On October 4, Premier Vincent Siew announced that reconstruction work would be undertaken in three phases to be completed within five years, and identified the reconstruction areas as Taichung County, Nantou County, Taichung City, Yunlin County, Changhua County and Miaoli County.
行政院長蕭萬長十月四日宣示，重建工作將分三階段在災後五年完成，並將台中縣、南投縣、台中市、雲林縣、彰化縣、苗栗縣列為重建地區。