Taiwan and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation in education, particularly in English and Mandarin-language education. The two nations aim to expand their collaboration to include the sciences, with a focus on STEM education in elementary and junior-high schools. Deputy Minister of Education Liu Mon-chi led a delegation of ministry officials to the fourth high-level dialogue under the Taiwan-US Education Initiative in Washington. The ministry presented the outcome of bilateral cooperation in Mandarin and bilingual education, exchanges between schools and universities, and the cultivation of semiconductor talent. Taiwan has made significant progress in promoting Mandarin education, with a record 3,080 US students coming to Taiwan to study Mandarin this year. Taiwan has also provided subsidies to universities in Taiwan and the US to promote quality Mandarin education. The University Academic Alliance in Taiwan has signed memorandums of understanding with three US university systems for cooperation in semiconductors, engineering sciences, and Mandarin-language education. The Taiwan-US Education Initiative, launched in 2020 and expanded last year, aims to allow more young Americans to learn Mandarin in Taiwan and more Taiwanese Mandarin instructors to teach in the US.