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Cooperatives And Civil Associations

Table 4-2 Overview of Cooperative Enterprises
As at the end of 2022
Number of Cooperatives Number of Memberships Capital
Category
(Sites) (Persons) (NT$1,000)

Total 3 872 1 766 189 28 941 567
Single-purpose Cooperatives 3 269 1 495 692 5 350 386

Multi-purpose Cooperatives 90 35 036 219 586
Cooperative Farms 189 14 799 286 574

Credit Unions 324 220 662 23 085 020

The current focuses of the Preparatory Office's guidance and management work for cooperative
enterprises are as follows:

1. Administrative Management of Cooperatives

(1) Policy planning and legal operations
Undertake policy planning and legal operations of cooperative enterprises, such as the re-

search (revision) and interpretation of relevant laws and regulations of the Cooperatives Act; and
formulate and promote subsidy plans for cooperative enterprises.

(2) Auditing of cooperatives

Engage accountants to conduct on-site auditing of cooperatives nationwide and to provide
their auditing opinions for follow-ups and counseling. In 2022, a total of 22 cooperatives were au-

dited by the accountants entrusted.

(3) Evaluation of cooperatives

Every year, cooperatives that have been established and registered for one year will be eval-
uated, and they will be notified of their scores. In 2022, a total of 108 preliminary evaluations of
cooperatives were conducted at the province and national levels, assessing their performance in
2021. Moreover, re-evaluations were conducted by the responsible authorities at all levels and the

responsible authorities of the target businesses, where 89 cooperatives and 15 practical personnel
were ranked excellent, and 13 cooperatives at the province level or above as Class-A.

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