Gwoyeu Romatzyh
In addition, various other historical romanization systems also coexist across the island, sometimes together in the same locality. Following the defeat of the Kuomintang and subsequent retreat to Taiwan, little emphasis was placed on romanizing Chinese characters, and the default was the Wade-Giles system, which is still widely used for transcribing people's legal names today. The Gwoyeu Romatzyh method, invented in 1928, also was in use during this time period, but to a lesser extent. In 1984, Taiwan's Ministry of Education began revising the Gwoyeu Romatzyh method out of concern that Hanyu Pinyin was gaining prominence internationally. Ultimately, a revised version of Gwoyeu Romatzyh was released in 1986, formally called the National Phonetic Symbols, Second Scheme, but this was not widely adopted.