On 20 March, the "New Taiwanese Service Team" of which he is the leader announced that it would be setting up a new political party, and on 24 March a founding meeting at which the new party was named the People First Party.
其所領導的「新台灣人服務團隊」二十二日宣佈將籌組新政黨，二十四日舉行發起人會議，政黨名稱訂為「親民黨」。