Ninth Term (September 1996 - August 2002)

1996
August - Hsu Shui-teh and John C. Kuan are appointed president and vice president of the ninth Examination Yuan, respectively. Wang Chuan-lu and 16 others are named members of the Yuan. 
September - Chen Chin-jang is appointed minister of examination and Cheyne J.Y. Chiu, minister of civil service. 
October - The Public Functionary Protection Law is promulgated. 

1997
March - Wu Wan-lan is named secretary-general of the Examination Yuan.

1998
January - A seminar on the civil service system and national development is held. 
November - The Organic Statutes of the National Civil Service Institute are promulgated. 

1999
January - A civil service human resources development conference is held. Kuo Guang-hsiung, Chen Ying-hau, and Tsai Cheng-wen are appointed members of the ninth Examination Yuan; Wu Wan-lan, minister of examination; and Wu Hung-hsieng, secretary-general of the Examination Yuan.
May - A national personnel administration convention and a seminar on the civil service pension fund are held. 
July - The Medical Personnel Statutes are promulgated. The National Civil Service Institute is formally established.

2000
April - Amendments to the Additional Articles of the Constitution passed by the fifth session of the National Assembly are promulgated. 
May - The Civil Service Promotion and Transfer Law is promulgated. Liu Chu-chih is appointed minister of examination; Wu Rong-ming, minister of civil service; and Chou Hung-hsien, chairman of the Civil Service Protection and Training Commission.
September- A conference on political change and civil service system is held.

2001
January - Chuan Hsien Building of the Examination Yuan is inaugurated. Hsu Ching-fu is appointed secretary-general of the Examination Yuan.
November- A conference is held to address the major civil service issues, and the Examination Yuan Archives Exhibition Room is established.
December- An international conference on the civil service career development in the 21st century is convened.

2002
January- The Civil Service Training and Development Law is promulgated.
June- The Statute for the Examination of Transportation Personnel is promulgated.
July- The Civil Servants Association Law is promulgated.