Local self-governing is the foundation of a democratic constitution. In accordance with the Constitutions, the procedure for canying out local self-governing starts with the Central Government’s decree of rules for county self-governing, followed by the provincial government’s convening of provincial assembly meeting for stipulating province self-governing act according to province/county self-governing act. The county then calls county assembly meeting, and regulate county self-governing rules for implementation.

In January 1949, before “Local Self-Governing Act” was Degreed, Taiwan’s First Provincial Assembly, the Sixth Meeting passed the [Taiwan’s Township Self-Governing Temporary Regulations], which was duly presented to the government for implementation At the time, the Central Government had only just been allocated to Taiwan, the nation was still amidst turmoil. Despite which, the late President Chiang Kai-shek with his foresight and faith, decided to carry tout local self-governing by phased and areas.