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• Office for Combating Low Birth Rates Never Established:

  • On January 7, 2026, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) personally admitted at the Legislative Yuan's Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee that "the Ministry of Health and Welfare indeed did not establish an Office for Combating Low Birth Rates."
  • This statement directly refutes the claim made by Executive Yuan Spokesperson Lee Huei-chih (李慧芝) in a press release and public statement on December 25, 2025, that "the Office for Combating Low Birth Rates was established in 2017."
  • Taiwan People's Party, TPP Party Chairperson Huang Kuo-Chang accused former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and former Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) of perpetrating a "blatant lie" and a "scam" by previously claiming to the public that an "Office for Combating Low Birth Rates" had been established.

• Ineffective Policy and Waste of Resources:

  • Over the past eight years of the Democratic Progressive Party, DPP government's administration, a total of NT$448.4 billion has been invested in policies related to combating low birth rates.
  • However, Taiwan's birth rate has decreased by approximately 10,000 people each year.
  • Taiwan's fertility rate has fallen to the lowest in the world.
  • It is estimated that the number of newborns in 2026 may drop to only 80,000.

• Inconsistent Government Statements and Evasion of Responsibility:

  • Executive Yuan Spokesperson Lee Huei-chih, even after Huang Kuo-Chang revealed the non-existence of the Office for Combating Low Birth Rates, still insisted on defending the claim that "it was established in 2017."
  • [He/She] criticized the Executive Yuan Spokesperson for "having the audacity to shamelessly boast and credit the government for doing such a wonderful job" despite the current reality of declining birth rates.
  • [He/She] demanded that the Executive Yuan Spokesperson provide concrete proof of the actual existence of the "Office for Combating Low Birth Rates" as explicitly mentioned in her press release on December 25, 2025.

• Government Policies to Combat Low Birth Rates:

  • Birth subsidies
  • Childcare allowances for children aged 0-4
  • Rent subsidies
  • Infertility treatment subsidies
  • Expansion of public and quasi-public childcare services
  • Flexible parental leave, including daily leave options
  • Child-rearing friendly housing, with more subsidies for more births