The "Academic Support Association for Taipei Mayoral Candidate Shen Boyang" independently launched by Taiwan's academic community has nearly 1,300 signatures, and 300 people attended the political forum held today for exchanges. (Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)
The "Taipei Mayor Candidate Shen Boyang Academic Support Association" independently initiated by Taiwan's academic community held its founding meeting today, with nearly 1,300 signatories. The event was launched in the form of a "HEART" (Space, Empowerment, Companionship, Resilience, Time) political opinion forum. Shen Boyang said that the initial target was only 50 people, but he did not expect that so many academic friends would come forward. He was very touched and hoped that through discussion, the policy would be more refined and truly help the citizens.
About 300 people attended the forum for exchanges, and five interdisciplinary young scholars were invited to discuss in the form of a "HEART" political opinion forum, including Lin Yiren, professor of the Museum of Beijing University of Arts, Chen Penong, professor of the Department of Engineering at National Taiwan University, Zhou Yueqing, researcher of the Labor and Welfare Research Center for Aged Society of National Chung Cheng University, Peng Paulo, associate researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, and Li Meijun, associate researcher of the Institute of Ethnology. Academicians of Academia Sinica Li Wenxiong, Chen Lingjin, Du Zhengsheng, Wang Huijun, Li Decai, Wu Maokun, Lin Liqiong and others attended the scene to support the event. They jointly presented a large Taipei map hanging made in Taiwan that took a long time to faithfully restore every corner of Taipei, allowing Shen Boyang to carefully examine it on the spot.
Shen Boyang said that the support association was initially initiated by Zhou Wanyao, an honorary professor of the Department of History of National Taiwan University, and Huang Houming, a professor of the Department of Sociology of National Chengchi University. The original target was 50 people, but he did not expect so many academic friends to respond. He thanked everyone for their support, especially since he is from an academic background. He was very touched. The last time I had a discussion with academia, I felt like I was taking a doctoral qualification exam, and I was quite nervous. This event was in the form of a dialogue. The participants put forward their ideas on municipal administration, and he responded to them one by one. The most important thing was to make the policies more detailed so that they could really help people.
Shen Boyang promised that if elected as mayor of Taipei, he would set up a city-level think tank, the Taipei Research Institute, and continue to invite professionals from all walks of life to formulate plans on issues and send them to the parliament to set standards so that civil servants will have clear standards to follow when implementing them. Age and gender factors can also be included in the planning of various policies.
The "Taipei Mayoral Candidate Shen Boyang Academic Support Association" independently initiated by Taiwan's academic community held its founding meeting today and debuted in the form of a "HEART" (Space, Encouragement, Companionship, Resilience, Time) political opinion forum. (Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)
