Executive Yuan

行政院 Xíngzhèng Yuàn (Mandarin) Hêng-chèng-īⁿ (Taiwanese Hokkien) Hàng-chṳn Yen (Hakka)
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Formed	25 October 1928 (in mainland China) 10 March 1950 (in Taipei)
Preceding agency	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
Agency executives	Cho Jung-tai, Premier[1] Cheng Li-chun, Vice Premier Kung Ming-hsin, Secretary-General Ho Pei-shan, Lee Guo-shin, Deputy Secretary-General[2]
Website	Official website

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The Executive Yuan (Chinese: 行政院; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Yuàn) 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.^[3]

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
Premier	院長		Cho Jung-tai
Vice Premier	副院長		Cheng Li-chun
Secretary-General	秘書長		Kung Ming-hsin

Name		Minister
English Name	Chinese
Interior	內政部		Liu Shyh-fang
Foreign Affairs	外交部		Lin Chia-lung
National Defense	國防部		Wellington Koo
Finance	財政部		Chuang Tsui-yun
Education	教育部		Cheng Ying-yao
Justice	法務部		Cheng Ming-chien
Economic Affairs	經濟部		J.W. Kuo
Transportation and Communications	交通部		Chen Shih-kai
Labor	勞動部		Hung Sun-han
Health and Welfare	衛生福利部		Chiu Tai-yuan
Culture	文化部		Li Yuan
Digital Affairs	數位發展部		Huang Yen-nun
Agriculture	農業部		Chen Junne-jih
Environment	環境部		Peng Chi-ming

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

The heads of these independent institutions under the Executive Yuan Council would not be affected by any change of the Premier.

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
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Chen Shih-chung
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Shih Che
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Dereck Chen
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Yang Jen-ni
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Lin Min-hsin
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Chi Lien-cheng
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Liu Jin-ching
Minister without Portfolio	政務委員		Wu Cheng-wen
Spokesperson	發言人		Michelle Lee

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]

• Consumer Protection Commission, restructured as the Consumer Protection Committee on 1 January 2012
• Aviation Safety Council, became an independent agency on 20 May 2012, later renamed Taiwan Transportation Safety Board^[6]
• National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission: a task-force-grouped committee authorized by the law of Disaster Prevention and Protection.^[7] It was restructured as an implementation unit on 1 February 2010, and renamed to Office of Disaster Management.^[8]
• National Youth Commission, put under Ministry of Education as Youth Development Administration on 1 January 2013.
• Sports Affairs Council, put under Ministry of Education as Sports Administration on 1 January 2013.
• Coast Guard Administration, put under Ocean Affairs Council on 28 April 2018.
• Atomic Energy Council, restructured as the Nuclear Safety Commission on 27 September 2023.

• Government Information Office on 20 May 2012^[4]
• Council for Economic Planning and Development on 21 January 2014
• Research, Development and Evaluation Commission on 21 January 2014
• Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission on 15 September 2017

The Executive Yuan Council, commonly referred to as "The Cabinet" (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.^[9] 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.^[10] The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan. It became the Executive Yuan building in 1957.^[11]

The Executive Yuan building has been open to the public since 2003.^[12][13] It is accessible within walking distance east of Taipei Main Station or west of Shandao Temple Station of Taipei Metro.

• Department of State Affairs in the Three Departments and Six Ministries system
• Ming dynasty: Central Secretariat → Grand Secretariat
• Qing dynasty: Grand Secretariat → Grand Council → Cabinet
• Republic of China: State Council (1912–28); Politics of the Republic of China; Government of the Republic of China
• People's Republic of China: Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (1949–54) → State Council of the People's Republic of China (1954–present); Ministries of the PRC
• Government-General of Taiwan (1895–1945)

• Official website