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{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Chen]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chen Bao-ji
| native_name         = {{nobold|陳保基}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-tw
| image               = Chen Bao-ji (cropped).jpg
| imagesize           = 210px
| office1             = Minister of [[Council of Agriculture]] of the [[Republic of China]]
| deputy1             = [[Wang Cheng-teng]]
| term_start1         = 6 February 2012
| term_end1           = 31 January 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601310017.aspx|title = New Cabinet to be sworn in as Legislature begins new term - Focus Taiwan}}</ref>
| predecessor1        = [[Chen Wu-hsiung]]
| successor1          = [[Chen Chih-ching]]
| birth_date          = {{b-da|10 November 1953}}
| birth_place         = [[Chaozhou, Pingtung|Chaozhou]], [[Pingtung County]], [[Taiwan]]
| nationality         = [[Republic of China]]
| party               =
| spouse              =
| children            =
| signature           =
| education           = [[National Taiwan University]] ([[B. A.|BA]], [[M. A.|MA]])<br>[[Cornell University]] ([[PhD]])
}}
'''Chen Bao-ji''' ({{zh|t=陳保基|s=陈保基|first=t|p=Chén Bǎojī}}; born 10 November 1953) is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] politician. He served as the Minister of [[Council of Agriculture]] from 6 February 2012 to 31 January 2016.<ref name=coa>{{cite web|url=http://eng.coa.gov.tw/content_view.php?catid=2445036&hot_new=8798 |title=About Minister - Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.(Taiwan) |publisher=Eng.coa.gov.tw |date=2010-01-29 |accessdate=2014-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324124837/http://eng.coa.gov.tw/content_view.php?catid=2445036&hot_new=8798 |archivedate=2014-03-24 }}</ref>
==Education==
Chen obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in animal husbandry from [[National Taiwan University]] in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He then obtained his doctoral degree in animal nutrition from [[Cornell University]] in the [[United States]] in 1989.<ref name=coa/>
==Council of Agriculture==
===2013 H7N9 flu virus outbreak===
In end of April 2013, during the [[Influenza A virus subtype H7N9|H7N9 flu virus outbreak]], Chen encouraged vendors offering live poultry slaughtering at traditional markets to sign contracts with legal [[slaughterhouse]]s and change their selling practices. Customers were also advised to purchase meat products processed by legal slaughterhouses. He said that the [[Government of the Republic of China|ROC government]] would reimburse poultry sellers for any birds culled for carrying the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/04/30/2003561034 |title=Minister cautious on H7N9's impact |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-16 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>
During an event held by the [[Poultry Association of the Republic of China]] in early May 2013, Chen said that [[food processing]] practice in Taiwan conformed with international standards, from feeding to [[Animal slaughter|slaughtering]] and shipping, and that he also guaranteed the food safety of all of the local chickens. He himself, accompanied by [[Department of Health (Republic of China)|Health Minister]] [[Wen-ta Chiu]], ate chicken during the event to promote the sale of Taiwan poultry products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/05/08/2003561756 |title=Chicken sales hurt by H7N9 fears |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-16 |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Agriculture in Taiwan]]
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