Taiwan Provincial Government

Taiwan Provincial Government

臺灣省政府 Táiwān Shěng Zhèngfǔ
Agency overview
Formed	April 1947[1]
Jurisdiction	Taiwan Province
Headquarters	Zhongxing New Village, Nantou City, Nantou County
Minister responsible	Lin Junq-tzer, Governor
Website	www.tpg.gov.tw

The Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG; Chinese: 臺灣省政府; pinyin: Táiwān Shěng Zhèngfǔ) is the government that governs Taiwan Province of the Republic of China (ROC). The government headquarter is located at Zhongxing New Village, Nantou City, Nantou County.

History

To takeover Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, the ROC Central Government in Nanking promulgated the Taiwan Province Administrative Official Public Ministry Organization Statute on 20 September 1945. It established the Taiwan Province Administrative Official Public Ministry temporarily under the Executive Yuan to serve as the highest local administrative agency in Taiwan Province on 25 October 1945 and became the Taiwan Provincial Government in April 1947 through a resolution passed during the 784th meeting of the Executive Yuan.

Duties

• Implement civil administration and institute provincial administrative reform.
• Manage educational, sports and cultural matters.
• Promote economic development.
• Conduct vehicle accident appraisals and enhance service performance.
• Handle social, labor, health and environmental protection matters.
• Manage and maintain the public facilities of Zhongxing New Village and plan improvements to its overall development.
• Enhance the operation and management of the Taiwan Provincial Information Museum and Library.
• Manage legal matters, review and organize provincial laws and regulations, and conduct touring legal seminars.

Organizational structures

• Civil-Social-Health-Environment Division
• Financial-Economic-Transportation-Regulations Division
• Education-Culture-Data Division
• Administrative Division
• Personnel Office
• Accounting Office
• Civil Service Ethics Office
• Taiwan Provincial Teacher Appeal and Evaluation Committee
• Traffic Accident Investigation and Re-discussion Committee

Divisions

Provincial city governments

• Chiayi City Government
• Hsinchu City Government
• Keelung City Government

County governments

• Changhua County Government
• Chiayi County Government
• Hsinchu County Government
• Hualien County Government
• Miaoli County Government
• Nantou County Government
• Penghu County Government
• Pingtung County Government
• Taitung County Government
• Yilan County Government
• Yunlin County Government

See also

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• Taiwan Province
• Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council

References

List of heads of local government in the Republic of China Mayors of special municipalities Kaohsiung (list of mayors) Chen Chu (Democratic Progressive Party) New Taipei (list of mayors) Eric Chu (Kuomintang) Taichung (list of mayors) Lin Chia-lung (Democratic Progressive Party) Tainan (list of mayors) William Lai (Democratic Progressive Party) Taipei (list of mayors) Ko Wen-je (Independent) Taoyuan (list of mayors) Cheng Wen-tsan (Democratic Progressive Party) Mayors of provincial cities Chiayi (list of mayors) Twu Shiing-jer (Democratic Progressive Party) Hsinchu (list of mayors) Lin Chih-chien (Democratic Progressive Party) Keelung (list of mayors) Lin Yu-chang (Democratic Progressive Party) Magistrates of counties Changhua (list of magistrates) Wei Ming-ku (Democratic Progressive Party) Chiayi (list of magistrates) Helen Chang (Democratic Progressive Party) Hsinchu (list of magistrates) Chiu Ching-chun (Kuomintang) Hualien (list of magistrates) Fu Kun-chi (Independent) Kinmen (list of magistrates) Chen Fu-hai (Independent) Lienchiang (list of magistrates) Liu Cheng-ying (Kuomintang) Miaoli (list of magistrates) Hsu Yao-chang (Kuomintang) Nantou (list of magistrates) Lin Ming-chen (Kuomintang) Penghu (list of magistrates) Chen Kuang-fu (Democratic Progressive Party) Pingtung (list of magistrates) Pan Men-an (Democratic Progressive Party) Taitung (list of magistrates) Justin Huang (Kuomintang) Yilan (list of magistrates) Lin Tsung-hsien (Democratic Progressive Party) Yunlin (list of magistrates) Lee Chin-yung (Democratic Progressive Party)