🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen

🇹🇼 Member of Parliament | Co-Chair of the Foreign and National Defense Committee | CEO of @nextgentaiwan

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

陳冠廷：需台版反境外勢力介入社群媒體管制法
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[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

均衡台灣，不該漏掉任何一戶

在國是論壇，為偏鄉自來水延管發聲。💧

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

@ebothorel @MoNDefense @TWaujourdhui @MOFA_Taiwan @TaiwanEnFrance Welcome back !

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

🇹🇼 Today, the Legislative Yuan officially approved the first tranche of Taiwan’s Special Defense Procurement Budget, marking an important step forward in strengthening Taiwan’s defense capabilities.

As Chair of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, I have worked throughout this process to move the discussion forward and bring all parties back to a path of constructive and rational dialogue. From scheduling hearings and negotiations to committee review, every step has been challenging. But I have always believed that national defense is one of the few issues that should rise above partisan politics.

I am pleased that we ultimately reached bipartisan consensus on the foreign military procurement portion of the package, allowing the special budget to move forward. This represents a significant step in strengthening Taiwan’s deterrence and defense readiness.

At the same time, I must be candid, the outcome is not without shortcomings.

Several originally proposed direct commercial procurement and domestic production programs including unmanned systems, counter-drone capabilities, ammunition stockpiling, sustainment, and maintenance—were ultimately excluded. This creates not only capability gaps in Taiwan’s defense posture, but also missed opportunities to strengthen Taiwan’s indigenous defense industry and unmanned systems supply chain.

That is why today’s approval is not the finish line, it is the beginning of the next phase.

I remain hopeful that future initiatives, whether led by the Ministry of National Defense or jointly advanced by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense through dedicated unmanned systems legislation, can continue to receive bipartisan support and help close these critical gaps.

National defense is the responsibility of the governing party, and it can also be an achievement for the opposition. More importantly, it is a safeguard for all 23 million people of Taiwan. When Taiwan possesses sufficient strength and resilience, we will be better positioned to engage with the world, from a position of confidence and security.

I will continue working to advance the legislation, policies, and budgets necessary to strengthen Taiwan’s defense capabilities, expand our indigenous defense industrial base, and accelerate the development of unmanned systems.

Taiwan’s security depends not only on what we buy abroad, but also on what we can build, sustain, and innovate at home.

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

昨天審查國防部公務預算，完成陸海空三軍 291 案。

我始終堅持：預算要監督，國防要支持。
該要求精進的就要求，該給國軍的資源也不能少。

後續保留案會持續協商，6 月初我擔任召委時，也會繼續排審國防預算。

國防不該政治操作，台灣安全需要朝野一起努力。

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Thank you to @WSJ and Joyu Wang for the interview on Taiwan Strait issues.

I emphasized that an improvement in U.S.-China relations does not mean Taiwan’s interests can be traded away in the process.

I also reiterated that Taiwan’s interests are aligned with those of the United States, and that China’s strategy toward Taiwan is a “long game”

not a single decisive strike, but a decades-long gray-zone strategy aimed at gradually changing the status quo.

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[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

如果您認為這個議題值得被台灣社會正視，請分享貼文，也寫下您的看法。

讓更多人知道，不是只有少數人在思考這件事。

#支持安樂死法案推動

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

上週我在國是論壇上再次說明「#安樂死法案」推動進度。

關於安樂死法制化，過去往往難以進入實質審查；但這一次不同，在我4/28所舉辦的「安樂死法草案討論座談會」中，首度迎來了三黨立委共同站出來參與。這代表「生命最後階段自主權」的討論，已經跨越政黨邊界，進入實質推動的階段。

我們必須誠實面對現行《病主法》與安寧醫療的缺口。許多不符合「末期」定義的神經退化、罕病或嚴重失能患者，正承受著無限期且難以想像的身心痛苦。當現行法律無法提供解方時，國家不能坐視不管。

本屆任期至今，我已在院內外辦理共7場論壇，深入討論醫師評估與醫護保障。

我們不能替每個人的生命決定答案，但至少當人民最無助的時刻，國家可以坐下來陪著他們，一起找回尊嚴與選擇權。

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Thank you to @CoDieckmann for the invitation and professional coverage.

[Cornelius Dieckmann @CoDieckmann]

Lässt Donald Trump Taiwan im Stich? Chinas Machthaber Xi Jinping will beim heute beginnenden Gipfel in Peking auf dieses Ziel hinarbeiten – mit einer zweigleisigen Strategie.

Hintergründe @derspiegel feat. @DavidMSacks1, @chiehtingyeh, @kuantingvision

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[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

恭喜沈伯洋委員 @pumashen 接受徵召投入台北市長選舉‼️

過去在外交國防委員會共事，看見PUMA委員在國安、民主與資訊戰議題上的專業與堅持，更看見他面對挑戰時願意站出來承擔。

任重而道遠🏃🏽‍➡️祝福你把專業與行動力帶進台北市。台灣加油！

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

#嘉義縣無人機協會

近年來，無人機技術已經成為國防、科技與供應鏈安全的重要議題，這次也與在地團隊交流，了解目前民間技術發展的能量，以及未來與國防需求結合的可能性。

這次活動使用的固定飛行場域，也是由我們團隊協助爭取，希望讓嘉義縣無人機協會及相關團隊，能有更穩定、安全的空間進行訓練與測試，持續累積技術能量。

#民雄航太暨無人機產業園區 很有機會成為台灣發展非紅供應鏈的重要基地，透過民間力量整合，以國防需求為核心，逐步建立屬於台灣自己的無人機產業鏈與技術生態系。在交流中，也看見許多台灣團隊已具備國際競爭力，甚至有台灣製造的無人機相關零組件被國際媒體關注應用於烏克蘭戰場，也代表台灣技術正逐步走向國際。

最後，我認為也可以進一步思考，讓民間無人機協會與軍方建立更多「藍紅對抗」的交流與測試機會，透過模擬攻防與技術驗證，協助國防單位提早發現漏洞、持續提升系統能力。

未來我們也會持續推動無人機產業、國防需求與地方發展之間的連結，讓嘉義不再只是農業大縣，更成為台灣科技與國防產業的重要基地。

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Today’s passage of the NT$780 billion version is a difficult first step for Taiwan’s defense. It is not the version I had hoped for, and I remain deeply disappointed that direct commercial procurement, domestically commissioned production, and unmanned systems were not fully included.

After becoming Co-chair of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, I immediately moved the bill out of committee to keep the process moving. After several rounds of negotiations, reaching this stage was already difficult in itself.

The war in Ukraine has shown that drones and unmanned systems are no longer optional. Taiwan should invest in these capabilities before a crisis, not after one.

I will continue to push for a more complete, flexible, and executable defense framework that strengthens Taiwan’s deterrence and our domestic defense industrial base.

Without strength, dialogue with China carries little weight.

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

國防創新不能只是換個名字，效法烏克蘭模式 #Brave1

在本次質詢中，我特別針對國防創新組織 DIO 的運作模式與國防部長進行討論。現在的戰場變化速度非常快，從無人機、通訊系統，到各種低成本不對稱戰力，很多技術更新甚至是以「天」為單位在變化。如果制度還停留在傳統公告、固定徵案的模式，其實很難真正跟上現代作戰需求。

我也特別以烏克蘭的 #Brave1 作為案例。Brave1 並不只是單純的國防科技平台，而是一個把「前線需求、民間技術、測試驗證、政府資金補助與快速導入」全部串接起來的國防科技生態系。從前線提出需求，到平台收案、軍方驗證、原型測試，再到實際採購與部署，Brave1 幾乎把整個創新流程整合成單一體系，大幅縮短從需求到部署的時間，這也是為什麼在俄烏戰爭中，烏克蘭能快速發展無人機與各種低成本不對稱戰力技術。

目前 Brave1 已經累積超過 3500 項研發計畫、超過 470 筆補助案，並有超過 260 項技術完成 NATO 標準化，已真正進入「規模化導入」的階段。

借鏡烏克蘭的經驗，我認為台灣也必須建立更常態化的國防創新平台，讓民間企業、新創團隊、學界與政府之間能夠持續對接，而不是每次都回到傳統徵案與說明會的模式。

另外，在人才培育上，我也建議參考美國「Hacking for Defense」模式，讓學生，工程師、創投、甚至來自不同領域的專業人士直接參與國防安全議題的解題與、實作甚至是投資產能，提前培養台灣自己的國防科技人才與創新能量。

面對快速變化的國際局勢，台灣需要的不只是單一裝備，而是一套能夠快速應變、快速驗證、快速部署的國防創新機制。唯有如此，才能真正提升台灣的防衛韌性與自主能力。

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

🇹🇼🤝🇯🇵很高興與徐國勇秘書長與青年局的夥伴們，在民進黨中央黨部「再次」一起接待來自日本自民黨青年局的參眾議員朋友。

自民黨青年局長期重視與台灣的交流。民進黨青年局成立以來，我們也多次與日本青年世代政治工作者互動，每一次見面，都是一次累積信任、深化台日友誼的機會。

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Thank you to @tchau01 and Nikkei Asia for the interview. I appreciated the chance to discuss Taiwan’s defense budget, domestic drone production, and the broader security challenges we face.

[Thompson Chau @tchau01]

INTERVIEW: As the fight over Taiwan’s defence spending drags on, @NikkeiAsia sits down with LY’s national defence committee co-chair Chen Kuan-ting @kuantingvision. Chen talks about domestic drone production, risks of cutting the budget, KMT’s split... 1/4
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[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Recently, there’s been a major development in the push for the special defense budget. While Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu has been trying to advance the arms procurement plan, aiming to raise the budget from over NT$800 billion closer to NT$1 trillion, something more drastic occurred within the KMT. At the party’s Vice Chair threatened to expel Han from the party if he continues pushing this defense package. Such extreme rhetoric is alarming.

In response, I urge the more forward-thinking and pragmatic KMT legislators—those who care about our national interest—to step up.

It’s time they walk their own path and not remain shackled by hardline factions that don’t prioritize the country’s well-being. I hope they will make a responsible decision and support the Executive Yuan’s version of the special defense act.

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[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

Update on the Special Defense Procurement Bill

Last week, in cross-party negotiations, we made our case clear.

Our position remains firm. Unmanned systems and countermeasures, AI-enabled decision-making, and Taiwan–U.S. cooperation must be at the heart of this bill.

Without fully incorporating these elements, its impact will be limited.

At the same time, national defense must balance foreign procurement with domestic capability. From the aerospace cluster in Chiayi to the broader central Taiwan supply chain, our industries are ready.

If we fail to build a stronger institutional foundation now, we risk missing a critical window to develop our indigenous defense sector.

Recent developments in the Middle East have made one thing clear. In real conflict, saturation attacks will rapidly deplete equipment and munitions. Even with sufficient funding, resupply may not come in time.

That is why indigenous defense is not a slogan. It is a necessity, and it must begin now.

Negotiations continue. We will push forward next Monday to finish the job.

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

For every step China takes to isolate Taiwan, we will double down on strengthening our defense.

中共施壓第三國取消我國總統專機飛航許可
阻擾賴清德總統出訪友邦史瓦帝尼。

面對這樣的打壓，朝野沒有分裂的空間。無論黨派立場為何，都應團結一致，嚴正譴責中共此舉，守住台灣走向世界的權利與尊嚴！

[🇹🇼陳冠廷 Kuan-Ting Chen @kuantingvision]

週五在國是論壇，我再次向社會報告目前國防特別條例的進度。

目前朝野之間最大的爭點之一，仍然在於「商購」與「委製」是否納入條例。我們認為除了對美軍購之外，台灣也必須同步建立本土的國防自主能力，才能真正強化長期嚇阻。

這幾天，包括美國參議員夏欣（Jeanne Shaheen）等人聯名致函，也再次強調台灣投資本土生產與自主能力的重要性。現代戰場所需要的，不只是外購裝備，更包括能夠持續生產具備快速反應能力的低成本系統與無人載具，這也是為什麼商購與委製不能被排除在外。

近期協商過程中，已經感受到部分在野黨委員與黨團領袖願意進一步討論，對於這樣的進展我給予高度的肯定，也期待在這樣的氣氛之下，加速並促進相關的討論。

下週一將安排機密專題報告，針對商購與委製的實際用途，向朝野同仁做更完整的說明，我期待這次報告能成為突破僵局的契機。

國防不能只停留在表態，關鍵還是要回到制度與能力的建構，時間不等人，我們必須把握機會，讓特別條例真正往前推進。

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