According to the China Times on May 4, on the same day, Wang Junxiong, director of the Agriculture Bureau, emphasized the need to cooperate with Tsai Ing-wen's new southward policy to open up new channels, and actively participate in the exhibition and sale promotion of Taichung's high-quality agricultural products; but it caused doubts from the city's "Parliamentarians" Zhu Nuanying, Zhang Xuanfen and others, criticizing the Tsai government for giving up the mainland market, causing exports to decrease year by year, and farmers suffered!
Zhang Yongfen pointed out that the former city government successfully opened Southeast Asian and mainland markets using diplomatic relations; the Agricultural Bureau counted that in 2014, tangerine exported 560 metric tons, and in 2015, the new city government took over only 444 metric tons, and in 2016, it was only 462 metric tons. Lychee was exported to 281 metric tons in 2014, 214 metric tons in 2015, and only 61 metric tons remained in 2016.
Zhang Yan said that flowers were exported, and flamingo flowers were sold in 2014, with only 720,000 in 2015, with only more than 340,000 in 2016; Wen Xinlan exported more than 12.6 million in 2014, with only more than 9.61 million in 2015, with more than 9.05 million in 2016. The main reason is that the mainland market shrinks. The city government wants to open up a new Southeast Asian market with little effect, and it is limited to Singapore , Malaysia and Brunei.
Zhu Nuanying said that the city government is not active in exporting agricultural products. The more the number it sells, the less the amount does not increase but decreases. For example, in 2015, the amount is 2205 metric tons of mainland China and Brunei Maogu oranges, with an amount of 28.885,000 yuan; in 2016, the amount is only 19.659,000 yuan, which is very unreasonable, leaving farmers speechless.
Wang Junxiong, director of the Agricultural Bureau, said that there are many factors that change in agricultural product prices, and price fluctuations are inevitable. The bureau's domestic and external marketing achievements in 2015 and 2016, and the number of domestic marketing and promotion agricultural products increased by 10 times. The amount of foreign marketing and sales increased from 274.54 million yuan in 2015 to 276.84 million yuan in 2016, an increase of 2.3 million yuan.
Wang Junxiong emphasized that the city government will continue to increase domestic and external marketing this year to strengthen the exhibition and sale of agricultural products. Through agricultural product marketing plans, we hope to create higher income value for farmers in Zhongshi , promote high-quality agricultural products in Zhongshi, create an impression of high-quality agricultural products in Taichung, practice the new five rural policies, and work together to actively promote agricultural development in Taichung!
