TPP’s Li ‘authorizes’ MAC to handle China processesNOT OUR JOB: MAC Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh said that individuals must handle nationality processes themselves, which is the same regardless of the countryBy Lee Wen-hsin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNATaiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Li Zhengxiu (李貞秀) yesterday said she would authorize the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) to handle all matters related to renouncing her Chinese nationality, while expressing hope that all disputes would end there. Li said she came to Taiwan in 1993 through marriage and obtained her Taiwanese ID card and household registration in 1999, while also officially canceling her household registration in China’s Hunan Province. Later yesterday, MAC Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) said Li married in Taiwan on April 26, 1993, and obtained permanent residency in 1999. However, in 1999, the cross-strait regulations did not yet require a single household registration, he said. As for Li authorizing the council to handle her renunciation of Chinese nationality, Liang said that individuals wishing to renounce their original nationality must handle the process themselves, regardless of the country.

Source: Taipei Times February 13, 2026 18:13 UTC