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Construction and Planning

and maintenance supervision, checking and evaluation were handled, and shop management
was evaluated to raise every aspect of recreation service quality. In the area of climbing education

and safety services, Mt. Qingshan and Mt. Pingfeng trails were renovated, and signs erected,
the Mt. Hehuan North Peak trail was renovated using ecological engineering techniques, safety
lectures were held at the National Park Mountaineering School. The 2017 National Mountaineering

Conference was held on November 17-18, during which civil groups, industries and government
departments discussed mountain climbing issues and reached a consensus. A charge was
introduced for using Zhuilu Old Trail on March 16, 2017; this pay-for-use measure was widely
praised by park visitors. As for conservation research, outsourced studies such as the Taroko
National Park Smart Service Platform Planning and Operation Study, Discussion of Taroko Gorge

Landscape Changes and World Heritage Value of the Mountain Ecosystem, and Discussion of the
Traditional Reasons for the Use of Wild Animals in Rituals by the Taroko Tribe were conducted

▲ Taroko Music Festival－Wanrong Elementary ▲ Trail renovation－replacing climbing ropes
School Choir

▲ Elementary school environmental education activity ▲ Charge for Zhuilu Old Trail
(Insect Little Theater) －Hualien County Yichang
Elementary School

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