In the period just after Taiwan returned to Chinese rule at the end of the Japanese occupation, but before the Central Government relocated to Taiwan, the autonomous powers of the Province were enormous, with agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transport and so on all falling under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Government.
台灣光復初期，政府尚未遷來台灣，省的自治權限大得很，農、林、漁、牧、交通等，都在省府職權內。