Vice President Lai Qingde will take office as the chairman of the DPP on the 18th. In addition to announcing the party secretary-general Xu Liming, three deputy secretary-generals Yang Yishan, Huang Jianjia, and Xu Jiatian have also taken their positions.

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[Reporter Chen Yun/Taipei Report] DPP chairman-elect Lai Ching-te will officially take office tomorrow. In addition to announcing the party secretary-general Xu Liming, three deputy secretaries-general Yang Yishan, Huang Jianjia, and Xu Jiatian have also taken their positions. Lai Ching-teh will hold a press conference after the meeting and discuss Accepting questions from the media; people familiar with the matter revealed that due to the approaching Lunar New Year, the current first-level supervisor will stay in office until the end of January, and the new party affairs supervisor will not officially take office until February.

President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as the party chairman at the end of last year due to the defeat in the nine-in-one election. The DPP held a by-election last Sunday. The Vice President Lai Qingde, who was running for the same quota, won 41,840 votes and 99.65% of the votes. The DPP will hold a by-election tomorrow. The Central Executive Committee confirmed and announced the list of elected party chairmen. After the meeting, the acting party chairman Chen Qimai handed over to Lai Qingde for a term until May 19, 2024.

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People familiar with the matter pointed out that after the completion of the handover of the party chairman, Lai Qingde will announce the party secretary-general Xu Liming, and the three deputy secretary-generals Yang Yishan, Huang Jianjia, and Xu Jiatian, and hold a press conference after the meeting to accept media questions; however, due to the approaching of the Lunar New Year, the existing The first-level supervisor will remain in office until the end of January, and will be replaced by a new party affairs supervisor in February. This is also Lai's kindness to his colleagues in the party department. Other party affairs personnel are still being consulted and confirmed, and will be in place as soon as possible.

Xu Liming, who is about to take over as the secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party, is currently the executive director of the New Realm Cultural and Educational Foundation. In the past, he served as the deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City and the chairman of the research and examination committee. The director of the party chairman's office will be replaced by Zhou Weiyou, a senior former Taipei city councilor from the new department.

Yang Yishan is a staff member heavily relied on by former Minister of Transportation Lin Jialong, and was once the director of the Information Department of the Democratic Progressive Party; Huang Jianjia is the core staff member of the former Pingtung County Mayor Pan Mengan, and previously served in the office of Vice President Lai Qingde; the third deputy secretary-general is from the current Women's Ministry Director Xu Jiatian was promoted, and Xu Jiatian, who was a staff member, has long been concerned about public policies such as social welfare, women and children.