Taiwan Provincial Government

Taiwan Provincial Government
Agency overview
臺灣省政府 Táiwān Shěng Zhèngfǔ
Seal of Taiwan Province
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

Government Building

Lin Junq-tzer, the current Governor of Taiwan Province

The Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG; simplified Chinese: 台湾省政府; traditional Chinese: 臺灣省政府; pinyin: Táiwān Shěng Zhèngfǔ) is the provincial government that governs Taiwan Province of the Republic of China (ROC) which is one of the two provinces it controls, the other being the Fujian Province. The government headquarters are 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

County governments

References

↑ "臺灣省政府全球資訊網". tpg.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

Local government in Taiwan

Special municipalities	Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan

Provincial cities	Chiayi Hsinchu Keelung

Counties	Changhua Chiayi Hsinchu Hualien Kinmen Lienchiang Miaoli Nantou Penghu Pingtung Taitung Yilan Yunlin

Heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan

Mayors of special municipalities	Mayors of provincial cities	Magistrates of counties

Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chu (DPP) New Taipei (list): Eric Chu (KMT) Taichung (list): Lin Chia-lung (DPP) Tainan (list): William Lai (DPP) Taipei (list): Ko Wen-je (Ind.) Taoyuan (list): Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP)	Chiayi (list): Twu Shiing-jer (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Lin Chih-chien (DPP) Keelung (list): Lin Yu-chang (DPP)	Changhua (list): Wei Ming-ku (DPP) Chiayi (list):Helen Chang (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Chiu Ching-chun (KMT) Hualien (list): Fu Kun-chi (Ind.) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (Ind.) Lienchiang (list): Liu Cheng-ying (KMT) Miaoli (list): Hsu Yao-chang (KMT) Nantou (list): Lin Ming-chen (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Pingtung (list): Pan Men-an (DPP) Taitung (list): Justin Huang (KMT) Yilan (list): Lin Tsung-hsien (DPP) Yunlin (list): Lee Chin-yung (DPP)

Local government in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

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