Jiang Yi-huah

Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud.

If the government does not adjust the electricity rate, then even God could not operate Taipower.

A democratic country has zero tolerance for all illegal monitoring operations.

Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺; Jiāng Yīhuá; born 11 November 1960) is a politician in Taiwan (Republic of China). He was the ROC Premier since 18 February 2013 until 8 December 2014.

Quotes

• You have to treat every day as the last day of your appointment, regardless of how long you are going to serve.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Amid massive anti-nuclear protests, Taiwanese rethink their desired lifestyle" on Taiwan Insights, 14 April 2013

• Ask not how long the term you will serve, but ask what meaningful things you will do during your tenure.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Amid massive anti-nuclear protests, Taiwanese rethink their desired lifestyle" on Taiwan Insights, 14 April 2013

• We will not change what we have already announced to the public (regarding minimum wage hike). This is something that the workers have been waiting many months for, and the government should respect the efforts they put into their daily duties.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Minimum wage hike in place despite GDP" on The China Post, 1 May 2013

• Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Premier looks back, forward in corruption fight" on The China Post, 2 May 2013

• The then-Japanese empire suppressed the people of the Republic of China and took over the authority against our will, and so ‘Japanese occupation’ should be a proper term to describe the period.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Jiang backs use of ‘Japanese occupation’" on Taipei Times, 24 July 2013

• If the government does not adjust the electricity rate, then even God could not operate Taipower.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Ma and I try not to let each other down: Jiang" on The China Post, 15 August 2013

• A democratic country has zero tolerance for all illegal monitoring operations.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2013) cited in "Jiang defends Cabinet ahead of poll" on The China Post, 15 October 2013

• Where there is the will, we can make it.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2014) cited in "Jiang seeks to boost tourism numbers to 10 million" on Taipei Times, 3 January 2014

• The relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom and that between the ROC-Taiwan and (Mainland) China are totally different. The ROC is an independent country, so the question of announcing independence via referendum is simply a nonstarter. Any kind of referendum that aims to change the status quo would be unwise. Keeping the ROC on Taiwan as an independent, sovereign state is our topmost priority. Any idea diverging from this would be at odds with the Constitution and against our citizens’ interests.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2014) cited in "ROC not Scotland, independence vote not needed: Jiang" on Taipei Times, 17 September 2014

• A country cannot solely rely on the government and opposition parties to solve all of the problems.
  • Jiang Yi-huah (2017) cited in "Former premier wants to help youth go global" on The China Post, 17 January 2017