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Published: July 28, 2006
Following a series of panel meetings held during the past month, the plenary session of the Conference on Sustaining Taiwan's Economic Development was convened July 27-28, 2006, with great success. A total of 175 conferees, representing the executive and legislative branches of government as well as all other sectors of society took part in the two-day conference. This conference, the largest since the Economic Development Advisory Conference was convened by the Office of the President in August 2001, attracted close attention both at home and abroad.
On March 8, 2006, the Executive Yuan announced that the Conference on Sustaining Taiwan's Economic Development would be convened. In the time since, four preparatory meetings, one pre-conference meeting, two senior advisors meetings, and 44 panel meetings have been held.
Prior to convening a plenary session, a total of 46 symposiums were organized-some for conference panel members, some concerning regions, and some including foreign businesspeople. After two days of lively discussions, the five panels reached consensus on more than 516 items-an outstanding achievement.
The numbers of items that each group had reached consensuses on are as follows (see attached table for further information):
1. The Social Security Panel: 107
2. The Panel on Enhancing Business Competitiveness: 148
3. The Panel on Fiscal and Financial Reform: 119
4. The Panel on Global Deployment and Cross-strait Economic and Trade Relations: 58
5. The Panel on Government Efficiency: 84
During the closing ceremony, Premier Su Tseng-chang emphasized that the current executive departments comprise an action team. He pledged that, within one month, these departments would propose concrete measures to implement various consensuses. Premier Su also stated that the government would hasten to make proposals concerning amending related laws for consideration by the Legislative Yuan in its next session. Suggestions that were not included in the list of consensual opinions will be retained for future reference. President Wang Jyn-ping of the Legislative Yuan, in response, stated that he would work with the political parties in the Legislative Yuan to push for the enactment of relevant laws so as to carry forward the conclusions made at the conference.
Table: Conclusions Made at the Conference on Sustaining Taiwan's Economic Development
| | Number of Consensual Opinions | Number of Other Opinions | | The Social Security Panel | 107 | 5 | | The Panel onEnhancing Business Competitiveness | 148 | 88 | | The Panel on Fiscal and Financial Reform | 119 | 14 | | The Panel on Global Deployment and Cross-strait Economic and Trade Relations | 58 | 18 | | | The Panel on Government Efficiency | 84 | 41 | | Total | 516 | 166 |
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