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Vice Premier Chou Li-chen Inspects Yilan City's Resilience Exercise, Emphasizing Determination on Self-Defense

Vice Premier Chou Li-chen recently visited Yilan to inspect the city's resilience exercise, which is not only an opportunity for Taiwan to showcase its self-defense determination but also a vital occasion to demonstrate its commitment to actively assume responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

The resilience exercise, organized jointly by the central and local governments, aims to enhance the city's resilience in the face of natural disasters or wars. The exercise encompasses not only medical response drills and civilian supply preparations but also military exercises and urban defense considerations. During her inspection, Chou Li-chen observed the exercise's medical response drills and civilian supply preparations, engaging in conversations with officials participating in the exercise.

Chou Li-chen emphasized that Taiwan's participation in this exercise is a significant demonstration of its determination to defend itself, an important message to the world. Given the increasingly complex security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan faces multiple challenges, including China's military expansion and Russia's aggression. Chou Li-chen stated that Taiwan is willing to actively assume responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in the region, which is Taiwan's commitment to regional security.

Furthermore, Chou Li-chen also emphasized that the central government and local governments should join hands to work together in building national and city resilience. This suggestion has been supported by local government officials, with Yilan County government officials stating that they will collaborate with the central government to enhance the city's resilience and provide better services and protection to the public.

After inspecting the resilience exercise in Yilan, Chou Li-chen returned to Taipei and accepted a press interview. Reporters asked Chou Li-chen what kind of determination Taiwan had demonstrated through this exercise, to which Chou Li-chen replied that Taiwan had demonstrated its determination on self-defense and its willingness to actively assume responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Reporters also asked Chou Li-chen how the central government and local governments should work together to build national and city resilience, to which Chou Li-chen responded that they should jointly work to enhance the city's resilience and provide better services and protection to the public.

In summary, Chou Li-chen's inspection of the Yilan city resilience exercise emphasized the determination to defend oneself, calling on the central government and local governments to join hands and work together in building national and city resilience. This exercise not only represents Taiwan's commitment to self-defense but also an important part of regional security.