China News Service, May 6. According to a report from Taiwan's United News Network, the administrative authority of the Taiwan authorities passed the reform and amendment of the law involving the "five ministries and one meeting" on the 5th. The two major highlights include the reform of the "Environmental Protection Agency" in response to the 2050 net zero emission target. "Ministry of Environment", and the "Climate Change Agency", "Resources and Recycling Agency" and "Environmental Management Agency";
In response to the important goal of "2050 net zero emissions", the Council of Taiwan's administrative authority passed the relevant draft yesterday, and started the second stage of organizational reform.
The highlights of this restructuring are that the “Environmental Protection Agency” will be upgraded to the “Ministry of Environment”, and the budgetary staff will be greatly expanded from the existing 743 to 1,700, and the “Climate Change Department” and “Resources and Recycling Department” will be newly established. "Environmental Management Agency".
In addition, the "Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau" will be restructured into the "Chemical Substances Administration"; the existing Environmental Inspection Institute and Environmental Protection Personnel Training Institute will be consolidated into the Environmental Research Institute.
Taiwan's "Environmental Protection Agency" said that the future "Ministry of Environment" manpower is roughly estimated to be about 1,700 people. The most important and urgent task of this restructuring is to "advance deployment" for net-zero emissions in 2050. For example, the "Climate Change Agency" is organized by The current Environmental Management Office and the Climate Change Office will be expanded to take charge of the future "Climate Change Response Law" and shoulder the heavy responsibility of carbon reduction; the Waste Management Office and the Resource Recycling Office will be expanded into the "Resources and Recycling Office", which is also an important part of carbon reduction. .
The "Ministry of Economics" will maintain its original name, and in response to the introduction of new business models and the increased demand for related counseling, it will be transformed from the "Commercial Department" to the newly established "Business Development Agency"; the current Mining Bureau and Geological Survey Institute will be merged into Mining Management and Geological Survey Center.
In addition, the Industrial Bureau under Taiwan's "Ministry of Economic Affairs" will be restructured into the "Industry Development Agency"; in addition, the "International Trade Bureau" and "Energy Bureau" will be restructured into "Departments", and the SME Division will be restructured into "Small, Small and New Entrepreneurship Agency” to strengthen the function of policy planning.
An official from Taiwan's "Ministry of Economics" added that the biggest difference between the "Bureau" and the "Department" is that the "Bureau" focuses on executive functions, while the "Department" has both policy decision-making and implementation.
However, because the "Ministry of Economics" has been under discussion for a long time, many bureaus have long had both decision-making and executive functions.