New Southbound Policy

The New Southbound Policy (Chinese: 新南向政策) is the initiative of the Government of Taiwan under President Tsai Ing-wen to enhance cooperation and exchanges between Taiwan and 18 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australasia.

The policy was created to make Taiwan less dependent on Mainland China and to improve Taiwan's cooperation with other countries. The policy was officially launched on 5 September 2016.

James C. F. Huang was appointed the first Director of the New Southbound Policy Office.

The operational budget for the policy implementation is taken from the Presidential Office budget.

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