Chairperson of the Council of Indigenous Peoples Ljaucu Zingrur (Zeng Zhi-yong) was invited to attend the "Manchuria Flying Fish Festival and Community Care and Cultural Health Stations Achievement Performance" held at Jialeshuei Scenic Area in Manjhou Township, Pingtung County today (24^th). The event featured plenty of diverse programs, including shows and performances, guided tours, flying fish tasting, and handicraft activities, attracting many enthusiastic residents and tourists. The event also showcased the unique natural landscape and charm of Manjhou Township, as well as the achievements of the Pingtung County Government and local tribespeople in promoting healthcare and industrial development in indigenous townships.

The event was co-organized by the Pingtung County Government and Manchuria Township Office. Local industries, tourism resources, and community care systems collaborated to present the overlook work of indigenous townships and showcasing the cultural depth and diversity. Chairperson Zeng stated that the Council of Indigenous Peoples has long been committed to promoting the development of industry and the economy of indigenous peoples. Since 2021, the Council has been subsidizing and supporting Manjhou Township Office in organizing the Manchuria Flying Fish Festival, and will continue to provide resources to promote local agricultural products, develop eco-tourism and cultural and creative industries, generate employment and start-up business opportunities to incentivize young people to return to their hometown, increase the economic benefits for indigenous peoples, and stimulate local economic growth.

In addition to promoting tourism, the benefits of Manjhou Township cultural health stations were also demonstrated during the event. Chairperson Zeng stated that cultural health stations are not only an important base for elderly care, but also an important platform for ethnic language, culture inheritance, and community cohesion. In 2025, the Council of Indigenous Peoples subsidized Manjhou Township to establish four cultural health stations to improve service quality of elderly care. Local areas were also encouraged to develop an elderly care model for indigenous peoples tailored to local culture to ensure the needs of the entire community in relation to healthcare are met.

Chairperson Ljaucu emphasized that the Council of Indigenous Peoples will continue to promote and construct a caring environment that is ethnic language-friendly and culturally safe in indigenous townships so every elderly tribesperson can live peacefully and age with dignity on their home land to sustain indigenous cultural and intergenerational connection.