Taiwan Official Title: General Information:

Capital Taipei Population (million) 23.617n/a Total Area 36,006 km² Currency 1 CAN$=21.954 Taiwan $ (TWD) (2020 - Annual average) National Holiday N/A Language(s) Mandarin, Taiwanese (or Minnan dialect), Hakka, Aboriginal languages

Political Information: Type of State Presidential Republic Type of Government Presidential Republic. NB: Under Canada’s One China policy, Canada does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state and therefore does not maintain official relations with Taiwan. Bilateral Product trade Unicameral Legislature: Legislative Yuan. Canada - Taiwan 10000

8000 Balance 6000

4000 Can. Head of State Head of Government Exports 2000 President Premier Can. 0 Imports TSAI Ing-wen SU Tseng-chang Millions -2000 Total Trade -4000 Ministers: Foreign Affairs: WU Jaushieh (Joseph WU) -6000 Economic Affairs: WANG Mei-hua 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Statistics Canada

Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China or KMT), New from: Taiwan Power Party (NPP), People First Party (PFP) M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod. Base M etal Prod.

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Specialized Inst. Elections: Last:n/a January 2020 (Presidential/Legislative) 2020 Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2020) IMF (estimates) Taiwan Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $879.62n/a $2,162.38 to: Taiwan GDP per capita: $37,244.63n/a $56,945.03 M ineral Prod. GDP Growth rate: (%) 3.11n/a -5.40 Inflation: (%) -0.17n/a 0.72 Vehicles and Equip. Unemployment: (%) 3.90n/a 9.60 Base M etal Prod.

Product Trade and Investment: (2020) Statistics Canada Animal & Prod. Canadian Exports: $1,781,106,329n/a Chemical Prod. Canadian Imports: $5,632,208,659n/a M ach. M ech. Elec. 2020 Prod. Foreign Direct Investment in Canada $256n/a (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment in country $557n/a (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF Representative CHEN Wen-yi (Winston CHEN) http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Executive Director Jordan Reeves

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