Land Bank of Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣土地銀行; pinyin: Táiwān Tǔdì Yínháng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-ôan-thó͘-tē-gîn-hâng, abbreviated "LBOT") is a wholly state-owned bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
It was owned by the Taiwan Provincial Government before its downsizing on December 21, 1998, when it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan.
It is the only bank designated by the ROC government as a specialised bank for handling real estate and agricultural credit. Its objective is to develop national economic construction in coordination with the implementation of the government's housing, agricultural, and land policies.
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