Vice President Hsiao Meiqin appeared at the "Taipei Ocean Current" Nangang and Neihu venues tonight. In her speech, she mentioned that in the Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party, everyone has seen the courage, wisdom, governance expertise, and policy literacy of the next generation of political leaders. She quoted the story of Luffy from "One Piece" leading his companions to the great waterway, and presented Shen Boyang with a straw hat and a modern version of Taiwan's nautical chart, calling on supporters to become Shen Boyang's most important partners, allowing him to brave the wind and waves and lead the citizens to sail into the future together.
Xiao Meiqin said, "I am Xiao Meiqin, the battle cat!" Today I am very happy to board a ship in the ocean current with everyone. Last week at Da'an and Wenshan Fields, because she was very curious about ocean currents, she took advantage of the opportunity to go out in low-key disguise, like a light kitten, heading to the roadside at the entrance of the official residence alley, and watched the ocean current fleet passing by with many enthusiastic little water droplets of all ages. She laughed and said, "I may have seen something I shouldn't have seen, because I saw Cai Qichang helping Shen Boyang press his waist." In fact, the election was very hard. Shen Boyang had to stand in the car for several hours, which required a strong sense of balance and endurance. However, he became stronger and stronger as he stood and remained energetic. I believe one of the reasons is because of your company and cheering.
Xiao Meiqin pointed out that when I came to Ganghu District today, I still saw so many citizens gathering together. Everyone enthusiastically supported Shen Boyang, which was touching and inspiring. She explained three levels of significance. The first is that it represents the enthusiasm of Taiwanese citizens for participating in democratic politics. They have not given up because of past losses or setbacks, nor have they been distorted by internal and external pressures. They are the warmest and most confident force. Second, from the beginning of this election campaign, Shen Boyang has clearly positioned himself. The needs of citizens are the protagonists. The problems faced by citizens every day are the improvement of housing, transportation, living environment, children's health and the quality of lunch. This election campaign is a competition to have the courage to face citizens’ problems and propose effective solutions and policies.
Third, "We see in Shen Boyang that the next generation of political leaders possess not only courage and wisdom, but also governance expertise and policy literacy."
Xiao Meiqin further shared why she should support Shen Boyang from two policy issues that require joint cooperation between the central and local governments. The first is "technology and artificial intelligence (AI)." In recent years, technology professionals from all over the world have come to Taiwan to seek partnerships in supply chain and R&D. In recent years, the Presidential Palace has received many distinguished guests from foreign technology companies. They all have a consensus that they are optimistic about Taiwan and want to expand their presence and cooperation in Taiwan. "Taiwan is the place to be."
Xiao Meiqin said that Hong Kong Lake has two major industrial clusters, namely Internal Medicine and Nansoft, as well as the Nangang Exhibition Hall, an important stage for Taiwan's industries to connect with the world. What we want to talk about today is not how to build parks or build new factory buildings, but how to bring the application of science and technology into solutions to citizens’ lives. These solutions require close cooperation between the central and local governments. At the central level, President Lai proposed the "Top Ten New AI Constructions", which not only talked about hardware, but also emphasized the need to expand the application of emerging technologies and AI in various industries. By holding the President's Cup Hackathon and other methods, government agencies and personnel at all levels are encouraged to break through traditional thinking and frameworks and solve problems with innovation. This echoes the Taipei Research Institute proposed by Shen Boyang and is an area where collaboration can be achieved.
Xiao Meiqin mentioned that Taipei City has a lot of data and databases, which can sort out various aspects including the use and bottlenecks of transportation vehicles, urban environment monitoring and early warning, citizens' public service needs and feedback, and even food safety management and traceability. It is not that the current city government has not started to try, but there is still a big gap between comprehensive introduction and application. "We need a captain with more forward-looking vision and ability to lead the North City Government to respond to the technological transformation and smart governance of modern cities." With limited resources, Shen Boyang and his team have presented many innovations in this campaign in a short period of time, whether it is the adoption of the Ocean Current fleet route, the focus on policy islands and interactive policy communication. I believe he has the ability to go beyond it and introduce smart applications and innovations in municipal governance to impress citizens and make Taiwanese proud.
The second policy area that requires Shen Boyang is disaster prevention. Xiao Meiqin mentioned that Taipei is surrounded by mountains and intertwined with rivers, which provide citizens with natural conditions for outdoor life. However, extreme weather also brings urban governance issues. Coupled with geopolitics and emerging risks such as network security, disaster prevention capabilities have become a necessary condition for people to live with peace of mind. President Lai has promoted the defense resilience of the whole society at the central level. For this protection network to truly function and catch everyone, it must rely on local governments to implement urban resilience.
A flood occurred in Neihu a few months ago. Shen Boyang, like many councilors, district chiefs, citizens, and volunteers, went to the front line to assist residents in cleaning up their homes after the disaster. However, when he becomes mayor, his role will be different. It needs to be pushed forward to the level of early warning and prevention, that is, disaster prevention and flood prevention. Hardware construction and daily maintenance, coupled with the disaster prevention knowledge and preparation of the community and residents, "This is Shen Boyang's professionalism all year round!" She also believes that in the future, he will do better in a more scientific, professional, but also warm manner, and Taipei citizens deserve better treatment and more comprehensive care.
"Be cautious and vigilant." Xiao Meiqin said that she must once again remind her earnestly that Shen Boyang's knowledge and energy have given the public reason to be optimistic and expectant. "But we do not have any capital to relax." Under the fierce competition in the late stage of the election campaign, tension is inevitable, and it is very likely, and in fact has happened, that there will be all kinds of unverified information flowing around at home and abroad, which will hit Confidence, or you may face provocative words and actions from different ideas, trying to intensify and divide. Everyone must remember, "Our goal is to vote for the future we want, and this future is tolerance and unity, but also reason and judgment." Before the vote is cast, we must continue to consolidate votes and canvass votes. Every day from today to November 28, there will be more votes than yesterday.
