The Taiwan Financial Services Commission published statistics on outward investments and related profits of TWSE- and TPEx-listed companies for 2025, split between China and overseas markets excluding China. The figures show a small decline in accumulated investment outflows to China versus end-2024 alongside higher China-investment profits and continued profit repatriation, while accumulated outward investment outside China increased sharply. As of 2025, 1,224 of 1,831 listed companies had investments in China (66.85%), up 13 from end-2024. Accumulated outflows into China totalled NTD 2,790 billion (NTD 2,541 billion for TWSE-listed and NTD 249 billion for TPEx-listed companies), down NTD 54 billion from end-2024; 2025 profits from China investments totalled NTD 549 billion (second highest on record), up NTD 59 billion year on year, while profit inflows in 2025 were NTD 173 billion and accumulated repatriated profits reached NTD 1,213 billion, equal to 43.49% of accumulated China investment outflows. For overseas investments excluding China, 1,370 companies (74.82%) reported investments, up 42 from end-2024; accumulated outflows rose to NTD 10,983 billion (NTD 10,124 billion for TWSE-listed and NTD 859 billion for TPEx-listed companies), up NTD 1,188 billion, and 2025 profits totalled NTD 977 billion (fourth highest on record), down NTD 47 billion year on year. The commission linked the data to a longer-running shift since the 2018 U.S.–China trade war, with lower China investment, steadily repatriated China-investment profits, and increasing outward investment outside China as firms slow China investment to reduce dependence and diversify risk. It said it will continue to monitor developments.
Taiwan Financial Services Commission 2026-04-16
Taiwan Financial Services Commission reports listed companies’ 2025 outward investment outflows of NTD 2,790 billion to China and NTD 10,983 billion elsewhere
The Taiwan Financial Services Commission published 2025 statistics on outward investments by TWSE- and TPEx-listed companies, showing a modest decline in accumulated outflows to China alongside higher China-investment profits and continued profit repatriation, and a sharp increase in accumulated outward investment to markets outside China. The commission linked the figures to a post-2018 shift away from China, with firms reducing China exposure, repatriating profits and diversifying overseas, and said it will continue monitoring these trends.