A golden opportunity — From a Taiwan Gold Card entrepreneur.
Taiwan aims to attract 100,000 high end professionals in the next 10 years.
So far it attracted a little over 3000. I believe Taiwan can achieve its goals faster if it focuses on attracting entrepreneurs but that will require some modifications first.
The Taiwan Gold Card program was setup prior to COVID as a future looking initiative by the Taiwanese government to recruit some of the brightest minds from around the world and introduce them to Taiwan with an eye towards emigrating. A slow and steady trickle of academics, artists and professionals came in the first couple of years, 546 people in all (myself included).
As COVID spread around the globe and as the western world was locked down in a nightmare, Taiwan remained relatively open. Understandably, this opportunity did not go unnoticed in the US.
A Golden Opportunity arises.
1399 people received a Gold Card in 2020. Taiwan became a temporary escape from the horrors of the west for many hundreds of Technology and Finance oriented people from New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. When COVID eventually made its way into Taiwan, it locked down and just as quickly as this group came in, it left.
