sustainable report digital platform
Collaborating with professional institutions to provide net-zero carbon reduction consulting, greenhouse gas inventory, and ESG enhancement. - Provide Listing Guidance Consultation Establishing a dedicated contact window to promote and guide communication on listing issues.
Offering exclusive on-site consultation services.
- Provide Resources for International Business Expansion Assisting with business and capital matching via the Southeast Asia Innovation Capital Platform.
- Enterprises with the drive and ability to adaptEnterprises with the drive and ability to adapt
- High-tech sectors with significant growth potentialAligned with government industrial development strategies, combining innovation in software, hardware, and resilience. This includes fields such as AI, AIoT, cybersecurity, smart healthcare, robotics, drones, satellite communications, green energy, and smart manufacturing
- Enterprises focused on international market expansionPossessing a clear strategy for global expansion, actively targeting overseas markets, and operating without geographical limitations.
- Iconic, high-quality international startups with a compelling storyTargeting high-growth markets like Southeast Asia, which benefits from a demographic dividend, and Silicon Valley in the U.S., a hub for global leading technology.
Launch diversified products
- Listed ETFs
- TPEx-listed ETFs
Continuously Launching Diverse Thematic ETFs
- Refining the development of NTD and foreign currency ETF products.
- Gathering trends in mainstream and innovative foreign products.
- Studying mechanisms for cross-border ETF listings and understanding issuers' willingness to launch cross-market ETFs.
- Promoting the linkage of Taiwan stock indices or ETFs to overseas-issued products or investment applications.
Launching Activly Managed and Passive Multi-Asset ETFs
- Promoting activly managed and passive multi-asset ETFs and completing related legal revisions and system adjustments.
- Encouraging foreign investment trust companies to establish local branches or expand their business.
- Providing consulting services on index design, product planning, and market systems.
- Actively conducting investor education and outreach.