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MOI 2O18 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

The National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center has been established on August 2, 2018,
to implement the housing and urban renewal policy. The Center is an administrative corporation
which implements urban renewal and social housing management, in order to improve the living
environment and achieve sustainable urban development.

To make living environment safer, the MOI implements building seismic capacity evaluation and
rapid screen inspection for buildings. In addition, the MOI plans to achieve rapid screen inspection for
buildings with 6 floor and more within 3 years. The MOI also announced the amendment of “Regulations
for inspecting and reporting buildings public security,” requesting a seismic capacity evaluation if
aforementioned buildings are considered as high safely risk structures but provided them with a
considerable subsidies, as an encouragement for people to build a safety living environment.

To improve rental housing market and protect housing rights, the MOI has promoted the “Rental
Housing Market Development and Regulation Act,” which strengthens the rental housing relationship
between rights and obligations, establishes a professional rental housing service business system,
encourages residential rental through tax incentives, and provides multi-living options for people.

III. Relaxing Regulations while providing Streamlined Services

1. Promote Civic Participation and Consolidate the Development of Democracy
To ensure that governmental decision-making complies with due process standards, the MOI is
actively promoting the hearing policies and procedures, such as holding the hearing of Gong Dao 3rd
Road development in Hsinchu and Taoyuan Aerotropolis Urban Planning case at the beginning of 2017,
in order to let different organizations communicate with each other and to ensure the legitimacy and the
suitability of the land utilization through settling every dispute openly and rationally.

For civil society development, the Civil Associations Act will be divided into Political Parties Act, Social
Association Act and Chambers Act. All of the above are legal basis that are going to constitute of all kinds
of civil associations. Political Parties Act was formulated for establishing a fairly competitive environment
for political parties and ensure that the organization and operation of political parties comply with the
principles of democracy to achieve a healthy and robust party-based political process. In addition, the
legislation of Social Association Act is promoted, which transforms the association establishment rule
from permission-based into registration-based. The MOI also strengthens public supervision to ensure
freedom of association. Furthermore, the MOI is having a consultation about the draft of Chambers
Act actively, which will offer industrial and business groups as well as specialized professional groups a
fundamental law.

2. Promote Relaxed Regulations and People-Centered Services
In order to improve the administrative efficacy and to simplify the administrative procedure, the MOI
has streamlined many outdated acts and regulations as well as moderate relaxation of the related laws.

To provide people-friendly services, the MOI has improved the Nationality Act and relevant
regulations and actively recruited outstanding foreign talents. In addition, the MOI continues to

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