There are 16 new members joining Taiwan's Cabinet. The reshuffling is a concession for the ruling party's failure to remove opposition lawmakers in mass recall elections over this summer.
00:04Premier Zhou Rongtai introduced 16 new members who will lead major government agencies in charge of economic development, health and social welfare policies.
00:13They are here to bring fresh leadership to the team after major setbacks over the past year, like a series of failed recall votes and several devastating storms.
00:22Premier Zhou Rongtai will continue to lead the cabinet, and said he was both excited and nervous to move forward with the new group.
00:30President Lai Qingze worked closely with the first cabinet, and he says he is holding the
00:59hopeful that the new one will be able to focus on serving the people.
01:03We hope that the entire guard becomes confronted with the goal of four quarters as the goal of the military to grow.
01:10There are some familiar faces among the newcomers.
01:32Gong Minxin, who will be taking over the economy ministry,
01:35is a seasoned cabinet member who currently serves as its secretary general.
01:39He was also previously head of the National Development Council.
01:43The Chinese government and the supply chain are the root of the development of Taiwan.
01:47The economy has always been together with these companies.
01:52We have experienced the challenge of the 1.0 and COVID-19 pandemic in the past.
01:58We have experienced the challenge.
01:59I believe that we can definitely have experienced the challenge.
02:05Other new cabinet officials hope to bring knowledge from their fields of expertise
02:09in science and technology or even sports to the government.
02:13Like Li Yang, two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's doubles badminton,
02:18who will be the very first to head the new sports ministry
02:21and the youngest minister in Taiwan's history at age 30.
02:25But there are doubts about whether these changes will be enough
02:28to advance the ruling party's policies and appease the opposition.
02:32The chances of the new cabinet are going to be able to work well with the opposition
02:35already do not look good.
02:38For one thing, it's a fairly minor change.
02:41And second of all, both the KMT and TPP have come out attacking the changes.
02:48The KMT specifically called the choices disappointing.
02:52And they said that the Li administration has not self-reflected on the recall losses.
03:00Moving forward, all eyes will be on the new cabinet to bridge Taiwan's growing political divides
03:05and see if they can last the next few years.
03:08Luffy Lee, Joseph Wu, and Tiffany Wong in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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