The televised political statement for the Taipei mayoral election was held today (14th). Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan detailed his political achievements in education, public education, the workplace, youth entrepreneurship, elderly care, and animal friendliness. In addition to announcing an investment of 9.2 billion yuan to promote the AI education white paper and the replacement of second-generation elderly care cards next year so that points can be accumulated and used, Chiang Wanan also directly responded to his opponent Shen Boyang's camp by name on issues such as flexible working hours for civil servants and teachers' stress relief, emphasizing, "We are already doing everything you asked, Commissioner Shen." Finally, he called on the public to support No. 5 Chiang Wanan, so that Taipei's good policies can continue to be "enhanced".
When talking about education policy, Jiang Wanan emphasized that "investing in education is investing in Taipei's future." Facing the AI era, the Beijing Municipal Government has drafted a four-year "AI Education White Paper" and invested 9.2 billion yuan to promote five core policies, including building a "cool AI platform", smart large screens in classrooms, equipping AI PCs and upgrading Wi-Fi 7, and released the country's only AI teaching outline. Following the unveiling of the UAV Education Center last year and the preparation of the Robot Education Center, Asia's first AI Education Center will be established in Beishike in the future.
In response to Taipei mayoral candidate Dr. Xiao Wenqian's concern about English education, Chiang Wanan responded that the Ministry of Education and the Taipei City English Teaching Outline have already included core contents of "Science of Reading (SoR)" such as "phonological awareness (PA)", and the city government also continues to encourage teachers' professional exchanges and diversified teaching. In addition, this year's education budget in Beicheng City reached a record high of 83.6 billion yuan. In addition to promoting the renovation of 43 old school buildings, it has also gradually reduced the teacher-student ratio to 25 for elementary schools and 26 for junior high schools.
In terms of alleviating the pressure on public education and labor, Jiang Wanan said that the city government has introduced the AI assistance 1999 hotline and will fully launch the government version of the AI assistant "CiviClaw" next year to reduce administrative duplication. In response to DPP candidate Shen Boyang's proposal for flexible commuting for civil servants, Jiang Wanan said bluntly that after taking office, he has continued to expand flexible commuting to a maximum of three hours a day and established a performance reward system. Non-engineering units can receive up to 40,000 yuan in bonuses.
As for front-line teachers, the city government has launched the "Three Arrows to Relieve Stress for Teachers", raising the teacher gift from 600 yuan to 2,000 yuan, benefiting 37,000 educators, urging tutors to reduce one class per week, hiring 300 more dedicated administrative staff, and expanding free psychological consultation and campus legal consultants. Jiang Wanan shouted to Shen Boyang again: "Commissioner Shen, we are already doing everything you mentioned."
To take care of youth and workers, the North City Government pioneered the "one case to the end" entrepreneurship escort service, youth internship subsidy and "war instead of training" program. In August this year, it relaxed the schooling subsidies for the children of unemployed workers, abolishing the 1.48 million yuan annual family income limit, and the maximum subsidy is 43,200 yuan.
In the face of an aging society, Jiang Wanan pointed out that the welfare budget for the elderly has increased from 7.9 billion yuan to 9.3 billion yuan, and the points for the elderly care card have been increased to 600 points, which can be used to cover registration at municipal hospitals, sports venues and hot springs. After the "second-generation elderly care card" is issued next year, the scope of use will be expanded to supermarkets, supermarkets, pharmacies and farmers' associations, and unused points can be accumulated and renewed.
In terms of cultural inheritance and animal friendliness, Beicheng invests more than 15 million yuan every year in Hakka education and establishes a Hakka youth cultivation fund; for indigenous people, it expands health checkup and medical subsidies up to 45,000 yuan, and continues to provide transportation subsidies for returning home rituals. At the same time, the city government has expanded the pet insurance subsidy to a maximum of 3,000 yuan. In the future, it will launch a "furry baby health care station" and a "furry baby companion volunteer group" to enter long-term care and children's institutions.
At the end of his speech, Chiang Wanan detailed his four-year political achievements, emphasizing that he is "Chiang Wanan who walks the talk," and reiterated that Taipei is by no means a stage for manipulating hatred and creating confrontation, nor is it a political laboratory for the dreams and slogans of a few people. He called on citizens to firmly stand up and support No. 5 Chiang Wanan on November 28, "Let Taipei continue to be encore. Taipei will be indispensable for the next four years."
