To clear up the confusion, the Executive Yuan instructed all agencies of the ROC central government to use MPS II, which had been put forward by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 1986 as the nation's official romanization system. But this decision carried no compulsory authority, and Wade-Giles has remained a de facto standard for many government agencies at both the central and local levels.
鑑於國內譯音系統混亂造成的諸多困擾，行政院曾召開會議，要求各部會統一使用民國七十五年頒布的注音符號第二式。但由於此為行政命令，並不是硬性的規定，許多單位和縣市還是沿用其習慣的譯音版本。