Securities and Futures Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commision Press Release – Jan 2025
February 5, 2025
Foreign and Mainland Chinese Investments in Domestic Securities – January 2025
I. Registration of Foreign and Mainland Chinese Investments in Domestic Securities
Number of registrations completed in January 2025:
- Offshore Foreign Institutional Investors (FINI): 46
- Onshore FINI: 1
- Offshore Overseas Chinese and Foreign Individual Investors (FIDI): 3
- Onshore FIDI: 199
- Mainland Chinese Investors: 0
Mainland Chinese investors refer to investors from Mainland China who engage in financial investments in Taiwan in accordance with the “Regulations Governing Securities Investment and Futures Trading in Taiwan by Mainland Area Investors.” Currently, only qualified institutional investors approved by the competent authorities for securities, banking, and insurance in Mainland China are permitted to invest in Taiwan.
II. Net Purchases (Sales) of Listed and OTC Stocks by Foreign Investors (FINI, FIDI, and Offshore Funds) and Mainland Chinese Investors
(Unit: TWD100 million)
As of January 31, 2025:
Listed Stocks:
- Foreign Investors: Buy 17,737.16 / Sell 18,149.28 / Net (412.12)
- Mainland Chinese Investors: Buy 5.09 / Sell 4.07 / Net 1.02
- Total Net: (411.10)
OTC Stocks:
- Foreign Investors: Buy 3,052.58 / Sell 2,954.70 / Net 97.88
- Mainland Chinese Investors: Buy 0.33 / Sell 0.13 / Net 0.20
- Total Net: 98.08
III. Capital Inflows and Outflows of Foreign and Mainland Chinese Investors
(i) Net Inflows (Outflows)
(Unit: USD 100 million)
January 2025
- Foreign Institutional Investors, Overseas Chinese, and Foreign Natural Persons: 8.09
- Mainland Chinese Investors: 0.02
- Total: 8.11
(ii) Accumulative Net Inflows (Outflows)
(a) As of January 31, 2025
- Foreign Institutional Investors, Overseas Chinese, and Foreign Natural Persons: 2,840.63 (+8.09)
- Mainland Chinese Investors: 0.60 (+0.02)
- Total: 2,841.23 (+8.11)
(b) As of December 31, 2024
- Foreign Institutional Investors, Overseas Chinese, and Foreign Natural Persons: 2,832.54
- Mainland Chinese Investors: 0.58
- Total: 2,833.12
(Contact person: Chief Tzeng, Securities Government Division, Securities and Futures Bureau; Tel: +886-2-2774-7401)
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https://fscmail.fsc.gov.tw
Issuing Authority: Securities and Futures Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commision
Date of Release: February 5, 2025
Translated by inFINIty Consulting Inc.
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