New figures include: Vice-Premier John Chang (former Minister of Foreign Affairs); Minister of Foreign Affairs Jason Hu (formerly chief ROC representative in the US); Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission chairman Yang Chaur-hsin (former political vice-minister of Education); and Central Personnel Administration chief Wei Chi-lin, a management scholar. Such appointments represent youth and expertise, and demonstrate a commitment to improving administrative efficiency.
包括由外交部長升任行政院副院長的章孝嚴，接任外交部長的原駐美代表胡志強，接掌研考會主委的原教育部次長楊朝祥，新被延攬入閣擔任人事行政局局長的企管學者魏啟林，皆可見年輕、幹勁和專業化的特色，也凸顯對改善行政效率的重視。