The Legislative Yuan will pass the "Regulations on the Establishment of the National Sports Science Center" on the third reading today (10th).

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[Reporter Xie Junlin/Taipei Report] The Legislative Yuan will pass the "Regulations on the Establishment of the National Sports Science Center" in the third reading today (10th), stipulating that the Sports Science Center is an administrative legal person, and the supervisory authority is the Ministry of Education. Sports science support services and other businesses required for the competition, hoping to achieve good results in international competitions for Taiwan.

In addition, the Yunke Center has a chairman, who will be appointed by the Executive Director from among the directors by the Ministry of Education.

The proposal of the Ministry of Education pointed out that in view of the excellent performance of athletes in international sports competitions, in addition to the active participation of coaches and athletes in improving their competitive strength, sports science and logistics support also play an important role. People from all walks of life hope that Taiwan can refer to advanced countries and establish a national sports science dedicated organization , expand the ability of sports science to support the training and competition of national-level outstanding athletes, and strive for international competition success for Taiwan.

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The third reading stipulates that in order to promote the research and application of sports science and enhance the competitiveness of international sports, the National Sports Science Center is specially established and this regulation is formulated.

The sources of funding for the Sports Science and Technology Center are the sports lottery issuance surplus obtained by the Sports Development Fund, or other government budget appropriations and donations (subsidies), donations from domestic and foreign public and private institutions, groups and individuals, entrusted research and provision of services income and other income.

Regarding the business scope of the Sports Science Center, the article on the third reading pointed out that it includes: handling the training of outstanding national athletes, sports science support services, health management and medical care required for competitions; handling information collection, analysis and support for international sports events; promoting Research on sports science; conduct research and development, technology transfer and value-added applications of sports technology to enhance industrial competitiveness; promote the use of sports science achievements by the whole people, etc.

In addition, the Sports Science Center is also responsible for promoting cooperation and exchanges between domestic and foreign sports science research institutions, assisting in planning and cultivating sports science professionals.

The third reading article also stated that the Transportation Science Center has a board of directors with 11 to 15 directors and 3 supervisors. The term of office of directors and supervisors is 4 years, and they can be re-appointed once when the term expires, but the number of re-appointed members should not exceed 2/3 of the total number. , shall not be less than 1/3; in addition, the age of the chairman of Yunke Center shall not exceed 65 years old at the beginning, and those who reach the age of 70 before the expiration of the term of office shall be replaced immediately.

The chairman, directors, executive supervisors and supervisors of Yunke Center are all unpaid.