Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China And Taiwan

cracker and the related petrochemical industrial complex become operational,
estimates of the annual output are: 18 million tons of crude oil, 1.8 million tons
of aromatics, and 1.6 million tons of materials for olefins. The Yeh-Loong
Company estimates that it will be able to produce 7 million tons of steel
annually. Investment benefits from the petrochemical plant will be an annual
production value of NT$205 billion (US$6.2 billion) and 17156 jobs.
Investment benefits from the steel mill will be an annual production value
of NT$98.5 billion (US$297 million) and 18572 new jobs. The Tuntex
and Yueh-loong groups are two of Taiwan’s most powerful business
conglomerates.

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Note: The authors thank Ching Cheng, Professor of Physics at National Cheng Kung University,
for supplying the map of Chigu.

Source: See http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~ccheng/Qiguhp/captions/Qigumap.html.

Figure 8.1 Location of Tainan and Qigu (Chiku)

Chiku

lagoon

saltponds Tainan County

fishponds

Tainan City