Talent-strapped Taiwan seeks 20,000 ‘special’ professionals, 200,000 overseas students amid talent push

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Labour-strapped Taiwan is looking for 20,000 top-level “special” professionals and 200,000 overseas university students as part of a wider recruitment target aimed at filling jobs amid its population decline.

Taipei said in September that it was looking to attract 400,000 foreign workers by 2030, but it is competing with the likes of Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore and South Korea, who are also all facing shrinking local workforces due to low birth rates.