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    The meeting of Central Taiwan regional governance platform was held in Changhua County Government on October 7, with seven Mayors attending. In addition to having the mutual agreement on 23 cross-county and city cooperation cases as well as cases seeking assistance from the central government, two major statements were also presented at the meeting, “By reducing coal, carbon and air pollution, we jointly protect people’s health” and “defending people’s health from banning the importation of ractopamine U.S pork,” jointly signed by Nantou Magistrate Lin Ming-zhen, Taichung City Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen, Yunlin Magistrate Chang Li-shan, Chiayi City Mayor Huang Min-hui, Hsinchu Magistrate Yang Wen-ke and Miaoli Deputy Magistrate Teng Kuei-chu, as well as the host Changhua Magistrate Wang Hui-mei. At the same time, the meeting also launched the joint marketing campaign, "Let’s go! Sightseeing trail camp!" The top prize for the campaign is a car, which encourages people to visit these 20 characteristic trails in seven counties and cities before the end of the year.

    “The burning of raw coal at the Taichung Thermal Power Station is known to be the biggest threat to air pollution in Central Taiwan, seriously endangering the health of more than eight million people in the seven counties and cities from Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Nantou, Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi,” Nantou Magistrate Lin said. The participants in Central Taiwan regional governance platform all supported Taichung City Mayor Lu’s decision to fight against the Taichung Thermal Power Station. After it restarts the coal-burning units, the top issue of the meeting today in Changhua is to continue supervising the actions of "reducing coal, carbon and air pollution" from the Taichung Thermal Power Station to truly reach the goal of securing the blue sky and protecting our health together with the people from the 7 counties and cities.