In April of this year, the Central Standing Committee of the ruling Kuomin tang Party approved the nomination made by the Chairman for the then Minister of Communications, Lien Chan, to become the youngest ever Vice-Premier in the Executive Yuan.
今年四月，執政黨中央常會通過主席提名案，內定原交通部長連戰調升行政院副院長，政壇人士紛紛笑談：「連戰，又創了一項新紀錄﹘﹘歷屆最年輕的行政院副院長。」