After the ROC government relocated to Taiwan, the Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen (VACRS) also mined guano on Taiping Island, but the mining operations affected the quality of the island's drinking water.
政府遷台之後，退輔會也曾在島上採過鳥糞層，但鳥糞層的開採，卻影響到當地的飲水品質。