China News Agency, Taipei, January 27th. Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference on the 27th and announced Chen Jianren as the new head of the administrative affairs agency.
Chen Chien-jen is the former deputy leader of Taiwan.
The Democratic Progressive Party was defeated in the 2022 "nine-in-one" election in Taiwan. Su Zhenchang, the former head of Taiwan's administrative affairs agency, announced his resignation on January 19, 2023.
According to media reports such as Central News Agency and United Daily News, Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference on the 27th and announced that Chen Jianren was the new head of the administrative affairs agency.
Chen Jianren was the director of the National Taiwan University Institute of Public Health.
In 2015, as a non-party member, he partnered with Tsai Ing-wen to run for the election of the leader and deputy leader of Taiwan.
Apply to join the DPP at the end of 2021.
According to the analysis of Zhongshi News and United Daily News, although Chen Jianren has a medical and health background, he lacks practical experience and professionalism when it comes to leading the administrative team and meeting the challenges of the global economic downturn in 2023.
Chen Jianren once supported the controversial "high-end" vaccine produced in Taiwan, and his image as a "high-end salesman" has attracted a lot of negative comments.
"United Daily News" commented that the adjustment of the ruling team of the DPP authorities focuses more on solving Tsai Ing-wen's own "political lameness" dilemma than Taiwan's development dilemma.
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