In response, the Cabinet decided in July 1999 to adopt Hanyu Pinyin as Taiwan's official romanization system, but over a year passed without an official announcement, then last year it instructed the MOE to study the issue once more. The MOE's Mandarin Promotion Council eventually passed a resolution recommending Tongyong Pinyin, thus igniting a controversy that rages unabated today. Wu Sangui all over again?
行政院因此再度研擬，尋求一套適用的中文譯音系統，並於民國八十八年七月份做出採行漢語拼音的決定，但拖了一年未做正式公告，且於八十九年函覆教育部請其再行研議。