
Huang Shijie and Tan Yaonan accepted an exclusive interview with Times' "Digital Taiwan" to discuss Taoyuan development and election situation
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The countdown to the Taoyuan mayoral election has entered. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Huang Shijie and international political and economic strategy expert Tan Yaonan accepted an exclusive interview with Xie Jinhe, host of the Times' "Digital Taiwan" program, to discuss Taoyuan's future development direction and election situation. Huang Shijie once served as a legislator and participated in promoting TSMC's entry into Longke Phase 3 and industry-government-academic cooperation.
DPP Taoyuan mayor candidate Huang Shijie was interviewed by Xie Jinhe, host of the Times' "Digital Taiwan" program. He said that the next mayor should take advantage of Taoyuan's demographic dividend to attract talents, introduce industries, and assist the airport city to move forward and give full play to the country's advantages. At the same time, he also questioned Mayor Zhang Shanzheng's agreement with Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan to relocate Songshan Airport and build an AI park on its original site. "As a Taoyuan native, I can't understand why Zhang Shanzheng doesn't strive for an AI park?"
Huang Shijie and international political and economic strategy expert Tan Yaonan jointly accepted an exclusive interview with host Xie Jinhe. The program was broadcast on the evening of yesterday (8th). When Huang Shijie talked about how to reposition Taoyuan, he said that Taoyuan is the capital of the country. With the population overflow from the two norths, Taoyuan has a demographic dividend. Therefore, the next step is to seize this opportunity, attract talents, introduce good industries, and jointly build Taoyuan's future.
He mentioned that when he was a legislator in the past, he and Cheng Wencan worked with the city government to promote TSMC's entry into Longke Phase 3, as well as overall industrial development, transportation construction, and integration of industry, government and academia to bring Taoyuan into international standards.
Regarding issues related to the aviation city, Huang Shijie said that the most important thing for the aviation city to reach the last mile is to protect the rights and interests of the collectors, and the third runway project can catch up. The opening of the third terminal and runway will have a huge impact on passenger and freight, the entire airport park, and the future development of Taoyuan industry. The next mayor must simultaneously assist the aviation city to move forward, and also need to communicate and coordinate with local governments at full speed.
Recently, Jiang Wanan raised the issue of relocating Songshan Airport and building an AI park at the original site. Zhang Shanzheng echoed the idea. In response, Huang Shijie said that as a Taoyuan native, he could not understand why Zhang Shanzheng did not strive for the AI park. In fact, the entire AI high-tech industry chain is in Taoyuan. Why can't the AI park come to Taoyuan? Not to mention that the relocation of loose aircraft will affect Taoyuan Airport's overall traffic routes and capacity planning, airline flight scheduling, and outlying island evacuation medical care. "This is not a matter of political stance, but a practical difficulty."
The countdown to the county mayor election has entered, and the three people also talked about the recent election situation. When Tan Yaonan analyzed the "ocean current" phenomenon, he said that in the past two months, the "ocean current" came first, and then the overall spillover effect was achieved. The "ocean current" represents the people's imagination of a better life, and solves the people's problems and pains, making the people feel that the future will be better than the present. This is a phenomenon that everyone has witnessed together.
He said that not only Taipei's Shen Boyang, but also new generation politicians such as New Taipei's Su Qiaohui and Taoyuan's Huang Shijie, all took this opportunity to reset relations with voters and bring Taiwan's democratic politics to the next stage.
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