Capital: Taipei
Population (million): 23.316
Total Area: 36,006km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 29.49 Taiwan $ (TWD)(2012)
National Holiday: N/A
Language(s): Mandarin, Taiwanese (or Minnan dialect), Hakka, Aboriginal languages

Type of State:
Presidential Republic

Type of Government:
Unicameral Legislature: Legislative Yuan NB: Under Canada’s One China policy, Canada does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state and does not maintain official, government-to-government relations with Taipei.

Head of State:
President MA Ying-jeou

Head of Government:
Premier CHEN Sean

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Yuan-le (David) LIN
Economic Affairs: SHIH Yen-shiang

Main Political Parties:
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), People First Party (PFP), Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU)

Elections:
Presidential/Legislative, last: January 2012; next 2016

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Economic Information

Type	Taiwan	Canada
GDP: ($ billion)	473.77	1818.32
GDP per capita: ($)	20319.78	52209.92
GDP growth rate: (%)	1.26	1.84
Inflation: (%)	1.93	1.52
Unemployment: (%)	4.24	7.29

Canadian exports to country: $1,463,930,711
Canadian imports from country: $4,583,190,879
FDI in Canada: $86 million
CDI in Taiwan: $ million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Representative Chih-Kung LIU

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Executive Director Kathleen MACKAY