Government agencies, local authorities and social groups will create a care network to help immigrants nationwide from next year, Hsieh Li-kung, director- general of the National Immigration Agency (NIA) , said at a conference in Kinmen County Wednesday. Hsieh said that the network, which will seek to integrate resources among the agency, local governments and non-governmental organizations, would start a trial run later this year in 10 cities and counties including Kinmen County, Taipei County and Kaohsiung County. All the nation's 25 local governments will eventually be able to share and benefit from the network, Hsieh said. 'We really want to invite all kinds of resources from every possible channel to demonstrate our commitment to respecting different cultures,' Hsieh said. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the number of foreign spouses in Taiwan had surpassed 430,000 by August, accounting for 1.9 percent of the total population in Taiwan. Kinmen County Magistrate Li Wo-shi said the new immigrants were a vital part of the county, adding that it would fully support the new integration to help assimilate various cultures to Kinmen. By the end of this August, new immigrants made up 1,958 of Kinmen's 95,873 residents, or 2.04 percent, the Kinmen County government said. Of the 32,248 households in Kinmen, one in 16.5 includes immigrant family members, it said. 