Liu Ming-chuan, the first governor, was extremely dedicated, and made many important contributions to the construction of Taiwan. For example, he began railroad construction, opened academies of learning, established a postal service and a telegraph system, and constructed armaments factories, all of which hastened the modernization of Taiwan.
首任巡撫劉銘傳勤於政事，在台六年間對建設台灣出力甚多，比如說建造鐵路、開辦學堂、成立郵政局、建立電報系統、蓋兵工廠… …，使台灣迅速邁向現代化。