Introduction

Geographical Features Climate Population Sightseeing

Culture Values
Student Life Features Environment Problems and Energy Consumption Solution

Brief Introduction

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China (ROC) and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan island. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean. Another coastal city, Tamsui, is about 20 km northwest at the river's mouth on the Taiwan Strait. The city proper is home to an estimated 2,618,772 people.

Country: Republic of China District Divisions: 12 districts Government: Taipei City Government Mayor: Hau Lung-pin Area: 271.7997km2 Population: 2,618,772 (December 2010) Time Zone: CST (UTC+8)

Brief Introduction

Taipei is the political, economic, and cultural center of Taiwan. The National Palace Museum has one of the largest collections of Chinese artifacts and artworks in the world is located in Taipei. Taipei is part of a major industrial area. Railways, high speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan.

Beitou Shilin

Neihu Zhongshan Datong Songshan

Zhongzheng Wanhua Daan Xinyi

Nangang

Wenshan

Brief Introduction

Taipei was founded in the early 18th century and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. The Qing Dynasty in China made Taipei the provincial capital of Taiwan in 1886. The Japanese acquired Taiwan in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Republic of China took over the island in 1945 following Japanese surrender. After losing Mainland China, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) resettled the ROC government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the provisional capital of the Republic of China in December 1949.

Brief Introduction

Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China. In the north of the island of Taiwan in the Taipei basin, surrounded by bordering with the New Taipei. The Taipei metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan area in Taiwan, is also the center of politics, culture, business, entertainment, communication and other fields. Taipei has hosted the 21st Summer Deaflympics, the International Flower Expo in 2010, and the 2011 World Design Congress. In 2017, the World University Games will be held in Taipei.

Geographical Features

Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan. It is bordered by the Xindian River on the south and the Tamsui River on the west.
Cising Mountain , is the highest (extinct) volcano in Taiwan in Yangmingshan National Park and also the highest point of Taipei. The northern districts of Shilin and Beitou extend north of the Keelung River and are bordered by Yangmingshan National Park. The Taipei city limits cover an area ranked sixteenth of twenty-five among all counties and cities in Taiwan.

Geographical Features

Cising Mountain and Mt. Datun, locates on the northeast of the city. Cising Mountain is located on the Tatun Volcano Group and the tallest mountain at the rim of the Taipei Basin, with its main peak at 1,120 metres . These former volcanoes make up the western section of Yangmingshan National Park, extending from Mt. Datun northward to Mt. Caigongkeng.

To the southeast of the city lies on the Songshan Hills and the Qingshui Ravine, which form a barrier of lush woods.

Climate

Taipei has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate which is slightly short of a true tropical climate. Summers are very hot, humid, and accompanied by occasional heavy rainstorms and typhoons, while winters are short, mild and generally very foggy due to the northeasterly winds from the vast Siberian High being intensified by the pooling of this cooler air in the Taipei Basin.

Due to Taiwan's location in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by the Pacific typhoon season, which occurs between June and October.

Climate Data for Taipei

Jan
Average High (Celsius)

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

19.1

19.6

22.1

25.7

29.2

32.0

34.3

33.8

31.1

27.5

24.2

20.7

26.6

Daily Mean (Celsius)

16.1

16.5

18.5

21.9

25.2

27.7

29.6

29.2

27.4

24.5

21.5

17.9

23.00

Average Low (Celsius)

13.9

14.2

15.8

19.0

22.3

24.6

26.3

26.1

24.8

22.3

19.3

15.6

20.4

Rainfall (mm)
83.2 170.3 180.4 177.8 234.5 325.9 245.1 322.1 360.5 148.9 83.1 73.3 2405.1

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Population
District Beitou Shilin Datong Zhongshan Songshan Neihu Wanhua Zhongzeng Daan Xinyi Population 249,319 285,459 124,466 218,551 209,903 267,120 190,050 159,464 313,371 227,232 Area (km^2) 56.8216 62.3682 5.6815 13.6821 9.2878 31.5787 8.8522 7.6071 11.3614 11.207711

Sightseeing

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Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Republic of China. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. In July 2011, the building was awarded LEED Platinum certification, the highest award in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and became the tallest and largest green building in the world. Taipei 101 was designed by C.Y. Lee & partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture and Samsung C&T. The tower has served as an icon of modern Taiwan ever since its opening, and received the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper Award. Fireworks launched from Taipei 101 feature prominently in international New Year's Eve broadcasts and the structure appears frequently in travel literature and international media. Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. The building was architecturally created as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition. Its postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments. The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.

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The National Palace Museum is an art museum in Taipei. It is the national museum of the Republic of China, and has a permanent collection of over 677,687 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest in the world. The collection encompasses over 8,000 years of Chinese history from the Neolithic age to the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.
The National Palace Museum and Palace Museum, located inside the Forbidden City in China, share the same original roots, which was split in two as a result of the Chinese Civil War. The National Palace Museum building in Taipei was designed by Huang Baoyu and

constructed from March 1964 to August 1965. In 2001, the museum underwent a major $21million-dollar renovation revamping the museum to make it more spacious and modern. It was accelerated in 2002, during which about two-thirds of the museum section was closed. The museum reopened on Christmas Day 2006, after a long ten-year renovation.The displays are rotated once every three months, which means 60,000 pieces can be viewed in a year and it would take nearly 12 years to see them all.

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Yangmingshan National Park

One of the eight national parks in Taiwan, the Yangmingshan National Park is located between Taipei City andNew Taipei City, Taiwan. The districts that house parts of the park grounds include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinshan, and Sanzhi Districts. During the Japanese occupation era of Taiwan, it was known as Datun National Park. The National Park is famous for its cherry blossoms, hot springs, sulfur deposits, fumaroles, venomous snakes and hiking trails, including Taiwan's tallest and one over the extinct volcano Seven Star Mountain (1,120 m). Different from the high mountain national parks, Yangmingshan National Park has a lower elevation. Even though mountain elevations range from only 2001120 meters, beautiful landscapes such as ridges, valleys, lakes, waterfalls and basins are abundant. Andesite rocks make up most of the area's geology.

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The Taipei Metro, more commonly known as the MRT or formally as the Taipei Rapid Transit System, is a rapid transit system serving metropolitan Taipei in Taiwan. The system is built and operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation and consists of 96 stations and 110.1 km of revenue track. The system carried an average of over 1.66 million passengers per day in December 2011. The Taipei Metro is Taiwan's first metro system. Since it first began operations in 1996, the system has been effective in relieving some of Taipei's traffic congestion problems. The system has also proved effective as a catalyst for urban renewal, as well as increasing tourist traffic to outlying cities such as Tamsui. Conversions to existing railway lines were made to integrate them into the metro system.

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Presidential Building
The Presidential Office Building houses the Office of the President of the Republic of China. The building, located in the Zhongzheng District in the national capital of Taipei, Republic of China, was designed by architect Uheiji Nagano during the period of Japanese rule of Taiwan (18951945). The structure originally housed the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Damaged in Allied bombing during World War II, the building was restored after the war by Chen Yi, the GovernorGeneral of the Taiwan province. It became the Presidential Office in 1950 after the Republic of China lost control of mainland China and relocated the nation's capital to Taipei City at the end of the Chinese Civil War.

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Taipei City Government

Taipei City Government governs the city of Taipei, Republic of China. Administration: The head is the mayor of Taipei and the vice mayor. Under them, there are 15 departments, 7 offices, and 8 committees: Departments: Budget, Accounting and Statistics; Civil Affairs; Economic Development, Education; Environmental Protection; Finance; Health; Information and Tourism; Labor; Land; Police; Public Works; Social Welfare; Transportation; Urban Development Offices: Compulsory Military Service; Government Ethics; Information Technology; Personnel Other: Civil Servant Development; Rapid Transit Systems

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Taipei City Council

Taipei City Council oversees the Taipei City Government and ensures its citizens welfare. The Council was formed in 1946. The Council Chamber was initially located in the Zhongshan Hall. The Council moved to a site on Chung-hsiao West Road on August 3, 1964. The current Council building is located in the History Project Area of Taipei. It was inaugurated on October 8, 1990.

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Culture

The parent culture and global culture of various ethnic blend in Taipei. Whether the aboriginal culture in Taiwan Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines or strong Minnan, Longshan Temple, the old capital of style, complete Confucian ritual regulatory instrument Shih Tien ceremony. Many parts of Taiwan-born artists, designers also have through Taipei mouth for the whole world recognize. With the increase in the number of foreign workers, foreign workers brought about by the mother country's cultural attention. A variety of cultural festivals, special broadcasts and so on activities and open measures for foreign workers came into being. Beef Noodle Festival "held in 2005 under the food culture developed out of activities, with the post-war new residents in Taipei, the blend of a variety of food culture, the development of the characteristics of fusion with Taiwan eating habits. Taipei is Asia's pop music center, is also the Chinese pop music center. Theme not limited to political, religious, cultural, social, facing across the geographical boundary. Commonly known as "Concert Hall, National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center, City Stage, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei International Convention Center and other famous performance venues in Taipei City. Taipei is an academic research center to study the re - Academia Sinica, located in the Nangang. National Library of collection of the National Book and Sinology Research Center, Academia Sinica Institute Library, Taipei Public Library has extensive collections. Among them, the National Library special collections of ancient books, the pieces are unique in the world's only existing copies. The National Palace Museum is located outside the Sungai one of the world's major

museums, known as the "Chinese cultural treasure house." Collection of 650,000; collections undertake the Qing Dynasty royal collection the most of, including many ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy, epigraphy, utensils, books, etc.. National History Museum collection, the famous Chinese bronzes and other artifacts. Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica collection of archaeological relics from the Republic of China since the bronzes, Chinese Simple, books, each piece is called national treasures. National Taiwan Museum holds a large number of Taiwan's early history and geography data with a wealth of natural specimens, called "modern knowledge of enlightenment". Taipei City Government building, Discovery Center of Taipei, a city museum, both the function of "edutainment". Shung Ye Taiwan Aborigines Museum, Postal Museum and so on.
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Religion

Taiwan during the Japanese occupation began, people of different life backgrounds from all parts of Taiwan, began a large number of immigrants to Taipei, religion naturally presents a thriving and diversified development, the people are the most abundant spiritual food. In addition to the local god, worship Mazu, princes, Buddha, Buddha majority. Buddhist Taoist temple in Taipei sheer number of the crown of northern Taiwan. Taiwan is located in the traditional Confucian cultural background that is Taipei; Taipei basically the traditional religions of Buddhism and Taoism and Taiwanese folk beliefsbased Taipei temple worship gods, mostly with immigrants ushered in by the hometown deities, such as Wanhua Temple of the Ancestors water founder, etc., another well-known temples in Taipei, such as Nan Temple, Taipei Hsing Tien Temple. Not only Buddhism, Taipei in Taiwan are still the largest number of Christian and Muslim beliefs population.

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Hydrological

Taipei big rivers, the vast majority of the Tamsui River basin. The Tamsui River tributary of Xindian River flows from the southern part of the Taipei Basin, after the confluence with the Jingmei, forming the natural boundary of Taipei southwest of Taipei. Thereafter to Guandu and the Keelung River join to form a natural border between Taipei and New Taipei. Inflow from the basin, northeast side of the Keelung River, running through the northern half of the Taipei Basin. Jingmei southeast side of inflows, after the Trans-Wenshan Chingmei injected Hsintien. Otherwise the Huangsi, Waishuanghsi originated in the basin north side of the river, brought together after the injection in the Keelung River.

The length of the source altitude of the source of the average flow drainage area injection Tamsui River 158.7 km 3,529 m, 180 m / s, 2,726 km products Tian Shan Taiwan Strait Climate Taipei City is located at latitude 25 degrees near the line, is located between the East Asian continent and the Pacific, a popular cold and dry Mongolian high pressure and warm and wet Pacific high-pressure interaction, forming a sub-tropical monsoon climate. Located in the band of the East Asian monsoon climate is also affected by the northeast monsoon, resulting in the Tamsui River drying up. Taipei basin, the climate is also influenced by basin topography. Not easy to summer alpine basin around the hot air discharged. In the winter, the urban areas around the mountain and hills easier formation of orographic rain. Around May each year, the high pressure of Mongolia and the Pacific high pressure rendezvous front, Taiwan has entered the rainy season, the Taipei rainy days will increase. The summer often because of the strong updraft, the formation of afternoon thunderstorms.
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Traffic

Taipei City's large population, and the new Taipei City, the formation of a large metropolitan area. Peak hours, there is often a large number of crowds in the urban areas or Taipei, the new north between the two cities, often lead to the roads to traffic congestion situation. In order to reduce traffic congestion, construction of the fast road to the outside bridge. Taipei City Taiwan transportation is the most developed city, until 2007, a daily average of 1.61 million passenger trips. Rapid transit system, the Taipei Rapid Transit operating line length of 101.8 km, the average daily volume reached 1.57 million people. There are common non-contact type IC smart card used in the MRT, buses, passenger and public car park - money card. External transport, in addition to a number of national highway and provincial highway leading to all parts of the country outside the main line of the Taiwan Railway and Taiwan High Speed Rail passing through the city and station; Among them, the Taipei Railway Station, the city's transport hub. Air and sea, respectively, to the Taoyuan International Airport, Songshan Airport and Keelung main stronghold.

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2010 Taipei Flower Expo

Exhibition slogan: flower color and flowing water, New Horizons (Tagline: beautiful strength) Organize Date: 2010.11.6 ~ 2011.4.25 Supervised by: Council of Agriculture Organizer: Taipei City Government Sponsor: Department of Economic Development Council Venue: Taipei, Taiwan Keelung riverside park area ~ Yuan Shan Park ~ Art Park ~ Newborn Park ~ Dajia Riverside Park Nature of the exhibition: A2/B1 in-class International Horticultural Exposition Held concept: the technical essence of gardening, science and technology and environmental performance; reached to reduce carbon emissions and environmental objectives of 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle); combination of culture and art of green living 2010 Taipei International Flower Expo, referred to as the Taipei Flower Expo, Taipei International Flower Expo, November 6, 2010 to day 25 April 2011 held in Taipei, Republic of China International Horticultural Exposition is a A2/B1 level international horticulture Fair. Extended after the end of the part of the exhibition continues to open to visitors, and changed its name to the Flower Expo Park.

Maruyama Park District: located Huabo area west side, close to the Taipei MRT Yuan Shan Station, the partition of the four themes, namely the competition area, the current District, flowers, recreation area, set the two entrances and two bus MRT site is the second largest of the four major exhibition in the area of key venues popular museum, Museum of truth. Art park areas: the west side adjacent to every Chungshan North Road and Maruyama Park, were equipped with a theme district for the atrium area, set up an entrance and a bus rapid transit site, is the smallest of the four exhibition, the focus of the exhibition hall Double Tenth National Day Museum.

Xinsheng Park Area: north side of the tunnel to connect to Flower Art Park District and the Dajia Riverside Park area, a total of configure a theme partition set up an entrance atrium area, an inter-city bus station and a bus rapid transit site access area in the four exhibition's third-largest, the focus of the exhibition hall dream Hall, angel living Museum.
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2009 Deaflympics

The host city: Taipei, Taiwan Slogan: the silent force Participating countries and regions: 80 Athletes: 2760 The opening ceremony: 2009.9.5 Closing Ceremony: 2009.9.15 Events: Athletics Badminton Beach Volleyball Bowling Road Cycling Judo Karate directional movement Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis wrestling freestyle wrestling Greece - the Romanesque Basketball Football Handball Indoor Volleyball Water Polo Twenty-first Summer Deaflympics (English: The 21st Summer Deaflympics, referred to as the 2009 Taipei Deaflympics) September 5 to September 15, 2009, sponsored by the Taipei City Government's Deaflympics, but also session held in Asia summer Deaflympics will also flame lit in Taiwan over the international competition for the first time. Judo, karate and taekwondo in the current from the first Deaflympics events. Taipei Deaflympics total of 80 countries and regions, and nearly 3,000 athletes. Most of the events in Taipei, part of the project by the Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taoyuan County and Hsinchu County to the contractor. Emblem: the current listen to impaired Olympic emblem is based on Taipei's "North", designed as a symbol of the "ear" hearing-impaired and athletes, "part of the ear using the blue part of the person using the red, coupled with a white background, symbolizing the three colors of the flag of the Republic of China, expressing "Taiwan go out and international came characteristics.

Slogan: current slogan Deaflympics is "silent force" (in English: "Power in me!") Mascot: The official Summer Deaflympics Taipei tree frogs, two, one male and one female as the Deaflympics mascot, named "frog child". Frog child with open arms and legs, the body as if Taipei's "North" show, on the one hand, a symbol of the joy of Taipei, and to convey the host city for the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, on the other hand to welcome the world to participate in this Deaflympics friends. Theme song: the dream of this Deaflympics theme song is audible, the lead singer of the pop star Chang Hui-mei.

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Arena

Taipei Arena, Taiwan's first indoor multipurpose stadium. The face of the Nanjing East Road, the main entrance of the giant LED electronic billboards, broadcast advertising and event and also the stage of cultural events. Arena is the venue of the 2017 Taipei World the Dayun basketball finals. Taipei Arena for all kinds of sports and concerts and other activities available for ice activities. Taipei Arena, Taipei City Government to build, opening in December 2005, the Taipei Arena to municipal property entrusted the management by the Eastern Group business. However, due to the Eastern Group, allegedly through illegal means to obtain the right to operate the two sides still in litigation; compulsory resumption of the operating right of the Taipei Arena, Taipei City Government in 2007, operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation management Maokong The Maokong name from the river washed rocks formed by the "pothole" terrain. During the Japanese occupation, pronunciation is similar to the cat empty "instead of, Maokong name generation. The Maokong two grid mountain located in the Wenshan District, Taipei City, the largest tea-producing area, who Taipei tea-growing areas on the trail originally built by the transport tea. Maokong cable car route from the west side of the Taipei Zoo to Maokong area, total length of 4.03 km, 4 stations. Taipei's first gondola, and Taiwan's longest cable car, the first public transportation. Allows travelers from a height overlooking the scenery. During the typhoon of 2008 base was empty and there are security concerns identified until 2010 resume normal operation. Suspended during the new cat cable service centers, animal shaped musical clock, landscape and water dance fountain.

The Maokong early annual output of tea, Iron Goddess of Mercy for the kinds of specialty teas. For the direction to the tourism, tea combined with the dining landscape of Taipei, plus Outlook, the famous leisure destination. The Maokong guide near the Palace, a famous Taoist temple during the festival will be the influx of crowds to pray for peace. Maokong near the Taipei suburb. A clear day, the tops of the mountains can glance Taipei scenery. Coupled with the night lights of Taipei, Maokong reward night view of the resort. The Maokong also Chengchi University, tapping the top of the trail from the foot of the mountain, this hiking holiday will have many people.
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Yangmingshan National Park

Yangmingshan National Park is one of the oldest National Park in the Republic of China, formerly known as the Japanese colonial period the establishment of the the Datun National Park. Located in the Taipei suburbs of administrative regions, including the City, Beitou District, Shilin District, Taipei City Miles, Jinshan District Sanchih, fresh water area; geographically belong to the exchange area of the Datun volcano, September 1, 1985 notice plan, established on September 16, 1985 management

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Nuclear energy

Jinshan first nuclear power plant generating capacity factor, only 70 percent of the In fact, according to the author to verify that the average capacity factor since the commencement of commercial operation for more than 70 per cent. This figure also exceeds the average of the nuclear power plants in the U.S. operation, 65 per cent. Occur and how we doubt that the mother country better than nuclear power generation. Of course, anti-nuclear people, the same kindness for the sake of the people and scholars and representatives of the people, they in good faith for everyone Zhuxiang, should be understanding. Care but had cut the bomb's terrible, and power generation reactor melt a talk, which will discuss the facts to produce a predetermined conclusion, limited to their favorite, the fact that the selected data, inevitably, also should be for everyone to understand. Obviously, energy is the lifeblood of today's national economic, its diversity is a reasonable and important to the established policy. Of nuclear energy in the current energy policy, accounting for a considerable proportion. The plan, nuclear power generation is about ten years after ten megawatts of reactor, accounting for more than one-third of the total power generation in Taiwan. Year 2000, two decades later, are more likely to increase to 40 per cent of Domestic nuclear power generation, thanks to the efforts of all aspects of nearly the past few years has laid a very good foundation, access to foreigndepth insights, top experts appreciated painting authorities for Economic Planning and Policy and Nuclear Energy employees be proud of, is is a natural thing. Currently, there are three operating nuclear power plants, supply of people across the country high-quality, safe, stable and clean source of energy. Nuclear power generation is an integral part of China's electric power supply chain. Last year's national power generation capacity of about 32,000 thousand MW, including nuclear power generation accounted for 16 percent capacity, and went so far issued 22% of the electricity. In contrast, natural gas-fired 19% of capacity, the only issue 14% of the electricity. The performance of nuclear power generation, not just natural gas 1.8 times, all the highest power generation. Seen the competitiveness of nuclear power generation is far above the generation of various forms. Operation of three nuclear power plants, including Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan's northernmost Shimen Township, Nuclear Plant is located in Wanli Township, nuclear power plant is located in the southernmost tip of Taiwan's Hengchun, these nuclear power plant after another power supply from 67 years onwards, its peak in the 1990s, the su and Japan's Tokyo Electric Power, Hitachi, Toshiba and other companies to the development of advanced BWR design. Because the reactor design, safety systems, instrumentation and control system, the staff radiation protection, waste reduction and other aspects have made considerable progress. First of all, after the re-design of BWR reactor safety and control systems, reactor core damage probability is reduced to 3/1, 000,000. Switchboard In other words, after 40 years of operation, the incident rate of 1/10, 000. This figure than people in the region, the lower the probability of an accident more than 100 times. The fourth nuclear power plant is fully digital, computerized power plant during normal operation, BWR control has single-handedly by the computer. However, based on safety pply of 2/5 of the island-wide power. In response to the country's sustained economic development, enhance Taiwan's international competitiveness, Taiwan Power Company since 1982 to start a nuclear power plant construction plan. Fourth Nuclear Power Plant is located in the northeast of Taiwan's most Gongliao Township, the installed capacity of 2, 350 thousand kw unit, GE principles, all reactor safety systems, we still retain Yingjie line, even if the computer fails, they can simply press a button, put the reactor easily stopped. BWR also set up a complete waste treatment system, through ion exchange, activated carbon adsorption, evaporation, high temperature incineration equipment, you can greatly reduce waste production was reduced by approximately two times the waste.

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Water resources

Taipei area is rich rainfall, but high population density, the average quantity of water is not enough, a high degree of water shortage areas. In fact, solely on the rainfall conditions in Taipei, the frequency and intensity, a damp subtropical monsoonal "rainfall produced water due to topographical constraints, and higher Xucun able to express ease the shortage of water resources. The used water of the daily necessities of life, the highest proportion of dependent on reservoir water supply. Industrial water, the overall proportion is lower. We must take effective and reasonable water resources allocation, to make up for water resources is not an average. Taipei area, high water consumption, leading to the problem of water resources. Government and the competent authority, from the "water" and "Recycling and reuse" levels to strengthen advocacy, but the effectiveness is still limited. On Water Resources Management Review, can no longer be the rate of improvement is limited. Some reasons: (A) the increase of demand for water from the natural increase in population and industrial development, water-saving measures to streamline the amount of water is less than half of the increased demand. (B) water resources development more difficult, has been developed in part by the unusual weather as usual; undeveloped part, due to delays in land acquisition and other reasons, the availability of water is relatively reduced. (C) high-tech industries increased amount of water needed, a large number of high-quality water has become the upstart of used water, the water caused the urgency of the subject of other water.

The leakage rate of the Taipei water supply system, refrain from the very contamination of water in the pipeline, reducing the good water quality. The main cause of high water pipeline leakage rate of the Taiwan region, is that the pipeline laid ill and poor construction quality; followed by the impact of pipeline surrounding environment. Water quality standards relevant to the potable water quality and water users of the health and safety, water engineering technology, theoretical research and practical innovation to rigorous and focused, in recent years many of the results Taipei is a severe water shortage areas, in the face of water shortages, water consumption is the increasing number of conditions to be able to water resources management into sustainable concept. To develop a reasonable water price is the most fundamental considerations.
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Carbon dioxide emissions

CO2: 2006 Taiwan's per capita carbon dioxide emissions by up to 13.19 tonnes, nearly three times the per capita emissions in the world, in addition to the oil exported to foreign countries, the highest in seventh place in the world. After the international trade and forest carbon accumulation adjustment, the net per capita carbon dioxide emissions are still up to 11.01 tonnes. Urgent need to try to reduce as soon as possible. In order to avoid future international conventions set to the high per capita net emitter of carbon dioxide charge carbon dioxide emissions and time-consuming, result in an extremely negative impact on Taiwan's economic development. "International Energy Agency (IEA), clarified that the average carbon dioxide emissions in 2004 to 11.26 tons, ranking the world's first 18, not 4, but compared to the first in Asia. Shaw Chen Liu, director of the Center of Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, raised in the Legislative Yuan warned that the energy consumption of the Taiwan region, the degree of carbon dioxide emissions, more serious; from 1990 to 2005, annual per capita carbon dioxide emissions significantly from 5.73 t increased to 11.25 tons, the highest in the world's No. 4, after the United States, Australia, Canada. IEA Energy Statistics in reply to CNA inquiries, according to the 2006 study, Taiwan's per capita carbon dioxide emissions of 11.26 tons, ranked 18th in the world, rather than 4. Carter ranks first in the world up to 49.64 tons, followed by Kuwait, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, the United States, Australia and Canada are ranked 6, 7, 8, instead of Taiwan reported 1,2,3. IEA data show that the average carbon dioxide emissions in Asia in first place, followed by ranking the world's first 25 in South Korea, Japan, 26, highlighting Taiwan's carbon dioxide emissions really high.

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Student Stress

Taiwan's average high school students addicted to a network of about 1.96, while the weekly average of about 12.5 hours. The use of the Internet, mainly with social functioning activities such as: E-mail, Facebook, the use of time, life stress, "depression" a great impact on Internet addiction. Students face the pressure of life, to escape the life of frustration and cumulative stress likely to cause Internet addiction. Due to the pressure of living, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal disorders, by the use of the Internet, the greatest satisfaction is to express the emotions. Thus the network virtual interpersonal relationships and a warm emotional support, and high school students to indulge in this kind of network interactive activities. However, by this interaction, trying to evade a deeper self-esteem and personality types of defects is limited. Taiwan junior high school students an average of 7.5 hours of sleep, high school students slept an average of 6.8 hours. The number of young people in Taiwan is the average daily sleep about 0.5 hours less than the international average. Lack of sleep may affect growth, but also affect brain development. In addition, lack of sleep of youth in behavior during the day, hyperactivity and irritability, anxiety and irritability. However, many students throughout the week, Monday to five often because the tutorial with the huge academic pressure, not very easy to want to go to bed early.

Taiwanese students pressure in the end how much can be seen from the news of student suicide. At the top of the founding of secondary schools in Taiwan over the past four years, it has three students choose to commit suicide to end their lives because of academic pressure. 72.57% that the pressure of learning in the school, 18 percent of normal, and only 9.3% in school fairly easily, there are many students in an interview to recognize because of academic pressure to commit suicide idea. This results in not only the expression of the education reform can not solve the pressure on students, to remind the parents should pay more attention to the students to face the pressure of circumstances, and respect for the appropriate development of children in order to solve the pressure.

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The End

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