2016 ANNUAL REVIEW Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology 13 Overview MOST's final executive expenditure figure for 2016 was NT$46.5 billion, which represented a decrease of NT$192 million compared with the budget number. This decrease was chiefly attributable to surplus personnel funds and surplus funds from procurement cases. The Executive Yuan Science and Technology Development Fund had a final surplus of NT$1.48 billion for 2016, which reversed the budget shortfall number of NT$1.15 billion. This difference was chiefly 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 Source of funds 348.72 2.31 357.52 -2.20 346.36 2.72 392.04 1.22 370.93 -1.30 Government appropriations 330.17 0.00 341.60 0.00 327.46 0.00 376.50 0.00 353.70 0.00 Other 1 18.55 2.31 15.92 -2.20 18.90 2.72 15.54 1.22 17.23 -1.30 Fund uses 324.96 -29.95 330.59 -38.13 337.64 -31.50 391.37 -37.34 356.10 -27.59 Promotion of development 293.37 -24.52 297.02 -33.14 303.97 -28.20 355.53 -37.51 321.13 -22.99 Manpower training 21.69 -0.72 23.00 -0.91 21.87 -0.47 22.28 0.32 23.05 0.71 Environment improvements 9.40 -4.64 10.05 -4.03 11.23 -2.82 13.02 -0.16 11.42 -5.26 Administration & management 0.50 -0.07 0.52 -0.05 0.57 -0.01 0.54 0.01 0.50 -0.05 Payments to the national treasury Surplus/shortfall for period (-) 23.76 32.26 26.93 35.93 8.72 34.22 0.67 38.56 14.83 26.29 1 Includes royalty income, service income, miscellaneous income, and interest income, etc. Final budget numbers of the National Science and Technology Development fund, 2012-2016 Units: NT$100 m 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 MOST 415.03 -1.18 419,65 -2.99 402.86 -2.65 455.55 -0.50 435.19 -0.91 HSPB and subordinate units 14.75 -0.47 17.14 -0.61 11.19 -0.62 8.48 -0.36 8.80 -0.42 CTSPB and subordinate units 11.30 -0.56 10.94 -0.63 11.56 -0.47 13.89 -0.17 12.76 -0.45 STSPB and subordinate units 9.57 -0.40 8.80 -0.44 11.02 -0.06 11.11 -0.05 7.82 -0.14 Total 450.65 -2.61 456.53 -4.67 436.63 -3.80 489.02 -1.09 464.57 -1.92 Annual MOST executive final expenditure figures, 2012-2016 Units: NT$100 m attributable to the fact that NT$1.07 billion in funding for the replacement of marine research vessels I, II, and III and the Taiwan Silicon Valley Technology Fund Investment Program was left unspent until 2017 due to business needs. In addition, there was an unexpectedly low number of funding applications for the National Science and Technology Program- Energy, and also a lower number of approved projects and funding amounts following proposal review.