Last December, Lin Chuan gave up his position overseeing the nation's expenditures as director-general of the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics to become Taiwan's fourth Minister of Finance since President Chen Shui-bian took office three years ago.
去年十二月，林全從掌管全國支出的主計長職位上轉任財政部，成為陳水扁政府執政三年來的第四位財政部長。