| Executive Yuan | |
| Native Name A: | 行政院 |
| Native Name R: | Xíngzhèng Yuàn Hêng-chèng-īⁿ Hàng-chṳn Yen |
| Formed: | 25 October 1928 (in mainland China) 10 March 1950 (in Taipei) |
| Preceding1: | Cabinet of the Republic of China Government-General of Taiwan |
| Dissolved: | 1 October 1949 (mainland China) |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of the Republic of China |
| Status: | Active in the Free area of the Republic of China, defunct in Mainland China |
| Headquarters: | No. 1, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng, Taipei |
| Chief1 Name: | Cho Jung-tai |
| Chief1 Position: | Premier[1] |
| Chief2 Name: | Cheng Li-chun |
| Chief2 Position: | Vice Premier |
| Chief3 Name: | Kung Ming-hsin |
| Chief3 Position: | Secretary-General |
| Chief4 Name: | Ho Pei-shan, Lee Guo-shin |
| Chief4 Position: | Deputy Secretary-General[2] |
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| L: | Executive Court |
| Bpmf: | ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ |
| W: | Hsing2-cheng4 Yüan4 |
| P: | Xíngzhèng Yuàn |
| Tp: | Síngjhèng Yuàn |
| Mps: | Shíngjèng Yuàn |
| Gr: | Shynjenq Yuann |
| Poj: | Hêng-chèng Īⁿ |
| Tl: | Hîng-tsìng Īnn |
| H: | Hàng-chṳn Yen |
The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the amended constitution, the head of the Executive Yuan is the Premier who is positioned as the head of government and has the power to appoint members to serve in the cabinet, while the ROC President is the head of state under the semi-presidential system, who can appoint the Premier and nominate the members of the cabinet.[3] The Premier may be removed by a vote of no-confidence by a majority of the Legislative Yuan, after which the President may either remove the Premier or dissolve the Legislative Yuan and initiate a new election for legislators.
The Executive Yuan is headed by the Premier (or President of the Executive Yuan) and includes its Vice Premier, twelve cabinet ministers, various chairpersons of commissions, and five to nine ministers without portfolio. The Vice Premier, ministers, and chairpersons are appointed by the President of the Republic of China on the recommendation of the Premier.[4]
Its formation, as one of five branches ("Yuans") of the government, stemmed from the Three Principles of the People, the constitutional theory of Sun Yat-sen, but was adjusted constitutionally over the years to adapt to the situation in the ROC by changes in the laws and the Constitution of the Republic of China.
| Name | Leader | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Name | Chinese | ||||
| 院長 | Cho Jung-tai | ||||
| 副院長 | Cheng Li-chun | ||||
| Secretary-General | 秘書長 | Kung Ming-hsin | 100px | ||
| Name | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Name | Chinese | ||||
| 內政部 | Liu Shyh-fang | ||||
| 外交部 | |||||
| 國防部 | Wellington Koo | ||||
| 財政部 | Chuang Tsui-yun | 100px | |||
| 教育部 | |||||
| 法務部 | Cheng Ming-chien | ||||
| 經濟部 | J.W. Kuo | ||||
| 交通部 | Li Meng-yen | ||||
| 勞動部 | Ho Pei-shan | 100px | |||
| 衛生福利部 | Chiu Tai-yuan | ||||
| 文化部 | Li Yuan | ||||
| 數位發展部 | Huang Yen-nun | ||||
| Agriculture | 農業部 | Chen Junne-jih | |||
| Environment | 環境部 | ||||
Empowered by various laws or the Constitution, under the Executive Yuan Council several individual boards are formed to enforce different executive functions of the government. Unless regulated otherwise, the chairs are appointed by and answer to the Premier. The members of the boards are usually (a) governmental officials for the purpose of interdepartmental coordination and cooperation; or (b) creditable professionals for their reputation and independence.
| Name | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Name | Chinese | ||||
| National Development Council | 國家發展委員會 | Liu Jin-ching | |||
| National Science and Technology Council | 國家科學及技術委員會 | Wu Cheng-wen | |||
| Mainland Affairs Council | 大陸委員會 | Chiu Chui-cheng | |||
| Financial Supervisory Commission | 金融監督管理委員會 | Peng Jin-Lung | |||
| Ocean Affairs Council | 海洋委員會 | Kuan Bi-ling | |||
| Overseas Community Affairs Council | 僑務委員會 | Hsu Chia-ching | |||
| Veterans Affairs Council | 國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會 | Yen Teh-fa | |||
| Council of Indigenous Peoples | 原住民族委員會 | Tseng Chih-Yung | |||
| Hakka Affairs Council | 客家委員會 | Ku Hsiu-Fei | |||
| Public Construction Commission | 公共工程委員會 | Dereck Chen | |||
| National Palace Museum | 國立故宮博物院 | Hsiao Tsung-huang | |||
| Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics | 主計總處 | Chen Shu-Tzu | |||
| Directorate-General of Personnel Administration | 人事行政總處 | Su Chun-jung | |||
There are independent executive commissions under the Executive Yuan Council. Members of these commissions have to be confirmed by the Legislative Yuan.
| Name | Chair | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Name | Chinese | ||||
| Central Election Commission | 中央選舉委員會 | Lee Chin-yung | |||
| Fair Trade Commission | 公平交易委員會 | Lee Mei | |||
| National Communications Commission | 國家通訊傳播委員會 | Chen Yaw-shyang | |||
| Central Bank | 中央銀行 | Yang Chin-long | |||
| Name | Leader | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Name | Chinese | ||||
| 政務委員 | Chen Shih-chung | ||||
| 政務委員 | Shih Che | ||||
| 政務委員 | Dereck Chen | ||||
| 政務委員 | Yang Jen-ni | ||||
| 政務委員 | Lin Min-hsin | ||||
| 政務委員 | Chi Lien-cheng | ||||
| 政務委員 | Liu Jin-ching | ||||
| 政務委員 | Wu Cheng-wen | ||||
| 發言人 | Chen Shih-kai | ||||
Duencies may be dissolved or merged with other agencies. Based on Executive Yuan website, the following bodies are no longer agencies under the Executive Yuan:[5]
In the Executive Yuan Council, the current ministers without portfolio are:[8]
The Executive Yuan Council, commonly referred to as "The Cabinet" (Chinese: 內閣), is the chief policymaking organ of the ROC government. It consists of the premier, who presides over its meetings, the vice premier, ministers without portfolio, the heads of the ministries, and the heads of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission. The secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan also attend, as well as heads of other Executive Yuan organizations by invitation, but they have no vote. Article 58 of the Constitution empowers the Executive Yuan Council to evaluate statutory and budgetary bills concerning martial law, amnesty, declarations of war, conclusion of peace or treaties, and other important affairs before submission to the Legislative Yuan.
The Executive Yuan Council must present the Legislators with an annual policy statement and an administrative report. The Legislative Committee may also summon members of the Executive Yuan Council for questioning.
Whenever there is disagreement between the Legislative Council and Executive Yuan Council, the Legislative Committee may pass a resolution asking the Executive Yuan Council to alter the policy proposal in question. The Executive Yuan may, in turn, ask the Legislators to reconsider. Afterwards, if the Legislative Council upholds the original resolution, the premier must abide by the resolution or resign. The Executive Yuan Council may also present an alternative budgetary bill if the one passed by the Legislative Committee is deemed difficult to execute.
The Executive Yuan Building was built in 1940 as the new city hall for Taipei, on the site of Huashan Elementary School.[10] After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945, Taipei's city hall was moved to the former campus of Jian Cheng Elementary School.[11] The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan. It became the Executive Yuan building in 1957.[12]
The Executive Yuan building has been open to the public since 2003.[13] [14] It is accessible within walking distance east of Taipei Main Station or west of Shandao Temple Station of Taipei Metro.