Chiau also participated in the deliberation process of《Special Statute for the Comprehensive Management of River Basins》, which was officially passed on January 14, 2014. This statute encompasses the key issues throughout all the national territories, with overall planning of up, mid and downstream waters. Chiau advocates and stresses that the watercourses can be controlled by both subtle and rigid means to increase permeation spaces and those of retention basins or green areas. With comprehensive watercourse controls, measures against climate change can be employed with the assistance of public participation to prepare plans and determine the optimal means for future watercourse control. In Taiwan, an island regularly suffering from either floods or drought, the focus shall not be solely on watercourse control, but rather the creation of a "water conservation oriented society" with introspective national land planning and water resource management that will not accept a single moment's delay.
