Taipei, November 7, 2023: Athens 2004 Olympic Games taekwondo champion Chu Mu-Yen, Chair of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission, initiated a beach clean-up campaign.
The event was held together with the CTOC and was in response to the IOC’s sustainability policy.
Chu invited the public to join him in urging everyone to safeguard marine ecosystems, emphasizing the importance of taking action to address global environmental issues. Through this campaign, the goal is to raise awareness about the need for marine environmental protection in society.
In recent years, marine ecosystems worldwide have faced significant challenges with issues like plastic pollution and marine litter seriously threatening the balance and biodiversity of these ecosystems.
To draw attention to this issue, the Chinese Taipei Athletes’ Commission work together with the Environmental Protection Commission and the Gender Equity Commission.
Chu invited a number of well-known athletes from the Olympic Games and Asian Games to join him in the campaign. They included Lin Ting-Fang (skiing), Chen Yi-an (taekwondo), Yu Chih-Ying (gymnastics), Lin Chien-ju (swimming), Chang Chia-Che (athletics), Chuang Chia-Chia (taekwondo), Kuo Hsing-Chun (weightlifting), Wang Kuan-Hung (swimming), Lin Yu-Ting (boxing), Huang Yi-Ting (rowing), Wu Chia-Ying (shooting), Lo Chia-Ling (taekwondo) and Peng Ming-Yang (athletics).
Their goal is to encourage more people to get involved and collectively protect our environment through tangible actions.
The beach clean-up took place at Dingliao Beach in Linkou Disctrit, New Taipei City, where participants were given guidance on understanding the impact of our daily lives on the environment and promoting the concept of environmental sustainability before the clean-up. Over 120 people joined this event, collaborating with our national Olympic and Asian Games athletes to clean up a total of 562 kilograms of waste at the beach.
