Abstract Given the global sustainable development trend and the aim to become a recycling society, the Taiwan EPA is in the process of establishing two environmental science and technology parks (ESTP). In light of these objectives, the project team actively assists the EPA on parks screening by completing the drafting of an implementation plan and guidelines for establishment application, operation and management, and subsidies execution. An ESTP Guidance Committee is also formed to provide the logistical support. Of the seven cities and counties that filed proposal for the ESTP, Hualian City on the east coast and Kaohsiung County in southern Taiwan have been selected to set up the ESTP. Currently, the project overseer has set up the Preparatory Department, which is actively planning the ESTP and inviting prospective investors. To actively invite prospective investors, the project team has completed the necessary documents for foreign firms. Seminars on the ESTP and resource applications were held. A total of 336 attended the seminars, representing 266 firms, of which 38 firms expressed interest in setting up operation in the ESTP. In order to let members of various sectors know about the ESTP, this report has also compiled 10 rewards and incentives, set up evaluation standards for various types of environmental industry, collected information on foreign environmental parks, collected information on Taiwan’s environmental technology, set up a databank on environmental technologies, and set up a related website. This way, people of all sectors can get to know the ESTP and contribute their valuable input so as to advance Taiwan’s environmental technology and raise the quality of the environment.

ecologically,ESTPs,Sustainable development