_#_Legal system: based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
_#_National holiday: National Day (Anniversary of the Revolution), 10 October (1911)
_#_Executive branch: president, vice president, premier of the Executive Yuan, vice premier of the Executive Yuan, Executive Yuan
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Yuan
_#_Judicial branch: Judicial Yuan
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President LI Teng-hui (since 13 January 1988);
Vice President LI Yuan-zu (since 20 May 1990);
Head of Government—Premier (President of the Executive Yuan)
HAO Po-ts'un (since 2 May 1990); Vice Premier (Vice President of the
Executive Yuan) SHIH Ch'i-yang (since NA July 1988)
_#_Political parties and leaders: Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), LI Teng-hui, chairman; Democratic Socialist Party and Young China Party controlled by Kuomintang; Democratic Progressive Party (DPP); Labor Party; 27 other minor parties
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 20