The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the
Executive Yuan
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan.
...
of
Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting
government policies
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and regulating
domestic media.
History
In April 1947, the Republic of China government completed all preparations for the implementation of
constitutional
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When these princip ...
rule and made the transition from the stage of political suzerainty to that of constitutional government. All ministries, commissions and councils under the Executive Yuan were expanded, and on 23 April, the
Executive Yuan
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan.
...
created the Government Information Office and agencies for health, irrigation and land affairs. The GIO was formally inaugurated in
Nanking
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
on 2 May 1947, and the Department of International Publicity, originally under the Ministry of Information of the
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
, was placed under it.
On 21 March 1949, then
President
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...
promulgated the revision of Articles 3 and 5 of the Organic Law of the Executive Yuan, whereby the organisation of the Yuan was streamlined and all agencies were regrouped under eight ministries, two councils and one department. The GIO was dissolved, and the Executive Yuan Council approved at its 52nd session the establishment of an Information Department under the General Secretariat of the Executive Yuan on 5 April 1949. Twenty days later, the headquarters of the Information Department was transferred to
Canton along with the central government.
Following the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
and further relocation of the central government to
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
in December 1949, the Information Department was dissolved in March 1950. On 24 April, the Executive Yuan ordered the establishment of a temporary institution, the Office of Government Spokesman, which was responsible for making
press release
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s.
The original GIO was reactivated on 1 January 1954, in response to changes at home and abroad. In August 1973, the GIO became responsible for matters pertaining to the
mass media
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, originally carried out by the Ministries of the Interior and Education and other related institutions. In addition to its domestic and international information tasks, the GIO assumed responsibilities for publication affairs, motion picture affairs, as well as
television
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and
radio
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broadcasting.
The GIO was formally dissolved on May 20, 2012, with its International Information Department folding into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Domestic Information Department falling under the direct jurisdiction of the Cabinet.
Taiwan Info
''Taiwan Info'' is a
French-language
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online daily that was published by the Government Information Office of the
Republic of China
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until it got dissolved on May 20, 2012. It is now published by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (MOFA; ) is a ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Governed as the cabinet level policy-making body under the Executive Yuan since 1928, the fundamental purpose of the min ...
. Its purpose is to keep French-speaking readers around the world informed of what takes place in the island-nation.
History of the site
''Taiwan Info'' was launched in April 2002 to replace ''Les Echos de la République de Chine'', a printed bulletin that had been published every 1, 11 and 21 of the month since its establishment on October 20, 1968. It was finally transformed into an online daily to better reflect current situations of the country and to respond to increasing use of internet around the world.
Content of the site
The site can be regarded as a window on Taiwan for French-speaking readers. In the 'La une' page, the headlines of 3 local newspapers, today's photo story together with 5 to 10 news are presented concisely everyday except weekends and public holidays. A variety of news are selected by the editors team to meet French speaking readers' interests. News releases are classified under 8 different topics : Politics (Politique), Cross-Straits Relations (Deux rives), Economic and Social Issues (Eco-Social), International, Society (Société), Science, Environment (Environnement) and Culture.
List of director-generals
Establishment in Nanking
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Hollington Tong
Hollington K Tong (); 9 November 1887 – 9 January 1971) was a Chinese journalist and diplomat.
Tong was from a poor Chinese Christian family. He graduated in journalism from the University of Missouri, and from the first class of the Columbia ...
2 May 1947 – December 1948
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Shen Chang-huan December 1948 – January 1949
Relocation to Taipei
* January 1954 – February 1956
* February 1956 – July 1961
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James Shen
James C.H. Shen (; July 2, 1909 Shanghai – July 12, 2007 Taipei) was a Taiwanese diplomat. Shen served as the last official Republic of China ambassador to the United States before the U.S. switched its diplomatic recognition to the People's Re ...
July 1961 – November 1966
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James Wei
James Wei (; 28 August 1907 – 7 October 1982) was a Taiwanese news media executive who led the Government Information Office from 1966 to 1972.
Biography Mainland China years
James Wei was born in Chekiang on 28 August 1907, and he gradua ...
November 1966 – June 1972
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Fredrick Chien
Fredrick F. Chien, or Fred Chien, Chien Foo (; born 21 March 1935), is a retired Taiwanese diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Republic of China Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005. After graduating from Yale University, he ass ...
June 1972 – May 1975
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Ting Mao-shih
Ting Mao-shih (; born 10 October 1925) is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician.
Ting attended the University of Paris and began working for the Central News Agency in 1956. He left two years later for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began hi ...
May 1975 – January 1979
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James Soong
James Soong Chu-yu (born 16 March 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party.
Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a secretary to ...
January 1979 – September 1984 (acting until June 1979)
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Chang King-yuh
Chang King-yuh (; born 27 April 1937) is a Taiwanese politician. He was Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 28 February 1996 to 31 January 1999.
Education
Chang obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National ...
September 1984 – April 1987
* April 1987 – September 1991
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Jason Hu
Jason Hu (; born 15 May 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the pa ...
September 1991 – 10 June 1996
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Su Chi
Su Chi (; born 1 October 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. Su served as Secretary-General of the National Security Council from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 1 February 19 ...
10 June 1996 – 15 May 1997
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David Lee 15 May 1997 – 5 February 1998
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Chen Chien-jen
Chen Chien-jen (, born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist who served as the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2020. He joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Departmen ...
5 February 1998 – 30 November 1999
* 30 November 1999 – 20 May 2000
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Chung Chin (鍾琴) 20 May 2000 – 6 October 2000
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Su Cheng-ping (蘇正平) 6 October 2000 – 1 February 2002
* 1 February 2002 – 1 July 2003
* 1 July 2003 – 20 May 2004
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Lin Chia-lung
Lin Chia-lung (; born 13 February 1964) is a Taiwanese academic and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politician. He was elected mayor of Taichung City in November 2014 and took office on 25 December 2014. In the early 2000s he served in various ...
20 May 2004 – 13 March 2005
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Pasuya Yao
Yao Wen-chih (; born 4 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.
Political career
Yao, a fo ...
13 March 2005 – 25 January 2006
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Cheng Wen-tsan
Cheng Wen-tsan (; born 6 July 1967) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the first and incumbent Mayor of the newly established Taoyuan City, having served since 25 December 2014.
Education
Cheng received his bachelor's degree from the Department of ...
25 January 2006 – 20 April 2007
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Yi Rong-zong (易榮宗) 20 April 2007 – 11 June 2007 (acting)
* 11 June 2007 – 20 May 2008
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Vanessa Shih
Vanessa Shih (; born 27 July 1962) is a Taiwanese diplomat who was appointed the representative of Republic of China to Austria in January 2016. She previously led the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore from 2009 to 2012, when she was nam ...
20 May 2008 – 31 December 2008
* 31 December 2008 – 24 December 2010
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Johnny Chiang
Johnny Chiang Chi-chen (; born 2 March 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the penultimate Director-General of the Government Information Office from 2010 to 2011, a post he resigned to become a member of the Legislative Yuan in which he h ...
24 December 2010 – 1 May 2011
* 1 May 2011 – 19 May 2012
See also
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Censorship in the Republic of China
Censorship in Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) was greatly relaxed when the state moved away from authoritarianism in 1987. Since then, the media has generally been allowed to broadcast political opposition. Today, the focus of censorsh ...
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Propaganda in the Republic of China
Propaganda in the Republic of China refers to propaganda used by the Republic of China government and has been an important tool since its inception in 1912. The term '' xuanchuan'' ( "propaganda; publicity") can have either a neutral connota ...
References
External links
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Propaganda in Taiwan