Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, was asked today (5th) whether he would resign and return to school to teach?

He said that he would cooperate with the President's instructions and the cabinet reshuffle, and said that he hoped to take advantage of this session of the Legislative Yuan to complete next year's budget review and other tasks.

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[Reporter Wu Baixuan/Taipei Report] The ruling party suffered a major defeat in the nine-in-one general election, and there was a lot of criticism from the outside world. The reshuffle of the cabinet and the whereabouts of political officials have attracted attention.

Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, was asked today (5th) whether he would resign and return to school to teach?

He said that he would cooperate with the President's instructions and the cabinet reshuffle, and said that he hoped to take advantage of this session of the Legislative Yuan to complete next year's budget review and other tasks.

The Democratic Progressive Party is in power, but the local elections that just ended in November were defeated. Part of the criticism points to the impact of the cabinet's governance; Minister of the Interior Xu Guoyong has reported that he is packing his personal luggage and seems to be preparing to resign. Chairman of the Council of Agriculture Chen Jizhong attended the Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan today , Chen's whereabouts have also attracted attention.

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Facing the issue of cabinet reshuffle, Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that as soon as the session of the Legislative Yuan is over, it will cooperate with the reshuffle of the cabinet. Waiting for the direction of the president, he hopes to complete everything this month, including today's Legislative Yuan will review the Council of Agriculture next year. Budget, hope it goes well.

Regarding rumors that Chen Jizhong will resign and return to school to teach?

Chen Jizhong responded that administrative officials have no responsibility for the results of governance. When returning to school, they will follow the relevant teacher secondment regulations, and reiterated that they will cooperate with the entire cabinet reshuffle.

In addition, with regard to China’s recent ban on the import of grouper from China, the Council of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education issued a policy of "eating grouper in class" in schools, but recently it has been reported that students in some counties and cities have not eaten a bite of grouper. It will be changed to "eating good food every day". For this, Chen Jizhong will explain again, thank domestic and foreign consumers for their support, so that the production and sales of grouper are in place, and the price makes fishermen very satisfied. As for the change from eating grouper to eating good food, related subsidies It is easy to modify the name of the fund, and with the increase in future production, the remaining 360 school children will also be able to eat grouper this month.