Hsieh Chin-ting, director of the Department of Civil Affairs in the Taiwan Provincial Government, offers the following example: When Premier Lien Chan was provincial governor, in order to assist farmers and realize the ideal of the "prosperous and beautiful farming village," he repeatedly asked the central government to raise the purchasing price for rice and to increase the amount purchased.
省民政廳長謝金汀舉例，行政院連戰院長在省府主席任內，為了體恤農民，實現「富麗農村」理想，數次希望中央能同意提高稻穀收購價格，增加收購量，但卻被中央打了回票。