The Ministry of Economic Affairs recently decided to raise the first-year budget for the fund from NT $ 2.8 billion to NT $ 30 billion (over US $ 1 billion) and to allocate NT $ 2.5 billion to the fund each year thereafter. Also rapidly coming to fruition is a plan by the China External Trade Development Council to hold an international trade show for developing countries this August in Taipei.
幸好經濟部從善如流，在學者專家多人的呼籲下，已將規定修正為五年提撥三百億新台幣為基金，以供運作。和經濟部的國際經濟合作基金同時成熟的，是由外貿協會提出、將於今年八月在此地舉辦的「台北進步夥伴展」。