Central Taiwan’s regional governance platform joined Hsinchu City, and members of the Central Democratic Progressive Party questioned Mayor Lu Xiuyan’s desire to expand political influence.

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[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan will join the "Central Taiwan Regional Governance Platform", which will increase the platform to 8 counties and cities. Taichung City's ruling and opposition city council parties believe that the platform's functions have not been fully demonstrated, and add a few more counties and cities It's useless, and the DPP city councilor even questioned that the mayor Lu Xiuyan wanted to expand his political influence, a regional platform full of political flavor.

Central Taiwan’s regional governance platform was first established in the former Central Taiwan Mayor Hu Zhiqiang’s hope that various constructions and industries in the central region could be connected. Therefore, combined with Taichung County, Changhua and Yunlin County at that time, the four counties and cities held regular meetings, and the Lin Jialong era continued and expanded Miaoli County. After Lu Xiuyan took office, she expanded her territory, and Yunlin, Chiayi City, and Hsinchu County all joined in. The current Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan also agreed to join, becoming a very large cross-county-city platform.

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He Wenhai, general secretary of the DPP party group, said that he has always been happy to see the establishment of the central Taiwan regional governance platform, but so far people feel that it has no effect. Once the platform is established, it must be effective in order to benefit the people in central China. Joining other counties is neither functional nor useful.

DPP City Councilor Chen Shuhua said that after Mayor Lu took office, she expanded her political bargaining chips. The substantive cooperation between China and Taiwan’s regional governance platform is very weak, focusing on the effect of political propaganda. She intends to expand her influence and become a clique. Party power; now that the Hsinchu municipal party is in rotation, Gao Hongan is recruited to join. Obviously, Lu Xiuyan's central Taiwan regional governance platform is obviously political, and only focuses on the harmony of the blue camp, and does not see the benefits of actual regional governance.

Huang Xinhui, secretary general of the Kuomintang League, said that such a large platform must be efficient. Only by holding regular meetings like Hu Zhiqiang's era can it achieve efficiency, and even maximize the strength of cooperation, such as jointly seeking budgets from the central government, construction, etc. Otherwise, it will only be big.

Chen Tingxiu, a non-party city councilor, said, what is the effect of such a large platform?

It makes people feel like forming an alliance with a foreign city to become a sister city, and it also makes people feel the ambition of Mayor Lu Xiuyan, but this is understandable, because Taichung City is the leader in the central region, and Lu Xiuyan has the responsibility to lead, but he still hopes that since the alliance, It should play a role. The power of the eight counties and cities is really integrated, and it will be able to fight for the welfare of the people in the central region.