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4.7. (...) In addition, the COA[Council of Agriculture] continued executing strategies and action plans elaborated in accordance with Chinese Taipei's Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan and New Southbound Policy (NSP).

4.9. Chinese Taipei also enacted the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act (30 May 2018), the Act for Distant Water Fisheries (20 July 2016), the Agricultural Insurance Act (27 May 2020), the Farmer Pension Act (10 June 2020), and the Irrigation Act (22 July 2020). On 1 October 2020, all irrigation associations operating in Chinese Taipei were formally absorbed by a newly established Irrigation Agency under the COA[Council of Agriculture]. [7]
[7] By centralizing irrigation management, Chinese Taipei aims to expand service coverage and ensure maximum efficiency in the use of agricultural water resources. The authorities affirm that the terms of irrigation services supply to farmers remain unaffected by the institutional reform. Irrigation services are provided to farmers free of charge and are not subject to any membership fees.

4.10. Chinese Taipei joined the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) in July 2019. Having made essential improvements in the areas of legal framework; traceability; global cooperation; and monitoring, control, and surveillance, Chinese Taipei was removed from the European Union's "Yellow Card" list for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on 27 June 2019.

4.19. Chinese Taipei has concluded arrangements on the equivalence of organic agriproducts certification with Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

4.24. (...) Visits to agricultural tourism venues and forest recreation areas were encouraged through voucher and package eco-tour schemes.

4.26. (...) Renewable sources' combined share in total energy supply, albeit still modest, has been on the rise. (...)

4.28. The MOEA's[Investment Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs] Bureau of Energy (BOE) remains the main entity in charge of formulating energy policy and implementing energy related legislation; it also acts as the regulator of the electricity subsector. Its responsibilities include (...) reviewing natural gas and electricity prices and renewable energy feed-in tariffs; (...) The Environmental Protection Administration is responsible for drawing up plans and regulations in the area of climate change adaptation, in collaboration with relevant ministries and agencies.

4.29. The energy sector remains governed mainly by the Energy Administration Act, the Petroleum Administration Act, the Natural Gas Enterprise Act, the Electricity Act, and the Renewable Energy Development Act. (...)

4.30. In May 2019, an amendment of the Renewable Energy Development Act introduced local authorities' competence to support the reviewing process of renewable energy generation equipment (up to 2,000 kW capacity); new "conversion rules between feed in tariffs and green power direct supply/wheeling"; incentives for power generation cooperatives, civil power plants established by residents of a community, and renewable energy power generation and energy storage facilities installed in indigenous areas; and a requirement that large electricity consumers either install renewable generation and storage facilities of a certain capacity or purchase a certain amount of electricity generated from renewable sources (verifiable by a certificate). [17] (...)
[17] Large consumers that fail to comply with the requirement must pay "monetary substitution" to the competent authority for the development of renewable energy.

4.31. In 2020, Chinese Taipei enacted "Regulations for the Management of Setting up Renewable Energy Power Generation Equipment of Power Users above a Certain Contract Capacity" requiring large electricity consumers (those consuming more than 5,000 kW) to make certain investments in renewable energy generation or storage.