It has worked with the Federation of Small Business to update planning policy to facilitate economic development and further changes to the planning system to promote economic development are currently out to consultation.

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Last week, it produced a report recommending that a regional assembly should take charge of most regional public spending and make decisions about economic planning and development, transport, training, health and the arts.

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"A lot of manufacturing has moved to Southeast Asia and China, but we still want to maintain Taiwan as an innovation center, " says York Liao, chief secretary of Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development.

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