Regulations Governing Financial Assistance to Encourage Business Entrepreneurs to Invest in Countries Having Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) Article 5

Depending on actual needs and business considerations, the government may select and deploy relevant experts on fact-finding missions to countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. MOFA shall cover the transportation costs and living expenses of these missions.Business entrepreneurs may apply to MOFA for airfare reimbursements when participating in investment or procurement fact-finding missions organized by the government or commissioned by MOFA, and when invited by the government to engage in investment fact-finding missions in countries having diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Application qualifications are as follows:1. Applicants are public or private corporate bodies and have paid-up capital of at least NT$3,000,000.2. Applicants are citizens of the Republic of China (Taiwan) who own a foreign company which has paid-up capital of at least NT$3,000,000, calculated according to the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the day of application.The aforementioned airfare reimbursement is limited to one person per business and calculated according to the actual amount paid, up to a maximum of NT$100,000.Business entrepreneurs applying for airfare reimbursements shall submit the documents listed below no later than one month after the end of the fact-finding mission. Reimbursements shall be allocated after review and approval of applications by MOFA. Applicants failing to submit applications before the deadline shall be deemed as forgoing reimbursement.1. Mission report: itinerary, meetings schedule, photos, comments and suggestions.2. A copy of the personal information page, as well as the page(s) showing the entry/exit stamps from the destination country, from the participant’s Taiwan passport.3. A letter of authorization from the business’s responsible person if the participant was not the responsible person.4. A copy of the business registration certificate or factory registration certificate issued by Taiwan or the target country.5. The boarding pass stub and a proof of purchase of the ticket, or a receipt for the plane ticket from a travel agent.When the experts and business entrepreneurs described in Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article respectively travel to countries having diplomatic relations with Taiwan on fact-finding missions by modes of transportation other than airplanes, reimbursements for travel expenses shall be made in accordance with Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article. Those who receive the maximum reimbursement of NT$100,000 from MOFA shall comply with the relevant airfare procurement regulations of MOFA.
中文原文 鼓勵業者赴有邦交國家投資補助辦法第5條
政府因實際需要或業務考量,得遴派與投資相關之專家前往邦交國實地考察,得由外交部負擔其機票及生活費。
業者參加政府籌組或外交部委託或核准組成之投資或採購考察團赴邦交國考察,以及經由政府邀請赴邦交國考察投資案者,得向外交部申請機票款補助,申請之資格條件如下:
一、申請業者為公、民營法人機構:實收資本額須達新臺幣三百萬元以上。
二、申請業者為經營境外公司之具有中華民國國籍之國民:實收資本額須達新臺幣三百萬元以上,並以申請當日之中華民國中央銀行匯率換算之。
前項機票款補助,每一業者以一名為限,依實際支出金額計算,最高補助金額為新臺幣十萬元。
受外交部全額補助機票款且一次補助金額達新臺幣十萬元者,應依外交部機票採購相關規定辦理。
申請機票款補助之業者,須於考察結束後一個月內檢附下列文件,經外交部審核後核發機票款補助,逾期未提出申請者,視同放棄補助:
一、考察報告:包括行程表、經過、照片、心得及建議。
二、我國護照個人資料頁及入出境邦交國戳記頁影本。
三、非事業負責人須出具負責人之授權書。
四、我國或當地國營利事業登記證或工廠登記證影本。
五、機票票根正本及購票證明或旅行業代收轉付收據證明。
第一項之專家及第二項之業者搭乘飛機以外之交通工具前往邦交國考察者,其交通費用之補助,準用第一項及第三項規定。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.