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Why are Taiwan CEOs raising salaries despite record low confidence in 2023?

Taiwan’s business leaders have never been more pessimistic about the nation’s economic prospects in 14 years. In the wake of the pandemic, the world economy is not recovering as expected, while geopolitical considerations have emerged as an important security factor. Still, companies are offering higher salaries to attract talent and brave the imminent economic winter.

The ‘Prosperous 100’ leading Taiwan’s semiconductor industry into a decade of success

A cluster of Taiwanese semiconductor companies covering a wide range of sectors from IC design to conventional manufacturing are enjoying a meteoric rise. Led by TSMC, this dream team of semiconductor leaders will reshape the game as they outperform their American and Japanese peers.

Evergreen Marine profits jump 9-fold as era of mega vessels dawns

Six years ago, Chang Kuo-hua, the first-born son of Taiwanese shipping tycoon Chang Yung-fa, launched a supersize container vessel program. Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, this move secured higher profits for Evergreen Marine Corp. than any time during the company founder’s lifetime.

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Top 2000 CEO Survey

Plans for raises, new hiring, but worries over inflation

CommonWealth Magazine’s latest annual survey of Taiwan’s top executives found optimism over the global economy in 2022 and expectations of revenue growth, but also concerns that rising costs and prices will be a major challenge.

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CommonWealth Magazine’s 2021 local leaders opinion poll:

Political stars backslide in latest survey

The annual approval ratings survey conducted by CommonWealth Magazine is the largest of its kind in Taiwan, with close to 15,000 citizens interviewed to gauge the popularity of local mayors and magistrates. In the COVID-19 era, Pan Men-an, Magistrate of Pingtung County, came in at number one for the third consecutive year. New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih and Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan, rising stars of the KMT and DPP camps respectively, both lost ground. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, who positions himself as an independent, came in dead last once again. What are the lessons from this year’s survey?

Taiwan Top 2000
2021 Top 2000 Survey:

Resilience in the face of adversity

Two hundred companies were particularly resilient in the year of COVID-19; 100 grew throughout the year, while 100 others made V-shaped comebacks. How did they overcome adversity and how key is resilience now that the virus is surging in Taiwan?

2021 CommonWealth State of the Nation Survey: Optimism at all-time high

CommonWealth Magazine’s 2021 State of the Nation Survey has found Taiwanese citizens more optimistic about the future of the country than at any time in the nearly two decades the survey has been conducted.

CommonWealth City Happiness Survey Taipei Retains Top Spot, So Why Are People Leaving?

Taipei City and Lienchiang County were again the big winners in this year’s CommonWealth City Happiness Survey, ranking first among the six major municipalities and counties and cities not among the six largest municipalities, respectively. Tainan and Pingtung staged the largest gains. Among cities with fewer resources, popular trust helped get them through difficult circumstances; meanwhile, an exodus of the capital city’s residents is underway, why?

Taiwan Top 2000
Top 2000 Survey

Taiwan’s Top 50 Performers: IC Design Leads the Pack Thanks to China’s 5G Potential

The most eye-catching category in this year’s Top 50 Performers survey is none other than “IC Design”. Beset on both sides by the trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic, how was this bunch of IC Design companies able to beat the odds and continue to shine throughout the year?

Taiwan Top 2000
Taiwan Top 2000

Taiwan Top 50 Business Groups: 20 Years Later, Who’s In and Who’s Out?

CommonWealth Magazine has released its first survey of Taiwan’s biggest business groups since 2000. The changing face of the Top 50 rankings over the past two decades mirrors Taiwan’s rapidly evolving economic landscape, with some man-made disasters thrown in.

CEO Opinion
Exclusive Top 2000 CEO Survey on the Economic Prospects of 2020

Optimism over Taiwan at 9-Year High

Nearly three of four CEOs of Taiwan’s 2000 biggest companies are pessimistic about the global economy in 2020 after a year of uncertainty, even with the apparent easing of the U.S.-China trade war. So why did nearly 60 percent of them, or a nine-year high, feel bullish about Taiwan’s investment environment in the coming year? 

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Taipei Residents: Are You Truly Happy?

CommonWealth 2019 City Happiness Survey: Taiwan’s Capital Scores Top Across the Board

Taipei put up a stunning performance in this year’s City Happiness Survey by CommonWealth Magazine, winning top scores for all objective indicators. However, when it comes to the more subjective opinion poll score, the capital city did not fare so well. The survey results show that, on top of providing residents with a decent livelihood, cities also need to fulfill more spiritual aspects of human life to make their residents happy and proud.

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CommonWealth University Citizen (USR) Rankings

Exclusive Survey - Which Universities in Taiwan Come out on Top?

The results of the inaugural CommonWealth University Citizen (USR) Rankings are out, with National Cheng Kung University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and Feng Chia University taking the top spots in the three categories of public, technical and private universities.

Greater China Top 1000
2019 CommonWealth Greater China Top 1000 Survey

China No Longer Experiencing Wild Growth

The 2019 CommonWealth Greater China Top 1000 Survey is out, indicating that Chinese enterprises have said goodbye to the “wild growth” era. Does this mean opportunities for Taiwanese enterprises to embrace China’s new era of openness?

Taiwan Top 2000
CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan Top 2000 Survey

Taiwan Top 2000: Senao’s Big Omnichannel Gambit

Selling everything from smartphones to health supplements, Senao International has overhauled its business to keep up with a rapidly changing digital world. CommonWealth looks at the strategy that has this Taiwanese electronics retailer branching out into new products and channels to build customer loyalty.

Taiwan Top 2000
CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan Top 2000 Survey

Apple’s Souring - How’s Manufacturing Transitioning in the Post-Smartphone Era?

Worldwide mobile handset shipments have declined for the fifth straight quarter. And the net after-tax profits of Hon Hai Precision Co., the leading “Apple concept stock,” have declined two years in a row. With the arrival of the post-mobile phone era looming, who will be able to seize the next wave of growth and a new direction for profitability?

CEO Opinion
CommonWealth Magazine Top 2000 CEO Survey on the Economic Prospects of 2019

Southeast Asia Replaces Longtime Favorite China

The top executives of Taiwan’s 2,000 largest enterprises believe economic prospects for 2019 are glum. Due to the potential fallout from a looming trade war between China and the United States, few dare to be optimistic about the global economy and economic development at home. The prelude to the big relocation of Taiwan’s supply chain is already over, and, while massive challenges are ahead, we can prepare for the battle by taking Chinese strategist Sunzi’s advice: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will not be defeated.

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Guest Writer Submission

Is Taiwan Ready for the Circular Economy?

The paradigm shift is likely to disturb and shake up our conventional thinking, but authorities should stop dithering and start educating businesses and consumers on the value of using raw materials in the smartest possible way.

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Eckart Mayer

Top Mercedes-Benz Exec Plants Trees, Eats Stinky Tofu

“What’s cool about Taiwan is that it’s got both the mountains and the sea. A city like Taipei has the beautiful forests of Yangmingshan, and just half an hour down the mountain is the gorgeous coast. It’s stunning,” exclaims German national Eckart Mayer, the top executive at a leading automobile importer to Taiwan.

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12 Years of CommonWealth Magazine CSR Awards

Setting Ambitious Standards for Corporate Social Responsibility

Compared with previous years, Taiwanese enterprises made greater progress on the CSR front this time. In 2017 alone, companies poured NT$8.2 billion into charitable donations. The companies that made it into the top 100 corporate citizens employ a total of 460,000 people, accounting for only four percent of Taiwan’s employed workforce. However, these companies generate annual revenue in excess of NT$14 trillion, or 80 percent of the island’s GDP.

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Landlord Drafts Tenants to Give Back

Taipei 101: World’s Tallest Public Service Platform

From the world’s tallest building to the world’s tallest green building, Taipei 101 wants to be the world’s most welcoming skyscraper. How will it fulfill this ambition?

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Delta Electronics Inc.

'The Time is Always Right to Do the Right Thing'

For the third year in a row, Delta Electronics has defended its top spot in the CommonWealth Magazine Corporate Citizen Awards rankings of large enterprises. The electronics company’s outstanding performance shows that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not a question of good timing; the time is always right to do the right thing, i.e. moving forward with the CSR agenda.

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Editor's Pick for Earth Day 2018

Leave No Footprint Taiwan

Each year, April 22 is a day dedicated to raising awareness on environmental issues.

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Reward Work, Not Wealth

Oxfam: 82% of New Wealth Last Year Went to the Richest 1%

According to a new Oxfam report, 82% of the wealth generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest 50% of the world saw no increase in their wealth. What happened?

State of the Nation
2018 State of the Nation Survey

70 Percent Dissatisfied with President Tsai’s Performance

President Tsai Ing-wen is currently less popular than her premier, a rare phenomenon in Taiwanese politics. Areas in which the public is least happy with the Tsai administration range from government performance and the economy to air pollution and high housing prices.

State of the Nation
2018 State of the Nation Survey

The DPP’s True Rival: Xi Jinping

CommonWealth Magazine’s latest State of the Nation Survey has revealed a slide in the younger generation’s identification with Taiwan. While it may be just a temporary blip, it also suggests that the biggest rival to the DPP’s power in Taiwan is Beijing.

Can Small Investments Create Large Returns for Energy Production?

Incoming Premier William Lai is wasting no time, cracking the whip to jumpstart Taiwan’s ambitious new infrastructure program, focusing on green energy, offshore wind farms, digital infrastructure upgrading, and easing employment regulations. Will the government’s strategy of using small investment to stimulate large growth pay off?

CEO Opinion
Top 2000 CEO Survey

How the Economy is Turning Around

Seventy percent of Taiwanese CEOs are upbeat about the 2018 global economic outlook. Almost 80 percent of CEOs are planning to grant pay raises, and their intention to invest at home and abroad is also getting stronger.

City Happiness
Taitung County Magistrate Justin Huang

Using Tourism to Save the Economy

Since taking office five years ago, he has helped transform Taitung County from a remote southern coastal city with 40 percent low-income families and a serious population drain into a major tourism hotspot. How has County Magistrate Justin Huang presided over such a turnaround?

City Happiness
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan

Forging a New Leadership Model

Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan was a surprise winner of his city’s mayoral election in 2014, and he has continued to surprise in office, showing diligence and savvy in building a positive image among city residents and delivering results.

City Happiness
Hsinchu City Mayor Lin Chih-chien

Lifting Up the ‘Sandwich Generation’

Taiwan’s youngest city mayor heads up a city that will mark its tricentennial next year. On the strength of a series of popular initiatives, Hsinchu City Mayor Lin Chih-chien is helping reshape Taiwan’s own “Windy City” to face the challenges of the new century.

City Happiness
Nantou County Magistrate Lin Ming-chen

A Mobile County Government at Home with Constituents

CommonWealth Magazine journeyed to the remote county of Nantou to get to the bottom of dark horse Lin Ming-chen’s popularity.

City Happiness
2017 Local Leader Approval Survey

Major Reshuffling of Top Stars

CommonWealth Magazine's latest local leader approval survey results are out. As the bipartisan divide between the blue and green political camps wanes, many veteran mayors and magistrates are seeing their stars fall, while rookies are rising to new highs.

CSR
Mercedes-Benz Taiwan

German CEO Takes Lead in Local Reforestation

Mercedes-Benz Taiwan, the country’s leading seller of luxury automobiles, continues to rack up sales records year after year. Despite being a foreign corporation, MBT has given back to society through two locally attuned programs.

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Far Eastern New Century Corporation

Water-free Dyeing Puts Taoyuan on the World Map

The textile industry is notorious for using vast amounts of water throughout its milling processes, putting an enormous strain on the planet’s dwindling water resources. But Far Eastern New Century Corp. has had the foresight to invest in a novel “water-free dyeing” technique, saving resources and cutting costs.

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Yung Shin Pharm Ind.

Little Giant Serves CSR with Volleyball

From a minor volleyball tournament to one of the biggest sporting events in Taiwan, the Yung Shin Cup is a prime example of private corporate sports sponsorship. Boosting the local economy and community development, the tournament is a platform of exchange for the sports and health communities.