Taiwan invested up to 1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in green technology in 2009, compatible with other major countries around the world, the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Sunday. According to data released by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) , 15.4 percent of the US$3.163 trillion that countries around the world funneled into various economic stimulus packages as of June 2009 was channeled into the green sector, accounting for 0.7 percent of global GDP. In terms of UNEP data, the council said in a statement that Taiwan matched the general world standard in green investment last year as the government spent NT$133.9 billion (US$4.25 billion) , about 1 percent of the country's GDP, in the green sector. The report said China led the world in terms of green investment in 2009, pumping in US$216.4 billion or 3 percent of its GDP. The United States came in second, with US$94.1 billion or 0.7 percent of GDP, followed by South Korea with US$36.3 billion or 3 percent of its GDP and Japan at US$36 billion or 0.8 percent. In terms of per capita green investment, South Korea topped all other countries, with US$1,238 per person, and up to 95.2 percent of its stimulus package was funneled into the green sector, the CEPD said. With global warming becoming a major concern, the CEPD said, the development of low-carbon industries is the wave of the future. In line with the trend, it added, the government has launched 10 landmark projects, with the goal of raising the energy efficiency by 2 percent annually in the next eight years and the annual carbon emission being lowered to the 2000 level by 2025. 