The Executive Yuan held another regular meeting on the 9th. Among the heads of the six capitals, only the mayor of Taichung City, Lu Xiuyan, attended the blue camp. The deputy mayors of the other three capitals were represented. As the only head of the Six Capitals who attended the Blue Camp in person, she specially prepared a limited set of Taichung MRT cards for Dean Chen Jianren and Vice President Zheng Wencan to express her hope for the early approval of Taichung MRT. A photo of Mayor Lu “putting his hands together” to Dean Chen appeared to be pleading, but it sparked heated discussions and reposts, and a large number of netizens were moved by it.
Mayor Lu Xiuyan posted a message on Facebook on the 9th, “I am here once more at the Executive Yuan meeting, bringing citizens’ family members’ expectations for the second MRT.” We hope that the central and local governments will work together to give citizens and families a better Taichung.
Mayor Lu Xiuyan pointed out that Taichung City is developing rapidly. In the third and fourth quarters of last year, Taichung won the championship in 11 economic indicators, making it the city with the fastest economic development in the country. At the critical moment of the comprehensive upgrading of Taichung, she led the city government team to let the central government understand Taichung as much as possible, invest in Taichung, accelerate the infrastructure construction of Taichung, and meet the expectations of citizens. Thanks to the Executive Yuan for inviting her to participate in the Executive Yuan meeting once more. She also explained to President Chen Jianren and Vice President Zheng Wencan that Taichung is the hub of Central Taiwan and urgently needs a second MRT to form a road network. Please ask the Executive Yuan to speed up the approval of the MRT Blue Line and Green line extension.
Mayor Lu Xiuyan published several photos of her attending the Executive Yuan meeting, one of which was a photo of her “putting her hands together” to Chen Jianren, which attracted attention and was reposted; in the photo, Mayor Lu not only put her hands together, but also respectfully Bowing slightly, smiling so that his eyes are narrowed into a line, showing an extremely soft figure and sincerity. Netizens left messages one following another: “Mom, the mayor, you’ve worked so hard! Seeing you like this, I’m both touched and sad”, “Why should our mayor put his hands together to them? Just because they are high-ranking officials? This is the greatness and tenacity of maternal love.” , “Even though my mother has suffered countless grievances, she still has to face it bravely with a smile”, “The mayor of my mother begged these high officials for the sake of the citizens of Taichung, and I want to cry when I see this photo”, “My eyes are red when I see this photo “, “When I saw my eye sockets were wet, I felt distressed.”