National Development Council
Taiwan's economic-planning agency under the Executive Yuan, distinct from the cabinet it advises.
The National Development Council reported on 17 September 2026 that it trained 140,000 AI professionals in 2025, against a 2028 target of 400,000.
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The National Development Council is Taiwan's economic-planning agency, sitting under the Executive Yuan and distinct from the cabinet it advises. On 17 September 2026 it reported training 140,000 AI professionals during 2025. That sits part-way toward a 400,000 target set for 2028. The same day, the cabinet confirmed it would keep funding the AI New Ten Major Infrastructure Projects .
The Council has coordinated Taiwan's national economic strategy since 2014, when it replaced earlier planning and evaluation bodies. Its REMIT covers long-term industrial and workforce planning rather than day-to-day cabinet decisions.
Opposition legislators press the Council to show its training numbers converting into actual jobs. They use the 140,000-of-400,000 figure as a concrete benchmark. Workers who have used NDC-linked schemes have moved into technical roles as industry automates, though the current tally sits well short of the 2028 goal.