-yuan, and Yun-lin; the
provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un
note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization

National holiday: National Day, 10 October (1911) (Anniversary of the
Chinese Revolution)

Constitution: 1 January 1947, amended in 1992, 1994, and 1997

Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations

Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal

Executive branch:
chief of state: President LEE Teng-hui (succeeded to the presidency
following the death of President CHIANG Ching-kuo 13 January 1988,
elected by the National Assembly 21 March 1990, elected by popular
vote in the first-ever direct elections for president 23 March 1996);
Vice President LIEN Chan (since 20 May 1996)
head of government: Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) Vincent
SIEW (since 1 September 1997) and Vice Premier (Vice President of the
Executive Yuan) LIU Chao-shiuan (since 10 December 1997)
cabinet: Executive Yuan appointed by the president
elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by
popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 23 March 1996
(next to be held NA 2000); premier appointed by the president; vice
premiers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the
premier
election results: LEE Teng-hui elected president; percent of vote-LEE
Teng-hui 54%, PENG Ming-min 21%, LIN Yang-kang 15%, and CHEN Li-an 10%

Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Yuan (164 seats-128 elected
by popular vote, 36 indirectly elected on the basis of proportional
representation; members serve three-year terms; note-in 1997, the
National Assembly passed an amendment to increase the membership of
the Legislative Yuan to 225 seats, of which 168 are to be elected by
popular vote, 41 by proportional representation, and 16 from
aboriginal and Chinese groups) and unicameral National Assembly (334
seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: Legislative Yuan-last held 2 December 1995 (next to be held
NA December 1998); National Assembly-last held 23 March 1996 (next to
be held NA 2000)
election results: Legislative Yuan-percent of vote by party-KMT 46%,
DPP 33%, CNP 13%, independents 8%; seats by party-KMT 85, DPP 54, CNP
21, independents 4; note-since the election, there has been a change
in the distribution of seats, the new distribution is as follows-KMT
81, DPP 46, CNP 19, independents 8, other 5, vacant 5; Nati