Taiwan to conduct routine ID checks on core government personnel
Taiwan to conduct routine ID checks on core government personnel
2025-08-21
Starting on Jan. 1 next year, the government will ramp up checks to ensure that people who work in key government positions do not hold IDs from China, including Hong Kong and Macau. The measure applies to workers in the military, public education system and civil service. The matter was brought up at a regular press event by the Mainland Affairs Council on Thursday. The spokesperson stressed that the enforcement of the law is in no way a test of people’s loyalty to the country.
Internet celebrity Holger Chen just returned from another seven-day trip to China’s Greater Bay Area. On his last day, he complained that he couldn’t get authenticated on Chinese Tiktok to do livestreams, costing him NT$4 million.
Liang Wen-chieh
MAC spokesperson
According to their regulations, you can’t have extensive tattoos and you can’t make vulgar content either. In Holger Chen’s case, it’s not surprising that he’d be refused. Perhaps he isn’t bootlicking hard enough. He needs to work harder, that way maybe he’ll get the green light.
At the regular press event, the council also presented results of a council-led poll. 74.3% of respondents said that the ROC and the PRC are not subordinate to each other. Another 74.5% said that public servants should not be allowed to hold IDs of the Mainland Area. Starting 2026, checks will be ramped up for core personnel in the military, education system and civil service to check whether they hold IDs from China, Hong Kong or Macau.
Liang Wen-chieh
MAC spokesperson
We’re now targeting core personnel. As for others, we’ll take it one step at a time, and determine later which categories of government personnel should be included. The checks should not be taken to be so called “loyalty checks.” The Cross-Strait Act also stipulates that it is prohibited to employ or continue to employ people of the Mainland Area to work without permission or beyond the scope of the permission. Any violation of that law will result in criminal penalties.
The spokesperson also responded to a question regarding the interior ministry’s recently proposed amendment that would allow it to refuse restoring Taiwan citizenship to those who had previously lost it after obtaining Mainland Chinese IDs. If passed, the three qualifying criteria to be met by those individuals would include making significant contributions to Taiwan’s national defense, international image or social stability, or benefiting Taiwan’s overall interests.
Liang Wen-chieh
MAC spokesperson
Taiwan citizenship is really precious. It’s not like you can get it just because you want to, and you can discard it just because you want to. These conditions had always been our standard when determining whether a former national should regain their Taiwan identity. We’re only making it explicit now.
The new policies are introduced to implement the president’s 17 major strategies to respond to national security and united front threats Taiwan currently faces.
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2026軍公教不得持中身分證常態查核 陸委會:非忠誠查核
2025-08-21
陸委會計畫明年元旦起，將軍公教不得持有中國身份的查核常態化，副主委梁文傑回應，查核是依法必須做，與忠誠查核無關，至於喪失國籍後要恢復，內政部提出三條件，梁文傑重申台灣國籍很珍貴，不是想拿就拿、想丟就丟，至於館長去中國抱怨不能開抖音還賠400萬，他諷刺可能捧的不夠，多努力會打動對方。
結束7天中國行的館長陳之漢，抱怨自己不能開抖音直播，甚至兩趟慘賠400萬，陸委會副主委梁文傑話說的酸。
[[陸委會副主委 梁文傑]]
“(規範)不能有大面積刺青，內容不能留於低俗，那以館長過去的言論，確實會被看成特殊分子。館長還捧得不夠努力啦，所以我覺得還要多努力，也許就會打動對方吧”
事實上，陸委會最新民調顯示，高達七成四的民眾認為兩岸互不隸屬、也有74.5%民眾不同意軍公教人員擁有中國身分證件，陸委會也計畫明年元旦起，要將相關查核常態化。
[[陸委會副主委 梁文傑]]
“現在是針對核心人員，那未來慢慢的再看說，哪些類別的人員他是有需要做的，這個查核它並不是所謂的忠誠查核。我們兩岸條例裡面還有就是，(機關)你不得僱用或留用，大陸地區的人民來做不許可的工作，這個有刑事責任”
內政部也預告將修法，國人若領中國護照或在對岸設籍，喪失台灣身份，想申請恢復須符合對我國安、國際形象或社會安定有重大特殊貢獻，有助台灣整體利益、或基於人道考量等三種條件。
[[陸委會副主委 梁文傑]]
“臺灣的身份是很珍貴的，臺灣的身份不是你想拿就可以拿，想丟就可以丟的，這些條件也都是我們過去在審查，要恢復臺灣人身份的一個標準，現在只是把它更明確化”
修法與查核雙管齊下，陸委會與內政部積極防堵，慎防中國統戰滲透。
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