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National Conscription

is the MOI, while the NCA is responsible for policy execution. The duration of R&D substitute services
and industry training substitute services is three-years, which can be divided into three stages. The

first-stage is fundamental training and specialized training with a length of twenty-eight days. The
draftees in the first-stage shall be governed by the appropriate statutes. The second stage commences
afterward upon designation to the hiring unit and lasts till the end of the substitute service period

(approximately 11 months). The third stage starts from the end of the substitute service period and lasts
till the end of the day of expiration of the service period (2 years). The R&D substitute services has the
merit of accepting a variety of conscripts; draftees holding overseas diplomas, draftees with physical
condition for substitute service and draftees holding required diplomas with the physical condition for
regular service are all eligible for application. Please visit https://rdss.nca.gov.tw for more information

about the R&D substitute services and the industry training substitute services.

▲ The tenth anniversary of R&D substitute services

The R&D substitute services and industry training substitute services systems were executed in
2008 and 2016 respectively. The statistics for R&D substitute services and industry training substitute

service in 2017 are shown below:

1. Firms' Applications for Review and Allocation of Draftees R&D substitute
services and industry training substitute services in 2016

Under the R&D substitute services and industry training substitute services system, 892 firms applied
for a total of 9,849 draftees of R&D substitute services and industry training substitute services. The

Conscription Agency received and assessed the referenced data and 875 firms were approved. Among

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