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Chair of the Board

I used to serve as the Director General at the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine of the Council of Agriculture. It was my honor to take up the position as the COA Deputy Minister in February 2023, and concurrently, the Chair of the ICLPST Board of Directors. I was told that the Center had faced a severe challenge for the global pandemic. Due to the border control, the in-person activities of international exchange were shut down. However, for the first time, the Center made a decision to utilize the video software and transfer the training to on-line mode in 2021 and 2022. The Center broke through the barrier of pandemic and continued connecting the countries via internet and technology.
 
From its inception in 1968 to date, the Center has received a total of 18,225 participants from 134 countries from all over the world. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation, especially to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in the USA. Although they could not come to Taiwan for two years, the US Board and Executive Committee members got altogether as soon as the border restriction lifted in 2022, and gave the Center their valuable suggestions and advices. My heartfelt thanks also go to the COA, who supports the Center with every effort all the time, and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the National Development Council. Your guidance had enabled the Center to keep contributing for the world community.
 
As the COVID-19 pandemic has been well-controlled and the world gradually got back to normal, the in-person trainings of the Center will resume, to establish even stronger international network in land and agriculture, and to bring better life to human beings.
  

Wen-jane Tu
Chair of the Board of Directors