National Unification Council

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The National Unification Council (Chinese: 國家統一委員會; pinyin: Guójiā Tǒngyī Wěiyuánhuì), established in 1990, was a governmental body in the Republic of China on Taiwan whose aim is to promote unification with Mainland China. The council has been out of operation under the administration of Chen Shui-bian since 2000, who leans toward Taiwan independence and opposes Chinese reunification. At the same time, in his Four Noes and One Without policy, Chen promised not to formally abolish the Council or the Guidelines for National Unification in order to appease the international doubt on his potential move for declaring independence.

1 Abolishment
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Abolishment

Following the defeat of his Democratic Progressive Party in the ROC local elections, 2005, however, in his lunar new year speech in 2006, Chen instructed the DPP to formally begin debating on permanently abolishing the National Unification Council and the guidelines set out therein. On February 27, 2006, Chen formally announced that the council would "cease to function" and its guidelines would "cease to apply".^[1]

At the 228 Incident memorial ceremony held next day, Chen changed the topic half way through his speech and asked "Is A-bian wrong? Is A-bian wrong? Is A-bian wrong by returning the right of choosing their future to the 23 million people of Taiwan?"^[2] The crowd answered with "No!" and "Go A-bian!". Chen asked the questions in Mandarin, a language spoken in both Taiwan and Mainland China, while the rest of his speech was in Taiwanese, a language spoken in Taiwan.^[3]