Taiwan Public Policy Council (TPPC), founded in 2005, is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan think tank based in the United States.

Its founding underlies the fundamental recognition that Taiwan has remained a territorial entity under the governing authority of the Republic of China, a government that lost a Chinese civil war to the People's Republic of China and fled to Taiwan in 1949.

Taiwan is not part of China.  Taiwan does not enjoy sovereignty, either.  The Taiwanese people have long strived to pursue democratization and statehood, ever since Japan formally renounced sovereignty over the territorial entity in the postwar San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by 48 countries on September 8, 1951 and initially entered into force on April 28, 1952.

The Council's primary mission is to lend support to the Taiwanese people in their endeavor to build Taiwan into a sovereign state, from a multi-dimensional policy perspective.  As a self-governing territorial entity without statehood, Taiwan often finds it difficult to secure its people with freedom, human rights, peace and prosperity, much less to make contributions to the global communities through international institutes, whose members must be sovereign states.

The Council has a deep pool of research fellows mainly from North America or Taiwan.  They specialize in various disciplines, including law, politics, economics, history, science and engineering, etc.  They serve or had previously served in universities, research institutes, or private industries.  They provide professional analysis and/or policy recommendations in the media or academia, with respect to issues critical to Taiwan's international status, economic viability, sustained development, scientific capabilities, or cultural awakening.   

The Council believes that human rights and freedom to choose are universal values.  The world, particularly the United States, European Union, Japan, and China, shall honor these values and respect Taiwanese people's right to self-determination of their future.  The future of Taiwan rests on none but the people of Taiwan.