Benchmark Drilldown · Updated 2026-05-04
AI Basic Act legislation (Dec 2025)
AI Basic Act legislation (Dec 2025) is one of the key initiatives in Taiwan's AI strategy.
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- Key initiative
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- Taiwan
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The AI Basic Act legislation is Taiwan's biggest 2025 AI governance event — passed at third reading on 23 December and promulgated by the President on 14 January 2026. The drafting process went through an early-2024 draft, multiple debate rounds in 2025, and cross-party compromise (DPP pushed promotion, KMT pushed regulation; the final text is a "principles framework + 24-month rule-making window"). Assessment: simply passing the law puts Taiwan ahead of Singapore — Singapore still has no formal AI statute. But execution is another story: the 24-month window means the period to end of 2027 is transitional, during which firms effectively operate on "voluntary compliance". Taiwan's governance "hardness" only fully materialises by 2027.
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Region overview
Taiwan Core Strategy
Taiwan's core AI strategy is AI Island Plan / AI Basic Act, with the public year marked as 2025.
Region overview
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
Data note
Curated benchmark drilldown profile, last updated 2026-05-04.