Comprehensive Taiwan media reports that on January 25, 2019, the mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Han Kuo-yu, took office for a full month. This down-to-earth and humorous mayor has launched a series of policies to promote profit and eliminate disadvantages in just one month, which has brought Kaohsiung a new look. The people of Kaohsiung said that "I chose the right person."
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Image source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News" data photo Yao Zhiping
Nowadays, Han Kuo-yu is very popular. Even Kaohsiung Municipal Government has become a "tourist attraction". Travelers often come to visit him, and he also takes time to take photos with the public to sign. A "Korean wave" is shaking inside and outside the island.
[Present in January, attaching importance to cross-strait exchanges will benefit Kaohsiung]
The main slogan of "People can enter, goods can be delivered, Kaohsiung can make a fortune" won the mayoral election for Han Kuo-yu. Less than a month after he took office, a new cargo route from Kaohsiung to Pingtan was opened.
htmlOn January 20, the "Pingtan-Kaohsiung" direct cargo route successfully achieved its maiden voyage. Photo by Zhang Bin Han Kuo-yu once said that the express ship from Kaohsiung to Pingtan is coming day and night, reminding him of the "magic carpet" in the fairy tale "One Thousand and One Nights". In the future, Kaohsiung's high-quality products will be shipped to mainland ports through this "magic carpet". Before and after the election, Han Kuo-yu repeatedly expressed his firm support for the "1992 Consensus" and attached great importance to cross-strait exchanges. The day after taking office, he announced that the Kaohsiung Municipal Government's Cross-Strait Working Group is in full swing and is expected to be established during the Spring Festival in 2019.
Former Kaohsiung County Mayor Yang Qiuxing also hopes to be a cross-strait bridge. Han Kuo-yu invited Yang Qiuxing to serve as the deputy convener. He himself and the convener. The CEO shall be the chairman of the Research and Examination Conference and shall be responsible for promoting cross-strait exchanges.
[ has achieved remarkable results, Kaohsiung has seen the changes in one month ]
After taking office, Han Kuo-yu began to vigorously promote the tourism industry, successfully triggering a tourism boom in Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung City Tourism Director Pan Hengxu said on January 13, 2019 that the housing rates, including Hanlai Hotel and Hanpin Hotel, are all rising, and their performance has increased several times.
Data picture: The crowds of people are surging in Liuhe Night Market, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Photo by Wang Dongming, China News Service,
, Hewo Culture and Tourism Operation Director said that he has clearly felt that the tourism industry has improved recently. He believes that Han Kuo-yu took office and was very helpful to the tourism industry, and many tourists came for Han Kuo-yu.
There are more tourists coming to Kaohsiung to travel, which has restored the bustle of Liuhe Night Market. Some netizens posted videos on the website, recalling that the business situation of Liuhe Night Market was very deserted in the past, but they did not expect that the night market would reappear after the election.
The changes in Kaohsiung are not only reflected in the economy, but after Han Kuo-yu took office, he began to comprehensively renovate the bumpy roads in Kaohsiung. Leading by Deputy Mayor Li Sichuan, he vowed to pave the Kaohsiung roads flat and give the people a safe environment.
There is a netizen living in Caoyadao who rides a bike out to work early in the morning. He feels that it is different from usual, so he finds that the road has been paved and praises the high efficiency of the new municipal government. Some netizens joked that the road suddenly became "too easy to ride", but it was not used to it.
[-day imagination, developing a characteristic economy is sought after by the public ]
Han Kuo-yu's way of developing the economy is unique, and a series of "love industry chains" with the theme of "love river" is one of them. For this purpose, he also invited the well-known writer Qiong Yao to serve as the "General Consultant of the Love Industry Chain" in Kaohsiung.
Data photo: The lantern festival held along the love river in Kaohsiung, Taiwan attracted a large number of people to visit. Photo by Wang Dongming, China News Service
In order to market the "love industry chain", the Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau announced that starting from January 2019, the "1314 Lifetime" Love Day event will be launched on the 13th and 14th of each month, strengthening the "love industry chain" with different themes. As soon as the event was launched, it attracted enthusiastic pursuit by the public.
In addition to the "love industry chain", Han Kuo-yu also launched the "Kaohsiung currency" in combination with the APP to stimulate consumption. People can get a reward if they just scan the store’s QR code at checkout, and they can be deducted for the next purchase.
"Kaohsiung Coin" is the first batch of hundreds of merchants in three major business districts, and will be promoted to the business districts in Kaohsiung City in the future. On the first day of the APP launch, Han Kuo-yu also personally launched marketing.
[ attaches importance to people's livelihood and listen to the voices of individuals of different classes ]
Work hard on the economy, and Mayor Han is also unambiguous on people's livelihood issues. In 2018, Kaohsiung had severe floods, including Fengshan and Minong. He knew the suffering of the people, so he invited Li Hongyuan, the former head of the internal affairs department of the Taiwan authorities, to serve as the general consultant for water control, to plan for Kaohsiung's water control.
Han Kuo-yu (left) arrived at Yong'an Children's Home to prepare for an overnight stay. He thought he could definitely get along with the children. Image source: Taiwan's "Central News Agency" Photo provided by Kaohsiung City News Bureau
Water control is a major event, and listening to the voice of the people is also a major event. Before being elected, Han Kuo-yu promised to choose one day a month to sleep at home in a vulnerable institution or ethnic group. The purpose of this is to listen to the voices of the grassroots and remind himself not to be disconnected from the grassroots.
On January 19, 2019, he stayed overnight in Yong'an Children's Home in Daliao. Chen Liaomeifang, chairman of Yong'an Children's Home, said that Han Kuo-yu attaches great importance to children. When he heard that children wanted to have a home, he couldn't help but shed tears.
[ overcomes all difficulties and proposes a strategy to solve debt in 3 months ]
"Build the richest man in Kaohsiung and Taiwan", this is the general municipal goal pointed out by Han Kuo-yu in his parliamentary policy address on January 17, 2019. He will propose a strategy to solve Kaohsiung's debt of 300 billion yuan within three months.
Data picture: Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News" Photo by Liu Youting
In terms of economy, he supervises investment promotion, strives to apply offshore island regulations to set up duty-free zones in Qijin, strives to upgrade Kaohsiung Software Science Park, opens the entry of e-sports game companies on and off the island, and accelerates the promotion of Qiaotou Science Park, etc.
In terms of pragmatic construction of important projects, it is necessary to complete the bamboo extension line of the Kaohsiung MRT Gangshan Road and the Xiaogang to forest gardens and the MRT Yellow Line; strengthen the construction of rural areas and create local employment opportunities; complete and improve the pavement of 20 important urban roads by the end of March.
In terms of loving society, it focuses on improving air pollution and rectifying water quality. It has determined to install air conditioners and air purifiers in primary and secondary schools in adjacent industrial areas, listed Dalin Puqian Village as a key plan, and studied and implemented river remediation and maintenance of reservoirs with experts.
