台灣對東南亞的寅質聯繫，是台灣推動新南向政策的基礎，亦為政府找尋台灣對東南亞各國合作的利基。如何加強區域鏈結，則有賴於探索台灣在此區域所扮演的角色，以發展台灣與各國之互惠政策。本研究觀察新南向政策相關國家之技術擴散，解析出台灣與周邊各國之技術擴散結構，此項探索在於瞭解台灣在技術鑲嵌之下其技術重要性的樣貌。其次在於探索東南亞國家之技術轉變的樣貌，再藉此結果產生我國對東南亞地區之科技交流的策略。研究發現，台灣可以運用本身技術轉化的優勢來維持區域内外的角色地位，並針對東協内重要的橋接角色國家，如泰國、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡等進行策略性互動，以此來提升台灣在東協區域内的技術重要性。

Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy is based on the practical connection that can create the reciprocity niche between Taiwan and Southeast Asia. However, to precisely posited Taiwan's role-play in Asia-Pacific is critical for policy initiation. Therefore, this study investigates international technology diffusion that has been involved in the New Southbound Policy. Analyzing their diffusion structure can reveal Taiwan* s critical position in technological embeddedness. Furthermore, understanding the technological change of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can identify the opportunity to induce the science and technology diplomacy strategy. This study found that Taiwan has maintained the regional status via the core competence in technological reinvention. Meanwhile, strategically interact with the vital brokerage countries that allow Taiwan to realize the critical status in Southeast Asia, which include Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.