Taiwan's economic development is in a transitional period because of a slowdown in domestic economic growth. In addition, capital continuously folws out this country and mostly invests in mainland China and southeastern Asian nations. In order to entice capitalists to invest inside Taiwan, the state accepts a new governance structure named as partnership planning. It argues that citizens, as partners to the state, can fully participate in this new system. However, this paper argues that the idea of partnership planning in Taiwan is basically derived from the political ideology of corporatism. A limited number of constituent units has been recognized or licensed by the state and granted a deliberate representational monopoly within their respective categories. The private sectors which are incorporated into the governance processes are limited to a specific number. Most of citizens are therefore not only not represented but also excluded in the political structure. Citizen participation becomes only a myth in the partnership planning. This paper indicates that it is important to comprehend power relation among state, economy and civil society in order to understand the political implication of partnership planning.