Taiwan Provincial Government

Taiwan Provincial Government

臺灣省政府 Táiwān Shěng Zhèngfǔ
Seal of Taiwan Province.gif Seal of Taiwan Province
Agency overview
Formed	April 1947
Jurisdiction	Taiwan Province
Headquarters	Zhongxing New Village, Nantou City, Nantou County
Minister responsible	Hsu Jan-yau, Chairperson
Website	www.TPG.gov.tw

Government Building

Hsu Jan-yau, the incumbent Governor of Taiwan Province.

The Taiwan Provincial Government (TPG; 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

• 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

• Taiwan Province
• Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
• Fujian Provincial Government