
Taipei City’s beauty and hairdressing industry held a networking dinner. Mayoral candidate Shen Boyang and Mayor Chiang Wanan attended the event to deliver speeches and toast table by table, each putting forward their political opinions and getting closer to the beauty industry.
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Taipei City's beauty and hairdressing industry held a networking dinner at the Golden Lion Building in Wanhua District, and invited local politicians to attend.
Taipei City's beauty and hairdressing industry held a "Beauty Industry Alliance Exchange Dinner" today at the Golden Lion Building in Wanhua District. Democratic Progressive Party mayoral candidate Shen Boyang and mayor Chiang Wanan arrived one after another, but they did not meet each other for about 13 minutes. Shen Boyang was accompanied by more than a dozen people including Councilors Hsu Shu-hua and Liu Yaoren. During his speech, he mentioned that his hair style has been attracting much attention since his candidacy. He talked about the current industrial difficulties and quickly pointed out possible solutions; he was hired to serve as Shen Boyang's candidate for Taipei City. Xu Jingran, chairman of the Taiwan Hairdressing and Beauty Industry Development Association who has been the president of the Taipei Shen Boyang Aesthetic Support Association, praised Shen for having the right perm, clear logic, young and enthusiastic, "If you ask A, he will not answer B", which has turned Taipei City upside down.
Shen Boyang said that hairdressing is very important and meaningful to him, because during the election campaign, his hair often became the focus of discussion. He joked that after cutting his hair short, he was said to be "a different person". In addition to becoming an identification mark, it also pointed out the industrial dilemma of insufficient manpower. Through functional training, short-term manpower needs are supplemented ( Long-term additional planning); with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) tool integration, after discussions with the industry, the city government can introduce "AI coaches" with "AI" expertise to the front line for 3 or 6 months of cooperation to understand where they can assist, collect data and bring it back to the city government to develop corresponding tools, and then put them into industrial applications.
Shen Boyang mentioned that we should think about how to combine hairdressing, business districts and tourism. The city government will compile information, make maps and publicize it, so that citizens and tourists know which hairdressing, beauty and manicure businesses are located around the event venue to improve economic benefits. In the future, he will continue to review regularly (every month) whether it is really helping practitioners. If not, he will evaluate and adjust the improvement methods. This is his commitment to the beauty industry. Shen arrived at the dinner party at about 12:42 and left at 1:30. He stayed for 21 minutes, including his speech, toasting each area, etc., so as not to affect the meal.
In his speech, Jiang Wanan, who arrived 13 minutes apart, was the first to mention the hardships of front-line workers, who have overcome difficulties all the way to this day and are closely related to people's lives. "It's so important, so important!" Let everyone become more handsome, beautiful and more confident, and work together to create a complete "beauty industry" industry chain, driving business and job opportunities in Taipei. After taking office, he fulfilled his promise to complete and open the Dome and promote the dynamic development of the East District; the green corridor behind the department store was renovated to make the pedestrian space more comfortable.
Jiang Wanan revealed that last year, because his wife was interested and passed the Class C hairdressing license, she went to a hair salon for an internship. The "supervisor" took great care of her. Her wife also joined a charity haircutting group to help people with limited mobility get haircuts. She enjoyed it and would share it with him when she got home. He shared interesting stories and citizens’ opinions. His wife had all three of his children’s haircuts. This brought him closer to the beauty industry and won a lot of praise. At the same time, he hoped to help him publicize, recommend and canvass more votes, and give him the opportunity to continue working hard for Taipei City.
According to on-site observation, after Jiang Wanan delivered his speech, he was invited to sign on the back of the stage. Jiang was invited to sign at the top of the center, and then began to toast tables one by one. He stayed for about 36 minutes and left at 1:52. Everyone was warmly welcomed from entry to departure. Signatures, photos, and greetings were all received. The host was also known as a "heavyweight warm man". Compared with Shen Boyang, who arrived earlier, because Jiang had already drank the wine when he arrived, the "frozen garlic" momentum was even greater.

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