An amendment requiring government permission for people working with state-funded core technologies to travel to or transit in China took effect yesterday after the Executive Yuan announced the changes a day earlier.
Lawmakers passed the amendments to articles 9 and 91 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) in May last year.
The changes revolve around the creation of a regulatory mechanism to control China-bound travel or transit of people who work with core technologies, and safeguards to prevent Beijing-affiliated entities from conducting illicit investments or business operations in Taiwan.
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The rules about entities affiliated with Beijing took effect in November last year.
The regulations governing personnel working with core technologies require people, legal persons, institutions and other entities that receive more than a specified level of state funding to obtain permission to travel to China.
The restrictions apply to people, groups and other entities three years after they retire, are discharged from duty or otherwise released from their contractual obligations.
Those who contravene the law face a fine of NT$2 million to NT$10 million (US$65,062 to US$325,309).
The definition of “core technology personnel” and standards for authorizing their China-bound transit or travel were specified by the Executive Yuan.
The National Science and Technology Council is to establish a national core technology evaluation committee to set the definition for “core technology” and make determinations about authorizing transit and travel.
Additionally, entities involved in core technologies that receive more than 50 percent of their funding from the government must submit to the National Immigration Agency and the National Science and Technology Council a list of the people who have access to sensitive technologies.
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