New CNFI chair urges Lai to consider nuclear power
New CNFI chair urges Lai to consider nuclear power
2024-05-08
Taiwan’s Chinese National Federation of Industries has a new chair, Pan Chun-rong. President-elect Lai Ching-te attended the incoming chair’s handover ceremony on Wednesday. At the event, Pan urged the new administration to reconsider the government’s nuclear energy policy. He said the main challenge for Taiwan’s next president will be to ensure the nation’s energy supply.
President-elect Lai Ching-te presents a certificate to new CNFI chair Pan Chun-rong. In his new position, Pan will lead the trade group in navigating global challenges. He said the business community had high hopes for the Lai administration.
Pan Chun-rong
CNFI chair
The most important subject now is energy. Ministers of G7 countries have stated that nuclear power is a clean energy. It doesn’t produce air pollution and it has a low cost. So I encourage the government to consider it.
Honorary CNFI Chair Matthew Miau said that now was a good time to discuss energy policy, and to consider proposals such as keeping Taiwan’s second and third nuclear power plants in operation.
Matthew Miau
Honorary CNFI chair
Initially, a mistake was made in energy policy. The costs have indeed been very high. Nuclear energy is the cheapest and cleanest option. We hope that the government will move in this direction as soon as possible.
Lai did not respond to the suggestions to consider nuclear power. Instead, he stressed that Taiwan will maintain good relations with China to maintain a key position in supply chains.
Lai Ching-te
President-elect
Joining the CPTPP would allow our economy to be more resilient. The CNFI has asked the government to work with the private sector to address the five shortages, especially the energy and talent shortages. We will ask the Executive Yuan to put forth a detailed plan so that Taiwan can better position itself to compete internationally.
Pan Chun-rong
CNFI chair
The president to be inaugurated on May 20 was the mayor of Tainan some 10 years ago. Back then, the CNFI already knew that one day he would be elected president. He didn’t ride alone in his own official car. He took the bus with us at the CNFI.
Pan commended Lai’s down-to-earth manner, saying that nobody had a deeper understanding of the business community’s needs. The group called on Lai to prioritize the energy issue, to ensure that Taiwan’s economy continues to thrive.
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賴清德出席工總理監事交接 工總提考慮核能.穩定用電
2024-05-08
工業總會今天舉行理監事交接，除了產業界大老之外，準總統賴清德也到場祝賀，新任理事長潘俊榮喊話，將與政府並肩，推動經濟，不過新政府當前最大課題，是要解決能源問題，他也建議政府，要考慮核能。
營建業起家的工總新任理事長潘俊榮，從準總統賴清德手中，接下證書，準備帶領產業界因應新變局，企業界也喊話對新政府、有期待。
[[工總理事長 潘俊榮]]
“目前你最重要的課程就是能源。G7的七大工業國，這些部長級也發布了，核能絕對是一個乾淨，而且沒有汙染，成本最低，所以我也建議政府要考慮。”
名譽理事長苗豐強表示，現在討論核二、核三延役，重新檢討能源政策是很好的時機。
[[工總名譽理事長 苗豐強]]
“當初是一個能源政策錯誤的問題，現在成本的確是很高。核能是最便宜的、最乾淨的，現在希望能夠趕快從這方面發展。”
對於企業大老呼籲考慮核能，賴清德並未回應，他另外強調，為了展現台灣產業鏈優勢，將會與中國維持友善關係。
[[副總統 賴清德]]
“甚至於加入CPTPP，讓我們的經濟發展能夠更有韌性。工總希望政府能夠跟民間合作，解決五缺的問題，特別強調能源，還有人才。我們會請行政院再好好來規劃，怎麼樣來達到，台灣在國際的產業競爭上面，能夠站有更好的地位。”
[[工總理事長 潘俊榮]]
“520即將要接任的總統，在10幾年前他在擔任台南市長的時候，我們工總就知道他會當總統，他的公務車不坐，來跟我們工總坐巴士。”
工總肯定賴清德基層做起，對產業需求，比誰都清楚，也希望新政府上任，先解決能源問題，讓產業有機會根留台灣。
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