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Vision for Local Development 1. Assist local authorities in concentrating itinerant vendors to tidy up the appearance of the city, traffic, and overall streetscape. 2. Revitalize Caotun Township’s tourism industry, humanistic care, local specialty industries, and the concept of rooted folk culture. 3. Create job opportunities, enhance local economic competitiveness, and promote industrial upgrading. 4. Train personnel for cultural tourism industries and help advance Caotun’s leisure-tourism sector. 5. Align with the Tourism Bureau’s key national development plan, using tourism to drive local industry growth and economic prosperity. Overview of Cultural Characteristics 1. Caotun Township was formerly called Beitou Society or Caoxiedun. It is long from east to west and short from north to south. It borders Guoxing Township on the east, Fenyuan Township of Changhua County on the west, Nantou City on the south, and, across the Wu River on the north, Wufeng in Taichung County. 2. The simple and honest Caotun Township boasts historic sites over 300 years old such as Longde Temple and the public banyan at Yuemeicuo; century-old academy residences including Dengying Academy, Sanbian Hall, and Furong Hall; and renowned historic temples such as General Chen’s Temple, the Nineteen-Dragon Pillars, Qing’an Temple, and Dunhe Temple. Starting from the National Taiwan Craft Research Institute on Art Avenue, one passes the verdant Jiujiufeng (99 Peaks), Wu River, Shuangshi Suspension Bridge, and Gravestone Mountain, as well as leisure farms like Fengshuiping—making Caotun rich in historical, artistic, educational, and natural tourism resources. 3. Caotun’s agricultural specialties include flowers, betel nuts, rice, tobacco, grapes, red sugarcane, litchi, Brazilian mushrooms, and Job’s tears. Mission & Philosophy 1. Founding concept: Revitalize Caotun’s tourism, humanistic care, local characteristics, and folk culture. 2. Founding features: Culture, care, local sentiment. 3. Founding goals: Create employment, stimulate the local economy, and promote regional industrial development.