While domestic visual quality remains an issue and the success rely on close cooperation between central and local governments, the EPA launched legislative process of Environmental Sanitation and Beautification Act (draft) and relevant maintenance mechanism since 2010. The study is proposed to assist, the EPA in successive implementation of relevant legislative work, and to develop specific standards or guidelines pertinent to this general matter for reference. During the term of implementation from January 1st to December in 2012, the study accomplishes following tasks: (1)continued revision and addition of guidelines with collection and compilation of national and international cases and practices,(2)formulation of standards of clean and orderly environment and greening quality, for the 17 items listed in the contract, (3)collection and compilation of existing local government ordinances and regulations as well as drafting proposed local ordinances of 6 items including vacant lot as reference for local governments, (4)continued revision of proposed Regulations of Environmental Sanitation and Beautification Act (draft), and formulated new drafts of guidelines and provisions, (5)field visits to four demonstrative counties and cities for how they maintain the environment, (6)a national overview of manpower and logistic resources in local governments as well as future need if this Act is implemented,(7)collection and compilation of related news of proposed issues as well as management issues and policies,(8)collection of related projects executed by competent authorities, (9)assisting to write two short propaganda manuscripts of Environmental Sanitation and Beautification Act (draft), (10)assisting the EPA in holding public hearings, for the Act in addition to four seminars held separately in the northern, central, southern and eastern Taiwan, with participants of central competent authorities, local governments, scholars and experts in related fields, in which diverse opinions and viewpoints were been solicited to complete following implementation and management.

Environmental Sanitation and Beautification Act (Draft);Guidelines of Sanitation and Beautification;Standards of Sanitation and Beautification