Jiang Wanan looks forward to the past and promotes Huida's political achievements. Xu Shuhua: Which one is the real you?

The nine-in-one election is approaching. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan is vying for re-election this term, and Huida has settled in Beishike many times, which is frequently promoted as an important political achievement. However, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has approved Huida’s AI innovation research and development center plan as early as 2021, and the funds will be compiled from forward-looking infrastructure funds. Unexpectedly, Chiang Wanan, the then legislator, not only participated in the anti-forward-looking actions of the party group many times, but also jumped on the Congress table to boycott. In response to this, Jiang Wanan responded today (3rd) that the Executive Yuan illegally approved and compiled illegally at that time. As a legislator, he must control the budget for the people. This comment caused North City Councilor Xu Shuhua from the Democratic Progressive Party to question. Jiang Wanan has been saying different things for many years in the face of the boycott of forward-looking infrastructure funding. He questioned, "Mayor Jiang Wanan, which one is the real you?"

Xu Shuhua pointed out the chronological order and pointed out that in 2017, the then legislator Jiang Wanan participated in the Kuomintang League’s boycott of forward-looking infrastructure construction and even stood on the conference table to protest. In 2021, the Ministry of Economic Affairs approved Huida's "Artificial Intelligence Innovation R&D Center Plan" with a government subsidy of 6.7 billion yuan. Media reports pointed out that this subsidy is fully allocated from the forward-looking infrastructure budget. In 2026, Mayor Jiang listed the establishment of Huida's overseas headquarters in Beishike as an important achievement for his re-election.

Xu Shuhua said that the forward-looking budget that he boycotted at that time later became a source of subsidies for Huida's R&D projects in Taiwan. If the boycott had succeeded, would Huida have been able to take its first step in Taiwan? This plan, with a government subsidy of 6.7 billion yuan and Huida's own investment, includes setting up an artificial intelligence research and development center in Taiwan, building the Taipei-1 supercomputer, and cultivating AI talents.

Xu Shuhua believes that although it and Beishike's overseas headquarters are different plans, they are both important layouts for Huida to deeply penetrate Taiwan. "When talking about Huida's achievements, we cannot ignore the central government's early investment." But what is confusing is that every time Mayor Jiang talks about the boycott of Qianzhan, he emphasizes different reasons.

Xu Shuhua even bluntly said that in 2017, Jiang Wanan said that the Kuomintang group’s criticism of Qianzhan was a staking and debt-raising trap, and he boycotted it with all his strength. In 2023, Chiang Wanan said that Taipei received a total of 18.4 billion yuan in forward-looking subsidies, the lowest among the six cities. He said that he questioned the tying of stakes, the sharing of stolen goods, and unfair distribution, and asked the central government for fair distribution. Finally, in 2026, Jiang Wanan was asked about the relationship between Huida and Qianzhan, and emphasized that it was the Executive Yuan who illegally approved, compiled and commissioned it that year.

Xu Shuhua also criticized that she said that Qianzhan was a money pit back then, but later she thought Taipei received too little, and now she uses the results of Qianzhan's support as political achievements. How do these positions fit together? Mayor Jiang never made it clear. Political achievements need to be talked about, and past positions must be explained. Mayor Jiang Wanan, which one is the real you?