Chung Hwa Pulp Corp. was fined by the Hualien County Government due to the effluent water does not comply with the examination standard. The Environmental Protection Bureau of Hualien County audited the factory during September and October in 2018 and found some of the sampling effluent water quality does not comply with the examination standard and fine. The situation was caused by the same reason with the previous announcement. Anticipated loss was TWD 16,686,000.