The CAEC was established on December 5, 2003, for the purpose of providing a common home for a large family of Taiwan’s elite engineering consultants and institutions. Initially with 66 member companies, the CAEC has been growing rapidly and now has 478 member companies partaking in the CAEC’s mission to: promote contact and networking among our members, safeguard the members’ rights and interests, uplift engineering technology, carry forward a dutiful spirit of service, engage in nation-building and development, promote international technical exchanges and regional cooperation, and strengthen our nation’s international standing and stature.
Since the number of members totals more than 300, the CAEC’s General Assembly is formulated according to the regulations for governing commercial associations, which divides the number of delegates in proportion to the members’ geographical region. Therefore, the General Assembly of the CAEC is represented by 70 members from the northern region, 13 members from the central region, 16 members from the southern region and 1 member from the eastern region comprising a total of 100 members to exercise the powers of the General Assembly.
Under the leadership of the Chairman, the Council and the Board of Supervisors are in charge of the day-to-day operations of the CAEC, while the Secretariate and Committees on International and Cross-Strait Relations, Legal Affairs, Membership, Planning, Rights and Benefits, Technology, Information, Young Professionals and Public Relations cater to their respective aspects of operation.
Recently, as per our mission, the CAEC has been undertaking and promoting more important tasks and activities; such as, organizing numerous study investigations, training courses and seminars concerning rights and benefits, legal affairs, contracts, management, procurement, financing, technology, etc., so as to provide the latest knowledge and materials for local business practices, while on the international front, each year CAEC participates in the FIDIC Annual Conference and organizes cross-strait engineering consulting forums with frequent visits on both sides of the strait to help build-up and strengthen our friendship and business relations with Mainland China. Also, the CAEC has been actively involved in drafting or amending technical consulting-related regulations and standard contract formats for the purpose of accommodating governmental policies as well as offering assistance to the government in promoting development in relevant industries. And in the future, besides tending to our ordinary activities, the CAEC shall constantly be looking out for more innovative and fruitful ways to provide more quality service to our members and society.