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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000804123-02-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20021030
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20021030

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAIWAN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000804123
		IRS NUMBER:				042942862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04893
		FILM NUMBER:		02802737

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176622789

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 9110
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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SIGNATURE   TONY FERNANDES
TITLE       ASST. SECRETARY


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<TEXT>
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
The Taiwan Fund, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
The Taiwan Fund, Inc., including the Fund's investments, as of August
31, 2002, and the related statements of operations for the year then
ended, and changes in net assets and financial highlights for each of
the years in the two-year period then ended.  These financial statements
and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.  The
financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period
ended August 31, 2000 were audited by other auditors whose report, dated
October 12, 2000, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial
highlights.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America.  Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of
material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as
of August 31, 2002 by correspondence with the custodian.  An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights
referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. as of August 31, 2002, the
results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in
its net assets and financial highlights for each of the years in the
two-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.




Boston, Massachusetts
October 4, 2002


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


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Exhibit 99.77Q3 Certification
(a)(i) Benny Hu and Haichi Vicki Hau have reviewed the Fund's
disclosure controls and evaluated their effectiveness. Based
on such review and evaluation, they have determined that the disclosure
controls adequately ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Fund in its periodic reports is recorded, processed, summarized,
and reported within the time periods required.
(a)(ii) Benny Hu and Haichi Vicki Hau have certified that there have not
been any significant changes in internal controls of the Fund
or other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of their most recent evaluation.
(a)(iii) see Certifications Below
I, Haichi Vicki Hau, certify that:
1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the
"registrant");
2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in this report,
and the financial statements on which the financial information is based,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial
statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant
and have:
         (a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
         (b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
of this report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
         (c)  presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date;
5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of the registrant's board of directors:
         (a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record, process, summarize, and report financial date and have identified for
the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
         (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
controls; and
6.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or
in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions
with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: October 25, 2002
/s/ Haichi Vicki Hau
Treasurer
I, Benny T. Hu, certify that:
1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-SAR of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the
"registrant");
2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in this report,
and the financial statements on which the financial information is based,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial
statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant
and have:
         (a)  designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
         (b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date
of this report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
         (c)  presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date;
5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of the registrant's board of directors:
         (a)  all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record, process, summarize, and report financial date and have identified for
the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
         (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
controls; and
6.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or
in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions
with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: October 25, 2002
/s/ Benny T. Hu
President



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