Lai Qingde, the president of Taiwan, announced that the national security leader team said that the new team faced very severe challenges, including the rise of regional hegemony.Facing the eight -year -old zero interaction between the two sides of the strait, he called on Beijing to confidently face the "legal government entrusted by the people in Taiwan."
Lai Qingde and vice presidential partner Xiao Meiqin won in the presidential election on January 13 this year. On May 20th, he will lead the new cabinet to take office.At a press conference held at the International Conference Center of the National Taiwan University Hospital on Thursday (April 25), he personally announced the core team of Guoan's head..
Lai Qingde introduced one by one, Gu Lixiong, Secretary -General of the National Security Council, and Lin Jialong, Secretary -General of the Presidential Palace, will be the Minister of Defense and Foreign Minister.The current foreign minister Wu Zhaozheng will be the secretary -general of the National Security Council, Pan Meng'an, former county magistrate of Pingtung County, will be the secretary general of the presidential palace, and Cai Mingyan will stay as the director of Guoan.
In addition, Qiu Cuizheng, vice chairman of the Sea Foundation, will be the chairman of the MAC. Chairman of the Sea Foundation will be handled by Zheng Wencan, the vice president of the Executive Yuan, and the chairman of the Association will be taken over by Yan Defa, chief consulting committee member of the National Security Council.Yan Defa also served as Minister of Defense, Chief of Staff, and Secretary -General of the National Security Council.
Lai Qingde said in his speech that the new Guoan team faced very severe challenges, including the international situation and geopolitical changes, the rise of regional hegemony, and global supply chain reorganization.
He described the new team to have cross -domain professionalism and experience, co -workers and tacit understanding.Taiwan responsibility.
He promises to lead the new team, take peace as the lighthouse, and take democracy as a compass to protect the life of "national sovereignty" and maintain democracy and freedom human rights; stabilize the cross -strait, maintain India -Pacific peace, and become the international community.strength.
Lai Qingde called for the first time on the Democratic Progressive Party on Wednesday that "the cross -strait ruling party to start a benign dialogue responsible" was regarded as an olive branch to Beijing as a party chairman.The day before, when he met the US think tank at the presidential palace, he also promised that he would handle cross -strait relations and resolutely maintain the current status of peace in the Taiwan Straits.
In the eight years since the DPP has been in power, cross -strait relations have fallen into frozen, and the central government has no interaction.When Lai Qingde faced the media questions on Thursday, he shouted to the other side again, "I look forward to China's (mainland) to be confident and willing to face the legal government entrusted by the people of Taiwan. This is the right way for cross -strait exchanges."
He said, In addition, "Brother Middle -generation" Zheng Wencan , after the auxiliary results and frequent controversy, political energy was frustrated, and the chairman of the Sea Foundation was also described as the cold palace by public opinion.
He took the "Zun Lai" route when he answered the media at the press conference, and smiled with a smile on his mobile phone, read the speech of Lai Qingde's election, and emphasized that he would communicate with the mainland in accordance with the constitutional system of the "Republic of China" and communicate with the mainland.Cooperation to enhance the well -being of the people on both sides of the strait.
Xiao Xinhuang, the chairman of the Taiwan Government and the Chairman of the Taiwan Asian Exchange Foundation, commented to the Taiwan media during the interview. The Laiqing Germany's team has the characteristics of "along the Cai Yingwen route" and greater international relations than cross -strait relations.