Incoming Lai Admin. Announces New Tech and Economic Development Officials

Taiwan's incoming administration under President-elect Lai Ching-te has announced new cabinet ministers related to tech and economic development.

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00:00 Taiwan's new Premier, Chou Rung-tai, announced six new officials in charge of Taiwan's ministries

00:05 and agencies along the theme of tech and economic development.

00:09 Chou said that he hoped these ministers would be able to help strengthen Taiwan's strategic

00:13 industries, including semiconductors, AI and communications, and would be able to help

00:18 not only big companies, but also small and medium-sized enterprises as well as start-ups.

00:23 "Taiwan has played an indispensable role in the global supply chain.

00:30 The speed of technology will determine the speed of the country's growth."

00:39 Chou announced Guo Zhihui as Economics Minister, Huang Yannan as Digital Minister, taking the

00:44 position from notable hacker-turned-politician Audrey Tang, Liu Jingqing as head of National

00:49 Development Council, and also put Wu Chengwen as the head of the National Science Council.

00:55 Peng Jinglong was announced as head of the Financial Supervisory Commission, and Cheng

00:59 Jingde is going to be the head of the Public Construction Commission.

01:04 With just one month left to go before President-elect Lai Xingzhe is set to take office, there have

01:08 been several announcements of cabinet members like these, but this time around, notably,

01:13 there are no women on stage.

01:15 Now there are still a few more prominent positions we're looking out for, that's the Minister

01:20 of Foreign Affairs, as well as Minister of National Defense, and those are yet to be

01:24 announced.

01:25 Yixin Chen and Tiffany Wong in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

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