Taiwan Government Data Search

Search 53 official Taiwan government data sources in a single API call — TWSE and TPEx stock market data, FDA medicines and food safety compliance, CDC disease surveillance, MOENV environmental monitoring (AQI, PM2.5, UV index), HACCP certification, kindergarten directories, and NPO registries. All data comes directly from Taiwan government agencies through the SIP Public Data Gateway.

What is Taiwan Government Data Search?

Taiwan Government Data Search is an Apify Actor that queries official Taiwan government databases across business, health, compliance, and environmental domains. Instead of navigating TWSE, TFDA, CDC, and MOENV portals separately, you search them all at once — in Chinese or English.

The Actor calls the SIP Public Data Gateway — a unified API that normalizes responses from 53 Taiwan data products. No browser, no scraping — just HTTPS API calls to official government sources.

Why use Taiwan Government Data Search?

• One search, 53 sources — Query stock market, pharmaceutical, disease surveillance, and environmental data simultaneously
• Official government data — All sources are public databases from TWSE, TFDA, CDC Taiwan, and MOENV
• Chinese and English support — Search in Traditional Chinese (台積電) or English (TSMC) — SIP handles both
• Real-time environmental data — AQI, PM2.5, UV index from MOENV monitoring stations across Taiwan
• Compliance coverage — HACCP certifications, pesticide bans, GMO approvals, food safety training, ESG governance
• No upstream API keys — SIP handles all government API authentication; you only need one SIP key

Use cases

Who	What
Equity researchers	Access TWSE/TPEx listed company data, monthly revenue, dividends, PE ratios
Pharmaceutical companies	Search FDA drug safety alerts, controlled substances, clinical trial statistics
Food industry compliance	Monitor HACCP sanctions, pesticide limits, GMO approvals, food additive licenses
Environmental consultants	Track AQI, PM2.5, industrial emissions, EIA reports, environmental violations
Healthcare analysts	Access CDC dengue, influenza, TB surveillance data and FDA pharmacy directories
ESG analysts	Query TWSE ESG governance data, GHG emissions, environmental permits

What data can Taiwan Government Data Search extract?

Source	Data type	Example fields
TWSE listed companies	Taiwan Stock Exchange companies	company_name, stock_code, industry
TWSE monthly revenue	Listed company revenue reports	company, revenue, period
TWSE dividends	Cash and stock dividend data	company, dividend_type, amount
TPEx listed companies	OTC market companies	company_name, stock_code
TPEx monthly revenue	OTC company revenue	company, revenue, period
FDA medicines/pharmacies	Licensed pharmacies and drug data	pharmacy_name, address, license
FDA GMP factories	GMP-certified manufacturers	factory_name, product_type, city
FDA drug safety alerts	Drug safety notifications	drug_name, alert_type, date
FDA HACCP manufacturers	HACCP-certified food businesses	company, category, cert_date
FDA HACCP sanctions	Food safety violations	company, violation, penalty
FDA pesticide limits/bans	Pesticide MRL and banned substances	substance, crop, limit_ppm
FDA GMO approved	Approved GMO products	product, applicant, approval_date
CDC influenza	Weekly influenza surveillance	week, cases, positive_rate
CDC dengue	Recent dengue fever cases	district, cases, onset_date
CDC tuberculosis	TB surveillance data	county, cases, rate
MOENV AQI	Real-time air quality index	station, aqi, pm25, pm10, o3
MOENV PM2.5	Fine particulate monitoring	station, pm25, date
MOENV UV index	Ultraviolet radiation index	station, uv_index, date
MOENV water quality	River and groundwater monitoring	site, parameter, value
MOENV violations	Environmental violations	company, violation_type, fine
MOENV GHG emissions	Greenhouse gas emission reports	company, co2e, sector
Kindergarten directory	Licensed kindergartens	name, city, capacity
NPO registry	Registered nonprofits	org_name, type, city

How to search Taiwan data

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Enter search terms in Chinese or English (e.g. "台積電", "TSMC", "口罩")
3. Select data categories — business and health are enabled by default
4. Click Start — the Actor queries all enabled sources in parallel
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["台積電", "鴻海"],
  "includeBusiness": true,
  "includeHealth": false,
  "includeCompliance": false,
  "includeEnvironment": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50
}

Output

{
  "company_name": "台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司",
  "stock_code": "2330",
  "industry": "半導體業",
  "_product_id": "tw_twse_listed_companies",
  "_source": "twse_listed_companies",
  "_search_term": "台積電",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T14:00:00Z"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event pricing at $3.00 per 1,000 records returned.

• Quick stock lookup (1 term, business only): ~$0.01–0.05
• Comprehensive scan (5 terms, all 53 sources): ~$1.00–5.00

No browser overhead. Control costs with maxResultsPerSource.

Data sources (53 Taiwan products)

Category	Sources	Count
Business & stock market	TWSE listed/revenue/dividends/income, TPEx listed/revenue/PE, customs brokers, labor brokers	9
Health & pharma	FDA medicines/pharmacies/GMP/GDP/clinical trials/drug alerts/health foods/additives/nutrition, CDC dengue/influenza/TB/imported cases	16
Compliance & regulatory	FDA HACCP/pesticides/GMO/cosmetics/food safety, MOENV permits/emissions/violations/EIA, kindergarten, NPO, ESG, food regulations, restaurants	22
Environmental monitoring	AQI real-time, PM2.5, UV index, river water quality, groundwater quality	5

FAQ

Does it support Chinese search terms? Yes. SIP passes search terms directly to Taiwan government APIs. Most APIs support Traditional Chinese (繁體中文). English terms also work for many sources (e.g. company names, chemical substances).

How real-time is the environmental data? MOENV AQI and PM2.5 update hourly. UV index updates daily. Water quality data is periodic (monthly/quarterly).

What about TWSE after-hours data? TWSE/TPEx data reflects the latest published information from the exchanges. Revenue data updates monthly. Dividend and PE data update after corporate announcements.

Can I monitor food safety violations? Yes. Enable the Compliance category and search for a company name or food product. HACCP sanctions, pesticide violations, and import inspection results are all searchable.

Use as MCP Tool (AI Agent Integration)

This Actor works as an MCP tool — AI agents (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can discover and run it automatically.

Quick setup (Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code)

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search for 台積電 in Taiwan government databases"

Direct API call

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/taiwan-data-search").call(
    run_input={"searchTerms": ["台積電"], "maxResultsPerSource": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

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