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To address Taiwan’s declining birth rate, President Lai Ching-te has approved an 18-point strategy to boost the population, with measures aimed at increasing childbirth and family support. The package includes a monthly allowance for kids and teenagers from 0 to 18, an extension of maternity leave from 8 weeks to 12 weeks, and extensions in marital leave and paternity leave to 14 days. Combined with existing childcare and daycare subsidies, the government estimates that each child, from birth to adulthood, will receive at least NT$1.54 million in state support. Let’s hear more.

Lai Ching-te
President
We are introducing 18 policies to across five areas. That is, to ease worries around childbirth and parenting, boost support for education, create family-friendly workplaces and reduce the burden of housing. We’re making a crucial step toward a new model of public support in Taiwan.

Xavier Chang
Executive Yuan Secretary-General
When combined, the upgraded childcare policy for ages 0-6 and the allowances for ages 0-18 come out to a monthly subsidy of NT$5,000 for families plus an additional monthly payment of NT$5,000. That means that from the moment that a child is born and until they come of age the government will provide a total of at least NT$1.54 million per child.

The government also released details of the monthly NT$5,000 allowance for people aged 0 to 18. Before age 6, families can freely use the money. Between ages 6 and 18, half of the allowance will go into a dedicated account managed by professional investment teams, so that each child can receive at least NT$360,000 upon reaching adulthood. In addition, parental leave will be upgraded into broader childcare leave, with eligibility extended from age 3 to 6, while unpaid leave subsidies will increase from 6 months to 9 months.

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