As acting rural township mayor Cheng Chao-chia explains: "Chung-liao has always been a zero-pollution zone, so there are possibilities like ecological tourism or environmentally safe plant-based dyes. Given the impact of the earthquake and WTO entry, it is necessary for rural villages like Chungliao to upgrade from primary agriculture to higher value-added processing and use of farms for recreation or tourism."
「中寮原本就是一個零污染的地方，面對地震與 WTO 的撞擊，諸如生態觀光和這樣環保的植物染等有機農業，將中寮由初級農業提昇到四級農業，是農村勢在必行的方向了」，代理鄉長鄭肇家表示。