Taiwan would standardize light-emitting-diode (LED) products with China to tap into the global market against the intense competition from Japan, South Korea, Germany and the US, Taiwan Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said last Friday.

As part of Taiwan government’s “Bridge-Building” Plan, Taiwan would talk with China in June to reach an agreement on the standardization of LEDs and a certification system, establishing a platform for cross-strait industrial cooperation.

The Cross-strait joint-hand of Taiwan and China is expected to form “a global production center of LED products,” Liu said.

During the visit to Epistar Corporation, the country’s biggest supplier of high brightness LED (HB LED) epi wafers and chips, Liu had made the remarks. And the proposal received positive response from the company.

“China has spared no efforts in subsidizing its LED and illumination industry, and that has prompted low-price competition with Taiwan,” said Chou Ming-chun, general manager of Epistar. Technological breakthroughs in South Korea and China in recent years also posed a threat to Taiwan’s LED industry, he added. “Cooperating with China would help local industries explore the Chinese market,” Chou said.