Taiwan MOEA establishes Quantum Industry Technology Promotion Office (QITPO)

Mechanism

Taiwan's MOEA created QITPO as a dedicated government promotional body for quantum technology commercialisation. The office sits within the ministry's industrial-promotion infrastructure and coordinates across three tracks:

1. Cooperation — attracting international quantum companies to establish R&D presence in Taiwan and deepening ties with Taiwan's existing semiconductor supply chain. 2. Localisation — supporting domestic manufacturers through MOEA's existing subsidy and programme architecture to build capability in quantum hardware components (photonic chips, control electronics, cryogenic systems) where Taiwan's existing semiconductor base confers comparative advantage. 3. Connection — convening forums and matchmaking events to translate academic and national-lab research into commercial applications.

QITPO is the industrial-policy complement to the export-control perimeter Taiwan installed in November 2025 (2025-11-18-taiwan-moea-shtc-controlled-goods-expansion), which added quantum computers to the Strategic High-Tech Commodities (SHTC) controlled-goods list. Together the two instruments create the standard dual-use governance architecture: a promotion office growing the domestic industrial base while an export-control gate prevents adversary technology transfer.

Downstream implications

• Supply-chain relevance for buyers of quantum components: QITPO signals Taiwan intends to become

a primary origin country for quantum hardware sub-systems. Firms sourcing or specifying quantum systems for AI, cryptography, and sensing applications should monitor QITPO's company-support programme outputs for new Taiwanese suppliers entering qualification pipelines.

• Structural peer to Korea MSIT's National AI Computing Center (filed 2025-02-05), Japan's ESPA

quantum-technology provisions, and EU Chips Act 2.0 quantum inclusions — positions Taiwan within the coordinated allied-nation quantum industrial policy architecture.

• Investment screening exposure: foreign entities seeking to acquire QITPO-supported Taiwanese

quantum firms will face Taiwan's outbound-investment screening mechanism (2025-05-07-taiwan-statute-industrial-innovation-article-22-67-3-outbound-investment-screening).

Open questions

• Which specific quantum hardware sub-sectors (photonic, superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom)

are prioritised for localisation — MOEA has not published the programme roadmap as of filing.

• Whether QITPO will issue formal subsidy calls analogous to the EU Chips Act Joint Undertaking

or operate purely as a coordination/matchmaking body.

• Timeline for attracting the first named international quantum company to establish Taiwan R&D

presence — the launch event attracted 18 domestic companies but no foreign anchors named yet.