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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891554-00-002620
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-2/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20001219

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAIWAN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000804123
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				042942862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04893
		FILM NUMBER:		791925

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6179853760

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 9110
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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<FILENAME>n2-a_24284.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 30 TO FORM N-2
<TEXT>




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         FORM N-2 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. ___
                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. ___

                          AND/OR REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                    UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

                                AMENDMENT NO. 30

                              --------------------

                              THE TAIWAN FUND, INC.
                              --------------------

               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
                               225 FRANKLIN STREET
                           BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110

                              --------------------

                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                                 1-800-426-5523

                              --------------------

              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                            LAURENCE E. CRANCH, ESQ.
                       CLIFFORD CHANCE ROGERS & WELLS LLP
                                 200 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10166
                                 (212) 878-8000

                              --------------------

                    (Name and Address for Agent for Service)


<PAGE>



                                EXPLANATORY NOTE


This  filing is made  solely  for the  purpose  of filing  an  Amendment  to the
Registration  Statement  of The Taiwan  Fund,  Inc.  (the "Fund") to reflect the
amendment to the Fund's By-Laws  attached hereto as Exhibit I. At a meeting held
on December 5, 2000,  the Board of Directors of the Fund adopted an amendment to
the Fund's By-laws prescribing certain qualifications for directors of the Fund.





<PAGE>



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended,
the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the  Registration  Statement to
be signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in
Taipei, Taiwan, on the 20th day of December, 2000.

                                            THE TAIWAN FUND, INC.

                                            By:  /s/ S.Y. Wang
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                S.Y. Wang
                                                Chairman



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<TYPE>EX-1
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex-1_24284.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS
<TEXT>




                                                                       EXHIBIT I



     Article III of the  Corporation's  By-laws be, and it hereby is, amended to
add as Section 3.12 thereof the following:

     Section 3.12.  Qualifications.  Directors  need not be  stockholders.  Each
Director  shall hold office until the earlier of: (a) the expiration of his term
and his or her successor  shall have been elected and qualifies,  (b) his or her
death, (c) his or her resignation or (d) his or her removal.  To be eligible for
nomination as a director a person must, at the time of such person's nomination,
have Relevant  Experience and Regional Knowledge (as defined below) and must not
have any Conflict of Interest  (as defined  below).  Whether a proposed  nominee
satisfies  the  foregoing  qualifications  shall be  determined  by the Board of
Directors in its sole discretion.

     "Relevant  Experience and Regional Knowledge" means experience in business,
investment,  economic or political matters of Taiwan or Asia through service (1)
for 10 of the past 20 years as an  executive  officer,  director or partner of a
financial, industrial or investment management business headquartered in Asia or
involving  supervision of Asian  business  operations or  investments,  that has
annual  revenues  or assets  under  management,  of at least the  equivalent  of
U.S.$500  million;  (2)  for 5 of the  past  10  years  as a  director  (or  the
equivalent) of one or more  investment  businesses or vehicles  (including  this
Corporation)  a  principal  focus of which is  investment  in  Taiwan;  (3) as a
current  director or senior  officer of an investment  manager or adviser of the
Corporation,  or of any  entity  controlling  or under  common  control  with an
investment manager or adviser of the Corporation; (4) for 5 of the past 10 years
as a  senior  official  (including  ambassador  or  minister)  in  the  national
government,  a  government  agency or the  central  bank of Taiwan or the United
States, in a major  supranational  agency or organization of which Taiwan or the
United  States  is a  member,  in a  leading  international  trade  organization
relating to Asia or the United States, or in the Asian Development Bank, in each
case in the area of finance, economics, trade or foreign relations and where the
individual was substantially  involved with matters relating to Asia; or (5) for
5 of the past 10 years as a professor  of finance,  economics,  trade or foreign
relations  at, or member of a board of trustees or directors of, a university in
Taiwan or the United States and where the individual was substantially  involved
with matters relating to Asia.

     "Conflict of Interest"  means the presence of a conflict with the interests
of the Corporation or its operations through any of the following:

     (1) current position as a director,  officer, partner (other than a limited
partner) or employee of another  investment  vehicle a significant (i.e., 25% or
more of total assets)  focus of which is  securities  of Taiwanese  companies or
securities  principally traded in Taiwan markets and that does not have the same
investment  adviser as the Corporation or an investment  adviser affiliated with
an investment adviser of the Corporation,

     (2) current position as a director,  officer, partner (other than a limited
partner)  or  employee of the sponsor or  equivalent  of an  investment  vehicle
described in the previous point, or

     (3)  current   position  as  an  official  of  a  governmental   agency  or
self-regulatory body having responsibility for regulating the Corporation or the
markets in which it proposes to invest.

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