Premier Cho Jung-tai officially announced the Siraya people as a legally protected Indigenous group. This landmark decision marks the very first time a Pingpu Plains Indigenous group, which has historically assimilated into Han-Chinese cultures, has secured state recognition. Following a pivotal 2022 Constitutional Court ruling that deemed their exclusion unconstitutional, the Cabinet has approved the group's identity criteria, allowing thousands of descendants across southern Taiwan to formally register their status starting mid-August.