In response to suggestions by county magistrates and city mayors, premier Vincent Siew notes that conditions of administrative autonomy vary among Taiwan's 21 counties and cities, and that while it is necessary to readjust administrative zones, the draft bill on administrative regional zoning that would supercede the "local government organization provisions" under the Provincial and County Government Self-government Law has yet to be passed, necessitating accelerated review by the Legislative Yuan.
對於縣市長的諸多建議，行政院長蕭萬長指出，目前二十一縣市的自治條件不同，行政區域是有必要重新調整，不過行政區域劃分法草案尚未三讀通過，取代省縣自治法的「地方制度法」也尚未定案，因此還有待立院加速審議。