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April

1. An agricultural exhibition was held in front of the Presidential Palace.

2. An ad hoc giant panda review panel convened its third review meeting.

3. The chemical application standards for nine crops and four poultry and aquatic products that are destined to Japan were finalized.

4. The Taiwan delegation attended the WTO special session on agricultural negotiation in Geneva.

5. A pilot project on the pig insurance was launched; in total, 619,803 pigs were insured.

6. The Taiwan delegation attended the EU-Taiwan bilateral fishery cooperation meeting.

7. "The regulations for maintaining the ethic standards in the election of the president and committee members of the irrigation associations" was promulgated.

8. The rainfall intensity standard for the debris flow warning system for 2006 was revised.

9. The Bureau of Agricultural Finance disclosed the monthly credit performances of all farmers’ and fishermen’s associations on its website.

10. The 2006 drill for preventing and controlling highly pathogenic avian influenza took place.

11. The Taiwan delegation took part in BIO 2006 organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization in the US.

12. "The quarantine requirements for exporting Taiwan mangos to Chile" was signed between Taiwan and Chile.