Although local self-government has been practiced in Taiwan for more than 40 years, it was not until late last year that a member of Taiwan's aboriginal peoples was elected a county executive, in Taitung County where aboriginals make up one third of the population.
台灣地方自治實施四十餘年來，第一位「原住民」縣長於去年底誕生在山地人口佔三分之一的台東。