But it is no simple task that lies before them. Looking abroad, powerful challengers are arising across Asia; closer to home, peripheral towns and cities need to be uplifted; looking up the political hierarchy, there are limitations imposed by central government and the legal structure; looking downward, the mayors must face the fickle public opinion of a democratic age.
然而，等在兩位新官前面的，絕非簡單任務：放眼國際有亞太強敵崛起；環視有嗷嗷待哺、需要提攜的周邊縣市；上有中央和法條的限制；下面則要面對民主時代的紛亂民意。