It started even earlier when Cheng Li-chun—now our Vice Premier—served as Minister for Youth. In the early 2000s she set up the Youth National Affairs Conference (青年國是會議). Since then, the Youth Development Administration has emphasized deliberative democracy, with young people as facilitators and agenda‑setters. I’d argue this fostered intergenerational unity and helped keep young people—especially young men—from turning cynical or extremist, unlike in some countries.