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Published Date: 2016-10-21
Premier Lin Chuan has demanded that government agencies prepare a KPI or key performance indicator when pushing for the “New Southbound” policy. Lin was speaking Friday while presiding over a meeting on the policy introduced by his DPP government.
The policy is aimed at forging closer ties with India, Australia, New Zealand, South Asia as well as ASEAN member countries. Unlike the previous “Go South” policy that was unilateral and focused on trade only, the new initiative emphasizes bilateral exchanges and training professional talent.
Cabinet spokesperson Hsu Kuo-yung on Friday relayed the premier’s message.
“The indicators we will look at are the works in progress, such as cooperative agreements and the MOUs that [Taiwan signs with other countries]," said Hsu.
"The premier also instructed that goals and the works in progress must be clearly separated. Meetings on trade exchanges do not count as a completed goal. The premier said they are not a goal and that there must be a difference between that and the KPI or the key performance indicator. Only by doing so can [we] supervise the progress. “
The government plans to publish an investment risk analysis report on each of the 18 countries covered in the “New Southbound” policy.