March 31st, our department assistant took 17 exchange students to visit The Legislative Yuan of Republic of China. Upon arrival, receptionist guided students to the briefing room to watch a film about The Legislative Yuan, which included an introduction of its organization, composition and current legislators.

Then we passed through the building which was built during Japanese colonial period, and reached the Council Hall which all of us were very excited to see. We intentionally chose to visit on the day that the final general interrogation was held, so exchange students had an opportunity to observe how administrators and legislators interact with each other in a democracy country.

Afterwards, exchange students got permission to sit in the public gallery on the second floor, and the receptionist explained seats allocation of legislators and administrators as well as the meeting progress. She even explained what had happened on the 318 students movement in Legislative Yuan last year.

In Council Hall, the legislators prepared different ppt slides to interrogate the administrators from different departments. In addition to discussing the issue about officials’ allowance in Kinmen territory, there was also an excellent interrogation and defense about whether our country should join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The legislators addressed their research findings on that issue, including details about what name should we use to join, the investment budget, and benefit assessment, etc.

After the tour finished, some exchange students chose to stay longer in the Legislative Yuan to continue to observe and learn. We truly believed that this visit trip would be a fresh and inspiring experience for them since they all came from countries which implement different political systems.