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3. Charitable activities with peripheral units and the Taiwan Financial Services Roundtable: The TWSE donated to and funded such activities as the Financial Services Education Fund, “Financial love – (real) food bank,” and special public welfare classes in finance for college students. 4. Donations in line with policies or for other social causes: The TWSE donated to several social welfare causes, including donations to victims of the Taroko Express train derailment; provision of medical supplies and equipment to the Central Epidemic Command Center, as well as expressions of appreciation to healthcare personnel; and donations toward continued medical treatment of survivors, and consolation funds for families of victims of the 2021 Kaohsiung Cheng Chung Cheng building fire. 3. Development and Promotion of New Products 1) In June 2021, the TWSE was invited to participate in and share experiences in the ETF market at APEC FRTI hosted by the Asian Development Bank. In October, the TWSE partook in a forum hosted by the Commercial Times aimed at promoting Taiwan’s development as Asia’s finance center and to discuss future plans to achieve this goal. In November, the TWSE was part of a lecture series on new investment trends, held by the Securities & Futures Institute, to discuss investment risks. 2) The TWSE conducted ETF and ETN competitions, ETN rewards, and investor ETN activities with prizes. 3) In accordance with the FSC’s timeline, the TWSE will study the amendment of regulations related to index option strategy ETN products to advance the development of new ETN products. 39