For many years, people have known that since the ROC was pushed out of the United Nations, the AVRDC, located in Tainan County's Shanhua Township, has been the only international organization of which the ROC has been a member under its official name and to which it has served as host.
過去，很多人知道，台灣在退出聯合國之後，唯一以中華民國的名義參與、並扮演世界國際組織中的地主國的，便是位於台南善化的亞洲蔬菜研究發展中心。