Zhang Qilu, Secretary-General of the People’s Party Group of the Legislative Yuan, believes that the industrial development direction of the Ministry of Data and Development is very important, and the functions of the National Communications and Communication Committee overlap in part. The committee is "weird".

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[Reporter Huang Jingao/Taipei Report] The Legislative Yuan officially held a meeting today, and will vote to determine the ownership of the Ministry of Digital Development. The People's Caucus in the Legislative Yuan recently proposed that the Ministry of Digital Development should be handed over to the Economic Committee for presiding.

Zhang Qilu, Secretary-General of the People’s Party Group of the Legislative Yuan, believes that the industrial development direction of the Ministry of Data and Development is very important, and the functions of the National Communications and Communication Committee overlap in part. The committee is "weird".

Legislator Zhang Qilu pointed out that the Digital Industry Department and the Information Security Department are under the Ministry of Data Development, which have strong policy and decision-making responsibilities. Among them, the director of the Digital Industry Department, Lu Zhenghua, was previously the director of the Bureau of Industry, showing the industry development direction of the Digital Development Department. It is very important. If it is really impossible to belong to the Economic Committee, Zhang Qilu believes that the second choice should be the Education and Culture Committee.

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Zhang Qilu also revealed that Tang Feng, the Minister of the Data Development Department, admitted when he talked to him a few days ago that since the Transportation Committee focuses more on the direction of construction and hardware, if the Data Development Department is assigned to the Transportation Committee, it may focus too much on construction. Development itself is strategic and should take into account various aspects such as policies and industrial development. For example, information security needs to take into account the technological level and economic development level.

Qiu Chenyuan, General Summoner of the Legislative Yuan's People's Party Group, pointed out that the People's Party Group believes that among the powers and responsibilities of the Digital Development Department, a considerable number of businesses are related to industries, including the transformation and development of digital industries, which require the Legislative Yuan to strengthen supervision and assistance. The Ministry of Development shall belong to the Economic Committee.