Taiwan science parks see 1H09 revenues down 38% on year

Taiwan's three government-run science parks generated aggregate revenues of NT$631.4 billion (US$19.2 billion) during January-June 2009, a decrease of 38.2% on year, according to the National Science Council (NSC). Revenues from IC industries totaled NT$316.3 billion and accounted for 50.1% of the total, followed by optoelectronics industries with NT$254.7 billion for a 40.3% share.

The three science parks are the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) and Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). As of the end of June 2009, there were 689 companies in the three science parks with 194,096 employees in total, NSC indicated.

NSC: Taiwan government-run science park revenues, January-June 2009 (NT$b)

Science park
Amount
Y/Y

Hsinchu Science Park
357.9
(35.3%)

Central Taiwan Science Park
87.3
(47.8%)

Southern Taiwan Science Park
186.2
(38.2%)