2016 ANNUAL REVIEW Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology MOST unit budget. The Executive Yuan National Science and Technology Development Fund received NT$37.2 billion in 2016, which chiefly consisted of appropriations from the national treasury and R&D results income. The fund's disbursements of NT$38.4 billion were chiefly used to fund various types of academic research, the replacement of marine research vessels I, II, and III, and investment in the establishment of the Taiwan Silicon Valley Technology Fund. MOST's final executive income figure for 2016 was NT$162 million, which represented an increase of NT$18 million compared with the budget number. This increase was mainly attributable to the leasing of space in HSPB's R&D Center and Biotech Industry Development Building by companies, which has led to greater-than-expected rental income. MOST's predecessor, the National Science Council (NSC), originally established the Executive Yuan National Science and Technology Development Fund in order to promote the long-term development of science and technology. The Fund's budget was included within the NSC's unit budget up to 1991, but was made a separate unit budget in 1992. In order to increase the flexibility and timeliness of fund implementation, the Fund's budget was changed to a subordinate unit budget in 1998. Following the promulgation of the Fundamental Science and Technology Act in 1999, the Fund was taken from the NSC and put under the Executive Yuan's oversight, but NSC retained its status as the fund management agency. The 2003 revision of the Fundamental Science and Technology Act specified that the Executive Yuan National Science and Technology Development Fund budget should be a subordinate Executive Yuan National Science and Technology Development fund budget, 2012-2016 Units: NT$100 m 1 Includes royalty income, service income, miscellaneous income, and interest income, etc. 2 The 2013 National Science and Technology Development fund budget had not yet been passed by the Legislative Yuan. Annual MOST final income figures, 2012-2016 Units: NT$100 m 12 Ministry of Science and Technology 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW Item 2012 2013 2 2014 2015 2016 Amount Increase% Amount Increase% Amount Increase% Amount Increase% Amount Increase% Source of funds 346.41 8.93 359.72 3.84 343.64 -4.47 390.82 13.73 372.23 -4.76 Government appropriations 330.17 8.60 341.60 3.46 327.46 -4.14 376.50 14.98 353.70 -6.06 Other 1 16.24 16.17 18.12 11.58 16.18 -10.71 14.32 -11.50 18.53 29.40 Fund uses 354.91 -7.82 368.72 3.89 369.14 0.11 428.71 16.14 383.69 -10.50 Promotion of development 317.89 4.39 330.16 3.86 332.17 0.61 393.04 18.32 344.12 -12.45 Manpower training 22.41 27.91 23.91 6.69 22.34 -6.57 21.96 -1.70 22.34 1.73 Environment improvements 14.04 13.32 14.08 0.28 14.05 -0.21 13.18 -6.19 16.68 26.56 Administration & management 0.57 -3.39 0.57 0.00 0.58 1.75 0.53 -8.62 0.55 3.77 Payments to the national treasury -100.00 Surplus/shortfall for period (-) -8.50 -9.00 -25.50 -37.89 -11.46 Item 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Final number Change from budget number Final number Change from budget number Final number Change from budget number Final number Change from budget number Final number Change from budget number Fines and compensation 0.19 0.00 0.28 0.04 0.33 0.18 0.34 0.14 0.37 0.08 Fee income 0.35 -0.24 0.19 -0.23 0.17 -0.21 0.20 -0.08 0.17 -0.09 Property income 0.41 0.03 0.62 0.18 0.82 0.04 0.48 0.11 0.57 0.15 Other income 0.52 -0.15 0.53 -0.10 0.55 0.08 0.48 0.00 0.51 0.04 Total 1.47 -0.36 1.62 -0.11 1.87 0.09 1.50 0.17 1.62 0.18