Beginning last July, as a result of a campaign promise by county executive Lin Kuang-hua, Hsinchu County became the first jurisdiction in Taiwan to provide "birth subsidies." If either husband or wife can claim Hsinchu County as their formal place of residence (as registered before the end of July 1997), the couple can receive NT $ 10,000 for each baby born.
去年七月開始，為了兌現林光華縣長的競選支票，新竹縣開始發放全省首創的「生育津貼」，只要夫婦中有一人在八十六年七月底前設籍新竹縣，太太生產就可以拿到一胎一萬元的津貼。