Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) responsible for formulating policy and laws for industry and trade, foreign direct investment, energy, minerals, measurement standards, intellectual property, state-owned enterprises. The ministry is a cabinet level government agency of the Executive Yuan.
Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)
Former Ministry of Economic Affairs building in Nanjing.
Department of Commerce
Industrial Development Bureau
The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the amended constitution, the head of the Executive Yuan is the Premier who is positioned as the head of government and has the power to appoint members to serve in the cabinet, while the ROC President is the head of state under the semi-presidential system, who can appoint the Premier and nominate the members of the cabinet. The Premier may be removed by a vote of no-confidence by a majority of the Legislative Yuan, after which the President may either remove the Premier or dissolve the Legislative Yuan and initiate a new election for legislators.
Executive Yuan
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Image: Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu (cropped)
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