Economic Construction
Industrial Structure
The City is the largest industrial and commercial harbor city in Taiwan, owning rich human resources, large-size factories like China Steel Corporation, Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation, and China Petrochemical Corporation. there were factories legally registered, running the businesses of iron and steel, chemicals, machinery, metals, food, transportation, electronics, telecommunications, and other different kinds of businesses. In future, we shall pay respect for public opinion, take industrial needs into account, evaluate suitable positioning, plan the development of industrial parks, practically enforce “Act of Guidance and Assistance for Factories and Their Management,” and strengthen factory management, actively offer guidance and assistance to firms, in order to facilitate industrial upgrading of the City.
Industrial services and the guidance and assistance situation
1. Industrial and commercial registration
Unit: Case
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| Year |
Factory Registration |
Commercial Registration |
Company Registration |
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| 2025 |
8,342 |
137,329 |
90,184 |
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2. Industrial services and the guidance and assistance situation
(1) In order to raise the efficiency of administration and improve the quality of services, Economic Development Bureau have adopted computer operation for the related administration businesses, including the registration of factories, registration of the guaranteed transaction of moveable properties, archive control of unregistered factories, and so on. In addition, after the City Government coped with the completed construction of National Industrial and Commercial Management Information System, not only all citizens can check the situation of factory registration via the internet, the industrial business founders can also use the System to master the progress of their application cases. Besides, every year regular review is made on the standard amendment operation procedures, and the contents of application forms and the submission procedures were simplified, intending to save the application time for the general public.
(2) To meet the firms’ needs of factory construction, there were some land being applied for new industrial use through applications for listing the land in industrial parks and for land use expansion next to the original factories. Meanwhile, in according with the regulations of Industrial Innovation Act, suitable locations were evaluated, and planned to be listed in industrial parks. In consideration of respects to both the voices of citizens and industrial development, the City Government had to handle the applications cautiously so as to achieve the objective of the win-win policy, “Comfortable Housing for the Public, and Easy Operation for Firms.”
3. Commercial services and the guidance and assistance situation
(1) Strengthening of computerized operation of industrial and commercial registration: In order to accelerate and improve the quality of services for the public, we actively promoted the computerized operation of industrial and commercial registration, systematizing and standardizing the industrial and commercial administrative registration and management businesses of Taiwan, facilitating the consistence of the industrial and commercial registration management database of Taiwan, and keeping on development of systems until comprehensive online is offered. The way of network linkage operation decreased the use of written documents since we tried to work hard towards the direction of “no document, no photocopy,” and took the establishment of single-window service with “collection of applications at one place, offer of service in full process” as our goal.
(2) Guidance and assistance to commercial businesses, and management of them: Focusing on the industries with impacts on public order, relevant management of commercial businesses and guidance and assistance for them, and in accordance with Executive Yuan’s Maintaining Public Safety Projects – Profit-making Business Management, Economic Development Bureau carried out united inspection of electronic game stores and 8 related industries, including ballrooms, dancing halls, bars, pubs, information leisure, etc., and issued accusation tickets to them in case illegal acts were found. Besides, in accordance with “Kaohsiung City Self-Governing Ordinance for Implementation of Mandatory Purchase of Accident and Public Liability Insurance on Profit-Making Places for Public Use,” the industries aforesaid were forced to buy accident and public liability insurance to ensure safe consumption space in public places.
4. Continued promotion of modernization of shopping streets:
(1) Improvement of hardware facilities: Funds were striven from the Central Government for modernization of shopping streets and districts. Erection of electronic message boards and television walls in commercial business districts was completed.
(2) Software marketing activities: Marketing of shopping streets and districts was promoted. Comprehensive counting and survey of shopping streets and districts in the City were carried out. Local color and charm were created, facilitating overall development of different featured districts, and bringing more business opportunities to them.
(3) The shopping streets and districts of the City have been developing prosperously. Economic Development Bureau actively gives guidance and assistance for the establishment and management of Organization of Shopping Streets and Districts, and formulated “Kaohsiung City Self-Governing Ordinance of Guidance and Assistance for Management of Shopping Streets and Districts.”
5. Strengthening of the public’s knowledge of administrative laws:
The business-related information was provided to the public through electronic message boards, advertisements in the light boxes of bus stops, and different promotion talks, introducing to the public the Consumer Protection Law, Product Indication Law and Fair Transaction Law. Related conferences were also held to correct the commercial behaviors, keep a proper transaction order in the market, and protect the rights and benefits of consumers.
The Utilities
1. Supervise the improvement of service functions of the utilities
(1) Replacement of the old and leaking water pipelines
In order to improve the water supply function of water pipelines, decrease the leakage rate, increase the water pressure, and maintain the water quality, Taiwan Water Corporation was urged to implement Old and Leaking Water Pipeline Replacement Plan continuously.
(2) Implementation of the business of gasoline/gas filling station
a. The City has 273 gasoline filling stations, 8 fishing boat gasoline filling stations, 2 gas filling stations.
b. In order to ensure the safety of hose-transmitted natural gas users, three related dealers were supervised to make safety inspection, including Hsin Kao Gas Co., Ltd. with 233,997 household users inspected, Nan Jhen Natural Gas Co., Ltd. with 15,245 household users inspected, and Hsin Hsiung Natural Gas Co., Ltd. with 101,847 household users inspected, having a total of 351,089 users inspected.
c. The Bureau strengthened our guidance and assistance to gas stations of the City on their operation and management, and promoted to them the relevant regulations of Petroleum Administration Act and operation procedures for application of different businesses so as to ensure their legal operation.“Lecture on Facility Safety and Operation Management Business for Gasoline (Gas) Filling Station Dealers” was held.
2. Registration and management of installation contractors
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| Registration and Management of Electricity, Gas Fuel Conduit and Water Industries in 2025 |
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| Registration and management of home appliance installation industry |
1,112 companies |
| Registration and management of electrical equipment inspection and maintenance industry |
43 companies |
| Registration and management of gas fuel conduit installation industry |
23 companies |
| Registration and management of full-time electrical technicians working at electricity-supplied places |
8,487 sites |
| Registration and management of tap water pipe installation industry |
451 companies |
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3. Promotion of energy saving
(1) Promotion of Energy-Saving Guidance and Assistance Action Plan for Residential and Commercial Sectors.
(2) Promotion of energy saving measures to all departments of the City Government and schools:
a. “Energy-Saving and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Implementation Plan of All Departments of Kaohsiung City Government and Schools” was formulated, supervising the various departments of Kaohsiung City Government and schools to comply with related measures.
b. “Departments and Schools Division” was additionally established under “Kaohsiung City Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction Promotion Team.” It was responsible for promoting the related energy saving measures, including the water saving, electricity saving, oil saving and paper saving, at the various departments of the City Government and schools. They used products or service with low energy-consumption and high energy efficiency, decreasing the emission of green house gas.
4. Promotion of energy saving industies
(1) Solar Energy Promotion Project:
In order to increase tourism benefits, the original site of Cihou Vendors’ Concentration Site was established with “Cihou Tourist Market.” Coping with the goal of promotion of recycled energy in Kaohsiung City, the roof of the Market was equipped with solar photoelectric technology. The Market was taken as a demonstration site using recycled energy in Cijin, Kaohiusng.
(2) Solar energy use in Great Kaohsiung, “Development and Promotion Plan of Kaohsiung Green Energy Industry Clustering”
a. Establishment of “Daylight Roof Case Promotion to Office” was planned. Linking platforms were established with the citizens and green energy firms of Kaohsiung City. A guidance and assistance service operation mechanism was established, and suggestions of solutions were provided, enhancing the competitiveness of green energy, and developing Great Kaohsiung Area to become a leading base in Taiwan in the production of green energy.
b. Through the Plan, Green Energy Installed Capacity Program was improved, and the industries of Kaohsiung were led to carry out industrial structural transformation and create added values for themselves. It became a service window for application of environmental protection technologies and growth of green energy industries.
c. Relevant loan cooperation programs were matched for green energy industries, solving the loan needs of Kaohsiung citizens and green energy firms.
(3) Research Project of Great Kaohsiung Solar Energy Photoelectric Application Industry Strategies
a. In order to analyze the objective environment and legal procedure conditions of Great Kaohsiung, and increase the establishment of solar energy photoelectric equipments in Great Kaohsiung Area, Solar Energy Photoelectric Firms Symposium was held, collecting and collating the opinions of the industry. This symposium could give suggestions for administration strategies in the import of solar photoelectric industry during subsequent construction of Great Kaohsiung, and serve as a reference for the supporting measures.
b. The studying and planning of this Project was authorized to National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences.
Market Planning and Street Vendor Management
1. Market guidance and management
(1) Improve the hardware facilities of the public and private retail markets
(2) Improve the hygiene and order in the market, urged all market neighborhood councils and management committees to strengthen their clearing of breeding sources for dengue-vector mosquitos and perform ditch cleaning and disinfection to maintain market sanitation.
(3) To assessment outstanding Markets and Lohas Vendors
(4) Market Land Activation, Investment
2. Vendor management and planning, Assist in organizing vendors gathering sites and the application, relevant authorities were invited to establish a taskforce and assessment unit for deliberate evaluation of establishment of vendors gathering sites, in order to secure public welfare and vendors’ source of income.