January 25, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net) On January 24, Mr. Twu Shiing-Jer, the Director of Taiwan's Health Bureau indicated that the Health Bureau intends to collaborate with Falun Gong and conduct a survey to determine the relationship between the practice of Falun Gong and reduced use of health insurance.

Twu made the above statement on January 24 at a press conference for reporters from Taipei Culture and Economics Office in Washington, D.C.

When asked about a survey that showed practitioners in Taiwan using significantly less health insurance after they practiced Falun Gong, Twu replied that he knew that Falun Gong had done a survey, and said that the Health Bureau also planned to collaborate with Falun Gong practitioners. It has asked Falun Gong to provide a detailed list of practitioners and their health records in order to analyze the data. If the statistics show that Falun Gong is indeed beneficial to health and decreases the utilization of health insurance, this would clearly establish its worthiness to be promoted.