With the Taoyuan mayoral race heating up, Democratic Progressive Party candidate Huang Shih-chieh has accused Mayor Chang San-cheng of offering little more than empty talk on tourism achievements in Fuxing District — bad news for residents of the indigenous communities there.

• Huang said the city government's own Department of Tourism report shows that construction in Fuxing District is "behind schedule, held up in procedure, and leaving facilities unusable."
• The Northern Cross-Island Highway National Scenic Area remains stuck on a reply issued last year by the Council of Indigenous Peoples; the city government is not yet the designated resource governance authority, so the statutory process cannot move forward.
• The proposed designated area covers 57 tribal villages, but only 32 have so far established tribal assemblies. Many residents work away from home, making attendance thresholds hard to meet.
• Certification of Lalashan as a dark-sky site requires outdoor lighting to be improved first, yet the city government put off holding a pre-construction briefing until June — drawing criticism that it "shot the arrow first and painted the target afterwards."
• The city government says it has invested nearly NT$480 million in upgrading tourism facilities along the Northern Cross-Island Highway, but basic amenities such as the public restrooms at the Upper Baling parking lot will not be completed until 2027.

Outlook: As the Taoyuan mayoral election approaches, the pace of development in Fuxing District is expected to remain a focal point of continued clashes between the two sides.