Huang Shijie questions the expulsion of TSMC, Zhang Shanzheng counterattacks: The Longke Phase III controversy originated from the previous government

Zhang Shanzheng’s campaign office counterattacked, and Huang Shijie’s statement was a “boomerang across time and space”. The issues of Longke Phase III and Young Lion Expansion Phase II all originated from the previous administration. (Provided by Zhang Shanzheng Competition)

The 2026 9-in-1 election has entered the countdown stage. DPP Taoyuan mayor candidate Huang Shijie recently accepted an interview with Xie Jinhe, host of the Times' "Digital Taiwan" program. He criticized his opponent Zhang Shanzheng's city government for once driving away TSMC, and questioned the progress of the second phase of the expansion of Young Lions and Taoyuan's failure to fight for the AI park. Zhang Shanzheng's campaign office counterattacked today (9th). Huang Shijie's statement was a "boomerang across time and space". The problems of Longke Phase III and Young Lion Expansion Phase II originated from the previous administration, criticizing the DPP for "writing random checks before the election and shirking responsibility after the election."

Huang Shijie said in a recent interview that Taoyuan has a demographic dividend and the next mayor should attract talents and introduce industries. When he was a legislator, he and Cheng Wencan promoted TSMC to enter Longke Phase 3, but the current city government once drove away TSMC. He also questioned why Zhang Shanzheng did not fight for an AI park for Taoyuan since the AI ​​high-tech industry chain is in Taoyuan.

In this regard, Zhang Shanzheng's spokesperson Zhuang Kaiyu said that Longke Phase 3 was the previous government's "shooting arrows first and then drawing targets" for the 2022 election. The then Executive President Su Zhenchang and Cheng Wencan rushed to announce the entry of TSMC with the city government due to insufficient local communication, which triggered a backlash from residents. After Zhang Shanzheng took office, he continued to coordinate with the local government and handle it in accordance with the law, so that Longke Phase 3 can be restarted, and TSMC is also expected to settle.

Zhuang Kaiyu pointed out that Huang Shijie questioned the stagnation of the second phase of the expansion of the Young Lions, but the case was only sent to the Ministry of the Interior at the end of Zheng Wencan's term in 2022. During the review of the Central Metropolitan Committee's task force, it required corrections on issues such as industry positioning, industry category, and section collection willingness survey, which showed that the plan sent by the former city government was incomplete. After taking office, Zhang City Government continued to revise information and communicate with local governments in accordance with the central government's deliberation opinions. Now criticizing the progress is tantamount to endorsing the "half-finished product" of the previous government.

Zhuang Kaiyu criticized, "Except for Huang Shijie's real situation, his understanding of AI may only be as good as Huida." Taoyuan already has major server manufacturers such as Quanta and Wistron. The city government has also promoted the AIDC zone, the high-end IC carrier board zone and the Longke Phase III advanced process. Which one is not an AI industry chain? Taoyuan has long been home to major server manufacturers such as Quanta and Wistron, and is the most important AI hardware center in the world. What the city government is doing now is to take a pragmatic inventory of land, water and electricity, and bring in the entire industrial chain. Huang Shijie doesn't understand it at all and just wants to be a fast-talking commentator.