An eight-year battle for survival After several draft plans, evaluations, negotiations and revisions were completed, the AVRDC's organizational committee finally met in Taipei. Shen Tsung-han, then director of the JCRR, was asked to serve as the committee's convener, and was also the ROC's representative to the committee.
八年抗戰，生於憂患這樣，幾度草擬、考察、協商、修正計畫後，亞蔬中心的籌備會終於在台北召開，委請農復會主任委員沈宗瀚為召集人，並身兼中華民國政府代表。