That is why under the concept proposed by the Ministry of the Interior, in future Taipei City and County would merge, as would Kaohsiung City and County. The island of Taiwan would comprise a province and two large municipalities, with 21 million residents under the jurisdiction of the Central Government, of which only around 13 million would also be under the Provincial Government.
因此在內政部的構想中，未來台北縣市和高雄縣市都將合併，台灣地區將成為一大省兩大市，中央轄下有二千一百萬居民，省轄下則約有一千三百萬居民，差距將可拉大。