[Global Times Comprehensive Report] On December 25, 22 counties and cities in Taiwan held inauguration ceremonies for mayors and mayors, among which Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan received the most attention.
The Taipei Mayor Handover Ceremony was held at the Taipei City Government on the 25th. The new Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan received the seal from the outgoing mayor Ke Wenzhe under the supervision of "Vice President of the Executive Yuan" Shen Rongjin.
Ma Ying-jeou, former Taipei Mayor Huang Dazhou, KMT Vice Chairman Lian Shengwen and others attended the ceremony.
Taiwan's Economic Daily reported that Ke Wenzhe shared his experience and said that he often encountered many difficulties in the face of complex municipalities. Every time he asked his colleagues a question, "If we look back at this problem in 50 years, what should we do now?" Decision?” This way everyone knows which policy to choose.
The island is very concerned about the future movements of the outgoing mayor.
When asked how to prepare for the 2024 election, Ke Wenzhe responded that "just be normal."
In his speech, the new Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan stated that he has four major priorities after taking office, including restarting after the epidemic, retaining talents, promoting smart construction, and promoting Taipei's local characteristics.
He said that his political views of "one Taipei, four developments, and five centers" have been recognized by the citizens of Taipei. The concept of 'more local, more international' lays the foundation for Taipei to become a world-class city."
The media asked Ma Ying-jeou what expectations he had for Jiang Wanan. Ma Ying-jeou said, "Work hard, being a mayor is not easy, you just have to work hard."
Network Thermometer stated on the 25th that when Jiang Wanan just took office, he was faced with a myriad of municipal issues. Taipei City is the political, economic, educational and cultural center of Taiwan. The plight of the new year under the influence of the epidemic is definitely the responsibility and challenge of the new mayor."
The article listed the difficulties that Jiang Wanan will face, including high housing prices, population outflow and low birth rate.
On the 25th, 22 counties and cities also held elections for chairpersons and deputy speakers.
As for the speaker, the KMT won an overwhelming majority of 15 seats, the DPP had 4 seats, and the non-party members had 3 seats.
For the deputy speaker, there are 12 seats for the Kuomintang, 2 seats for the Democratic Progressive Party, 7 seats for non-party members, and 1 seat for the People First Party.
Among the 61 members of the Taipei City Council, Dai Xiqin and Ye Linchuan from the Kuomintang were elected as the chairman and deputy speaker.
The Lianhe News Network noticed that the four members of the Taiwan People's Party all supported Dai Xiqin of the Kuomintang.
(Chen Lifei)