Elders Also Receive a Baptism in the New Tide: At the end of 1989, the Kuomintang implemented a party primary system to determine nominees, which fit better with the democratic spirit. The number of seats occupied by women suddenly shot up, with fourteen women among the 101 supplementary legislators (one of whom has since left to take a cabinet position).
七十八年底，國民黨內實施更符合民主精神的黨內初選制度，入主立法院的女性席位遽增，一百零一席增額立委中，女性佔了十四席（其中一席已入閣）。