There were 125 cases of Chinese professionals and businesspeople engaging in illegal acts so far this year, Mainland Council Affairs (MAC) vice chairman Johnnason Liu (劉德勳) told a press conference yesterday -- a surge compared to figures from the last two years.
This was the first year that Chinese businesspeople have been implicated in illegal activities, Liu said.
The statistics released by the government yesterday included cases through the end of last month. The numbers compare to 179 such cases for all of last year, and 155 cases the year before. Liu said those figures indicate the problem is especially serious this year, and urged people to abide by government regulations.
According to the MAC, this year's cases include engaging in activities that were not on the schedule approved by the MAC, and Chinese officials misrepresenting their identities in applying to visit the country.
In just one example, on July 13 five Chinese professionals were invited to visit a biotechnology corporation located in Hsinchu Science Park (
The government also found that there are many Chinese officials who are entering Taiwan by pretending that they are from the private sector, Liu said.
"The government will keep monitoring this problem," Liu said.
Liu said that the regulations governing exchange activities between Chinese and Taiwanese businesspeople was enacted this February. "The objective of enacting these regulations was to make commercial exchange activities more convenient. Therefore, we hope the regulations will be strictly observed," Liu said.
The Chinese who were found to be engaged in illegal activities were immediately repatriated, Liu said.
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