In 1979, Kaohsiung was placed under the central government jurisdiction. Furthermore, most of the persons appointed as commissioners of the Provincial Council were former KMT mayors and county magistrates, high-ranking KMT party officials, and military officers.
如今「台灣省政府」將淡出台灣歷史，回顧歷史脈絡，「台灣省」行政架構的張弛，也見證了台灣百年所歷經的時空背景與政治生態。