The Kuomintang's re-election Taichung mayor Lu Xiuyan and New Taipei mayor Hou Youyi are regarded as the "strongest hen" in the blue camp. Among them, Lu Xiuyan has recently traveled across Taiwan and assisted candidates nominated by the Kuomintang everywhere. Is it possible to invest in the 2024 Taiwan leadership election with "Hou Lu"? In an exclusive interview with Taiwan media China Times, Lu Xiuyan emphasized that she currently has only one idea, which is to do a good job in the present. After all, whether she can break the "Taichung Mayor's re-election curse" is still unknown.
Lu Xiuyan pointed out in an interview that she is a pragmatic person. Can she pass this level by the end of this year? Now I don’t know, “Why do you have to think so much?” She pointed out that since the journey of life has come, many things are not in the original plan. It’s like she never thought about electing mayor, and she even felt that she might be a "legislator" for the rest of her life, but she didn’t expect that the political party would be rotated, the Kuomintang was liquidated by struggle, and many counties and cities could not find anyone to run for election. The polls showed that she could choose, so she wanted to give it a try.
Under the storm of unsupervised outside, Lu Xiuyan, in the form of a "duck paddling" four years ago, played the main axis of elections such as "mayor replacement, air replacement" and "sunlight, air, water", and embarked on the road of " Bailihou " step by step. After being the mayor of Taichung for more than three years, the most satisfactory political achievement is the air pollution rectification.
"The most difficult thing to fight against God." Lu Xiuyan emphasized that in the past, Taichung City even had serious air pollution during the non-air pollution season. Although there are still bad days for air products, the number of days has been more than half less than before. When she took office, Taichung City had about 60 to 70 days of bad air products per year, but now it has dropped to 20 to 30 days. We will continue to work hard in the future, hoping that the air quality will meet the standards every day.
Lu Xiuyan said that Taiwan's industrial industry is almost concentrated in the central and southern parts of the central and southern parts of the Taiwan region, causing serious pollution in the central and southern parts of the country, and all counties and cities have worked very hard. After taking office, she promoted the "Blue Sky and White Cloud Plan", which reduced the PM2.5 concentration in Taichung City to 14.1 micrograms in June this year, which was better than the air pollution standard in Taiwan for the first time. It is not only the first county and city to meet the standards in the central and southern regions, but also the best results in rectifying the air pollution since the merger of the county and city.
Is there any situation where the DPP authorities "stuck Taichung"? Lu Xiuyan said that she is a positive person and always demands that she can overcome difficulties as long as she has determination. She has worked hard since she was young, but she always looked forward and endured hardships as a supplement. She was willing to do and serve the citizens, so it was natural to work hard. But one regret is that there is a little political interference in Taichung.
Lu Xiuyan pointed out that for example, she was ridiculed by someone who thought that rectifying air pollution was an unrealistic concept, but she still worked hard to do it; some people also criticized the Taichung Shopping Festival and were not optimistic, and there would be some political traction, but her personality doesn’t feel that there are any hardships or setbacks.
"I am a female mayor and attach importance to education and culture." Lu Xiuyan said that before she took office, the education budget of Taichung City accounted for the last place in the total budget. After she took office, she continued to increase the proportion of education funds, promoted internationalization in software, and introduced a large number of foreign teachers, and updated and renovated junior and middle school playgrounds and runways. Now Taichung City's education budget ratio is the first in the "Six Capitals", and the number of foreign teachers has reached 185, which is the largest number of "Six Capitals".
During Lu Xiuyan's tenure as mayor for more than three years, he has been hit by the epidemic for more than two years. She emphasized that Taichung's market leads to open a fast-trading station in Taiwan first to avoid elders queuing up and grabbing quotas for vaccination. All epidemic prevention measures are the first in Taiwan's evaluation, and the governance achievements can be seen. Now we are striving for the mayoral election at the end of the year. We hope to do a good job in the present and break the "Taichung Mayor's re-election curse" on the voting day on November 26. The current idea is to "do it well." (Lin Jingxian/editor)
