1. President Lai Announces Relaunch of Public Land Release Policy

President Lai Ching-te visited Xizhou Township in Changhua on November 21 to review progress on the government’s public land release policy. After a briefing by Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang, President Lai announced the formal relaunch of the program. Farmers who have continuously used the leased land for agriculture, are personally engaged in farming, and meet national land restoration and environmental conservation requirements may apply for land release. Changhua County is expected to have 192 eligible beneficiaries.

The program targets tenants who meet the following criteria:

(1)legally contracted before September 24, 1976, and whose families have farmed the land for generations;
(2)currently leasing and personally farming the land;
(3)maintaining agricultural use without subleasing.

Nationwide, about 2,000 hectares of state-owned farmland and aquaculture land qualify. In Xizhou alone, 309 plots totaling 57 hectares meet the standards.President Lai, accompanied by Minister Liu, Deputy Finance Minister Lee Ching-hua, and National Property Administration Director-General Tseng Kuo-chi, also inspected local farmlands and listened to farmers’ feedback. The Ministry of the Interior has established a Public Land Release Review Committee to assist applicants and called on the public to help promote the policy to support sustainable agriculture.

2. Cash Payout Upgrade: Ministry of Agriculture Launches Joint Promotion with Four Major E-Commerce Platforms

With the launch of the NT$10,000 universal cash payout, the Ministry of Agriculture has introduced the “Cash Bonus Upgrade: Enjoy Premium Agricultural Gifts” campaign to encourage the purchase of domestic agricultural and fishery products.

From now until the end of the year, the ministry is partnering with four major online platforms—Taiwan Agriculture Carnival, Buy Fish Market, AgriGoods Direct, and Rural Good Things—to offer promotional packages, online events, prize draws, and agro-tourism activities. A dedicated campaign page is available on the Ministry’s official website.

Buy Fish Market is the first to roll out promotional offers, followed by Taiwan Agriculture Carnival and AgriGoods Direct. The Rural Good Things platform will conclude the campaign with promotions on local specialty products and rural tourism, including a rural goods market on December 6–7 at the Guanxi Service Area.

The Ministry stated that the joint promotion leverages holiday demand to strengthen consumer support for domestic agricultural and fishery goods, enhance cross-sector collaboration, and expand market visibility, creating a year-end “Agricultural Shopping Month” that benefits both consumers and producers.