New sports minister promises to keep working hard after month in office
New sports minister promises to keep working hard after month in office
2025-10-17
The Ministry of Sports was inaugurated on Sept. 9, with Taiwan’s youngest-ever minister at the helm: badminton champion Lee Yang. In the month since taking office, Lee has shown positivity and enthusiasm when promoting his flagship policies. He equates it to a game, saying that the match has only just begun and there’s still effort to be made. In the short term, apart from planning for the Asian Games in Nagoya next year, he vowed to keep listening to public needs and bring the nation together through sports.
Running a 5K before work, new Minister of Sports Lee Yang is setting an example for everyone to stay active. He’s kept it up for over month now, as Taiwan’s youngest-ever Cabinet minister.
Lee Yang
Minister of Sports
We’re still only in the first set. Since we’ve only been working for just over a month, to me, we’ve only just begun. After getting to know the job, I also hope to put forward some more proposals based on our existing work.
As the only minister who was a professional athlete, there are many expectations on Lee to bring some fresh ideas to the ministry. In the past month, apart from visiting lawmakers and industry veterans to understand current policies and hear their opinions, Lee is also going out into communities and to the Sports Training Center to listen to athletes and coaches, taking into account the needs of both competitive athletes and the general public.
Lee Yang
Minister of Sports
We’ve created a committee of athletes. There used to be one, but the members were appointed by the chair. We hope to make it better by having the athletes themselves vote and expanding it to between 7 and 11 members. Through them, we hope to in a short term gain a better understanding and create a more conducive environment for sports. Only after sports facilities improve can we use policies to encourage the public to participate in sports.
Apart from planning for the Asian Games in Nagoya next year, Lee’s short-term plans include incorporating everyone’s needs to create more comprehensive and better planning.
Lee Yang
Minister of Sports
First, we’re coming up to the Asian Games. Of course, we hope to use the resources we have—since the budget has already been set—we hope to create a plan that can better protect our athletes’ right to compete. We need to take stock of what’s needed in Taiwan as a whole and people’s expectations of us. Only after understanding these things, can we formulate a more comprehensive policy direction.
After only a month in office, Lee is showing his passion for developing sports while actively promoting reform and coordination. He hopes to oversee large strides in Taiwan’s competitiveness, as well as use sports to bring people together, no matter their background.
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運動部長上任滿月"自評如羽球賽" 李洋:比賽剛開始需要更努力
2025-10-17
運動部在9月9日揭牌，台灣「最年輕」首任部長李洋上任也滿一個月，這段期間李洋在政策推展上展現積極與熱忱，他用羽球比賽自評：「比賽才剛開始，還需要更努力」，短期目標除了明年的名古屋亞運之外，也表示會更用心傾聽各界需求，做好整合與溝通讓「運動」成為讓全民更溫暖、團結的力量。
上班前先跑5000公尺，以身作則要大家動起來，這樣的好習慣已經維持整整一個月，也代表台灣史上最年輕的部長李洋，已經在運動部上任滿一個月。
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“覺得應該還在第一局，因為才上任一個月多一點，那我覺得可能對我來講可能才剛開始。就是在了解了業務之後，也希望說可以在既有的業務上，可以有一些其他規劃。”
首位出身運動員的李洋，備受外界期待能為運動部帶來新氣象，在這一個月期間，除了拜會立委及運動界前輩了解政策運作和聽取意見，同時更走訪基層，更重返國訓中心傾聽選手與教練意見，兼顧競技運動及全民運動的需求。
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“有做了一個運動員委員會，那我們最主要是，過往他們就有但他們就是由理事長指派，那我們希望改善的地方是，將他變成運動員自己選舉，成為7到11個人，那在這個部分，由他們的發聲，我們短時間內我們會希望說去了解，打造出比較良善的運動環境。運動設施變得更加良善，才有可能讓用政策去引導全民去參與運動。”
而未來的短期目標，除了放在明年的名古屋亞運之外，另外部長李洋也希望統整各界需求，才能徹底針對事務做規劃與改善。
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“首先一定會遇到的是亞運，那我們當然還是希望說，在我們現有的情況下，因為明年的預算已經編列了，那我認為說在現有的情況下，我們希望說在規劃中，可以更加保護好我們運動員的參賽權益。盤點整個台灣需要的能量，以及大家對於我們的期待，那我們去了解到這些事情之後，我們才會去制定一個比較完善的方針。”
上任一個月時間，李洋在展現對於運動發展熱忱的同時，也積極推動改革及協調，希望能夠落實台灣競技實力躍升、讓運動成為全民更團結的溫暖力量。
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