The DPP caucus yesterday reiterated its determination to enact national technology protection rules aimed at preventing premature transfer of high-tech know-how across the Strait.
DPP legislative whip Chen Chi-mai (
"That is simply not true," Chen told reporters. "Due to a boycott by opposition lawmakers, the technology bill failed to reach the floor, a fact to which the legislative records can attest."
Chen's remarks came a day after Lee told a TSU forum that the administration has been lukewarm in lobbying for the legislation mainly to check him and the fledgling party.
Lee and the TSU have registered strong objections to a plan to allow local chipmakers to invest in China, saying the practice would bolster China's high-tech industries while aggravating unemployment at home.
To placate the DPP's ally, Premier Yu Shyi-kun has pledged to give top priority to enacting national technology-protection rules in the coming legislative session.
The proposal would require chipmakers to meet specified thresholds before they are allowed to invest in China.
Chen said all DPP lawmakers are receptive to the policy, which also has the backing of President Chen Shui-bian (
He said the legislature's science and technology committee refused to take up the issue in the last session because PFP lawmakers argued it would scare Taiwanese businessmen in China.
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