Su Jia-chyuan, who has a close relationship with President Tsai Ing-wen and has held important positions such as the head of the parliament, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Association of East Asian Relations, which is the contact agency for Japan in Taiwan.
This was decided at the board meeting held by the Association of East Asian Relations on the 27th.
Su Jia-chyuan served as the head of the legislative yuan of the parliament from February 2016 to February 2016 after serving as a minister of the Democratic Progressive Party's Chen Shui-bian administration.
Although he was closely related to President Cai and lost in the 2012 presidential election, he ran for Vice President in a pair with Mr. Cai, who was a candidate for president, and Cai entered his second term from May to August. , Served as the Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, the Chief Assistant.
In August 2016, while serving as President of the Legislative Yuan, she led a bipartisan parliamentary group to visit Japan and handed over to the Japanese side the donations sent by Taiwanese people to support the areas affected by the Kumamoto earthquake. rice field.
According to the Association of East Asian Relations, Mr. Su, after being elected chairman on the 27th, said, "With the utmost enthusiasm, we will strive to deepen and broaden exchanges between Taiwan and Japan and further raise the level of Taiwan-Japan relations." Is said.