Benchmark Drilldown · Updated 2026-05-04
Taiwan Core Strategy
Taiwan's core AI strategy is AI Island Plan / AI Basic Act, with the public year marked as 2025.
- Strategy
- AI Island Plan / AI Basic Act
- Year
- 2025
- Region
- Taiwan
Detail
Taiwan's AI strategy is a dual-track of "hardware lead + software catch-up": (1) the AI Taiwan Action Plan 1.0 launched in 2018; (2) Plan 2.0 upgraded in 2023 under NSTC coordination, with FY23-25 budgets of NT$13.1bn + NT$12.1bn + NT$15.7bn (~NT$42bn cumulative); (3) the Executive Yuan unveiled the Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects in July 2025, targeting NT$15 trillion in cumulative output by 2040 and 500 000 trained AI practitioners; (4) the Legislative Yuan passed the AI Basic Act on 23 December 2025. Assessment: Taiwan's core AI strategy is no longer a single document — it is a three-layer stack of "action plan (execution) + Basic Act (governance) + Ten Major projects (industry)". The architecture is more layered than Singapore's NAIS 2.0, but it depends on continuous NSTC coordination to avoid fragmentation.
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Taiwan Investment Scale
Taiwan's AI investment signal is: ~NT$100B (~US$3.1B).
Region overview
Taiwan Governance Model
Taiwan's AI governance model can be summarised as: Principles-based framework law (passed Dec 2025).
Region overview
Taiwan Core Strength
Taiwan's comparative strength versus Singapore is: Semiconductor hegemon (TSMC).
Core strategy
AI Taiwan Action Plan 1.0
First national AI action plan, focused on talent and R&D
Core strategy
AI Taiwan Action Plan 2.0
Upgraded plan emphasising industrial applications and international cooperation
Core strategy
Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects
Includes compute centres, data platforms, talent development and more
Data note
Curated benchmark drilldown profile, last updated 2026-05-04.