With the increasing prominence of environmental protection, in August of last year the Environment and Development Foundation (EDF) was made independent of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Yu Ning, the EDF's president, says that last year the US increased taxes on imported products containing ozone-layer-killing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
去年八月，由於環保標章業務增加，「環境與發展基金會」從工業技術研究院獨立出來，總經理于寧說，美國稅務局自去年起針對添加臭氧層殺手﹘﹘氟氯碳化物的進口產品加稅。