
Li Sichuan talks about municipal vision and family life, and Cai Biyun shares her journey of support
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Li Sichuan invested in the mayoral election of New Taipei City and proposed the main campaign theme of continuing the municipal foundation of the current mayor Hou Youyi.
New Taipei City mayoral candidate Li Sichuan and his wife Cai Biyun reunited for the first time and were interviewed by Taiwan TV's "Taiwan Hall of Fame". On the program tonight (12th), Cai Biyun revealed that Li Sichuan can do housework and fry fish at home. When she talked about being smeared after running for the election, she once cried, and Li Sichuan hugged her gently to show the tenderness of a man. Li Sichuan said that he will rely on more than 40 years of practical experience to promote "the Arena City in the south and the Science City in the north", multiple MRT lines and 100% subsidies for babysitting stays.
Li Sichuan and Cai Biyun jointly accepted an exclusive interview with the "Taiwan Hall of Fame". When talking about why they were willing to accompany the interview, Cai Biyun said, "Because he deserves my support, so I stood up." When I first learned that Chuanbo was running, I was really shocked. I was not opposed, but worried that the election would smear the culture. But if I decide to run, I will give my full support. She also laughed and said that Li Sichuan only sent flowers once. Although he could not express his emotions, he could write them. The letters from his youth dating are still preserved. The host Hou Nairong couldn't help but ask the two to hug, and the atmosphere was warm. When asked about her husband's most suitable qualities for being the mayor, Cai Biyun said that he is "willing to do things, able to do things, and willing to do things" and has excellent communication, coordination and execution skills.
Li Sichuan said that Li Sichuan is the same before and after the election, and there is no need to deliberately change. He hopes to use his own experience to encourage young people without background resources, and to change the electoral culture that relies too much on packaging with his professionalism. He emphasized, "No matter how many signboards there are, the road will not become flat; no matter how loud the Internet voice is, it will not solve the flooding." More than 40 years of practical experience can be seen in the construction of District 29, and Hou Youyi's municipal foundation will be continued in the future.
Targeting middle-income voters, Li Sichuan proposed that "there is an Arena City in the south and a Science City in the north." He proposed the construction of the New Taipei Arena and the planned Little Arena in Banqiao in Shulin to drive business opportunities for exhibitions. At the same time, he built the Lushe Bridge to connect North Shikehuida and other AI industries to Luzhou and Wugu, and connected Banqiao, Tucheng, Shulin, Xindian and Danhai Phase II and Phase III through Provincial Lines 64 and 65 to create an AI technology industry corridor.
In terms of transportation, we will promote the extension of the Dahanxi MRT longitudinal line, the Tambei Express Line, the Zhonghe-Guangfu Line and the Xidong Line extension to create a 30-minute core living circle in the two cities and connect the two cities in New Taipei. In addition, we reiterated the "5 Sufficient Powers of Metropolis", reviewed the capacity, simplified procedures, and convened by the mayor to promote the Metro Committee to accelerate the renewal of old housing. At the same time, the childcare stay subsidy was topped up from 80% to 100%, so that young people can live and work in New Taipei.

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