Provinces of China the province, rather than the nominal governor of the provincial government. The government of each standard province () is nominally led by a provincial committee, headed by a secretary. The committee secretary is first-in-charge of the province; second-in-command is the governor of the provincial government. The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islets, including Penghu, as "Taiwan Province", though Taiwan has not been under control of a government that ruled from mainland China since 1949, when the Republic of China lost the mainland to the Communist Party of China, which established the PRC.
Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) building is accessible within walking distance north-west from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall MRT station of the Taipei Metro. Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC; ), known in English from 1924 to 2007 as the Central Bank of China, is the central bank of the Republic of China, now commonly known as Taiwan. Its legal and common name in Chinese is literally translated as the "Central Bank". The central bank is administered under the Executive Yuan of the ROC government. The bank was originally proposed in 1923 by Sun