Central Taiwan Agriculture Expo closes, visits exceed 600,000

Jointly organized by Miaoli County, Nantou County, Changhua County and Taichung City, the 23-day "2018 Central Taiwan Agriculture Expo" held its closing ceremony at the event venue on the 14th, and next year it will move to Taichung City; this year's agriculture expo not only showcased the diverse agricultural characteristics of central Taiwan, but also brought the distinctive agricultural products of central Taiwan to the venue so that the public could buy everything they needed in one trip, creating the highest-quality annual sales event for farmers in the four counties and cities.

In addition to the presence of distinguished guests from the four counties and cities, with Nantou County Government Secretary-General Hung Jui-chih attending on behalf of Nantou County, as well as wonderful and lively performances and a handover ceremony to Taichung City, the rural regeneration community performance competition for the four counties and cities of Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua and Nantou, held earlier at the 2018 Central Taiwan Agriculture Expo, also presented awards that day.

Every participating team pulled out all the stops when competing in order to win the highest honor for its own county or city. In the end, the Hakka folk song and string drum performance by Shiqiang Community in Miaoli County won the gold medal, the Puzi Community Development Association of Puyan Township in Changhua County won the silver medal, the Zhuzikeng Community Development Association of Dali District in Taichung City won the bronze medal, and the Nancun Community cheerleading team of Puli Township in Nantou County, the Fengming Community Development Association of Nantou City, and the Bazhang Community Development Association of Jiji Township received the popularity award.

This year's Central Taiwan Agriculture Expo drew a total of more than 600,000 visits, with an average of 26,000 visits per day. Everyone was almost full of praise for this year's agriculture expo and made plans to meet again in Taichung next year.