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waste in an appropriate fashion. We also took action on several of the items described in the Environmental Protection Administration's "Cleaning Up Our Homeland" project. We have trained our personnel to work in a more environmentally friendly way, and now submit quarterly reports to the competent authority on the results of our carbon reduction efforts. We have implemented green purchasing policies that give preference to the purchase of energy-label certified equipment and recycled printing products, and to the purchase or lease of copiers, fax machines and other office equipment with energy-saving functions. We have also converted all of our offices to LED lighting, and given preference to the use of environmentally friendly materials when decorating or renovating our offices and computing centers. And we have continued to analyze the energy usage of our computing centers, and promote even more effective energy-saving measures. In the area of education, TAIFEX has continued to offer classes to students and the general public, as well as industry professionals. In 2019, we offered the general public introductory and advanced courses on futures and options in Taipei, and seminars on futures and options in central and southern Taiwan. Nearly 2,700 people nationwide took part in these courses last year. We also offered a variety of professional development classes for futures-industry workers through our E-Learning Center classes. These courses, which addressed our newest products and trends, attracted more than 310 participants in 2019. In addition, we held several university outreach events intended to help students better understand futures and options. These included 25 college and university campus visits attended by a total of more than 700 students, and two seminars on careers in the futures industry that we arranged in partnership with the Economic Daily News, National Chengchi University, National Chung Hsing University and CNFA. This seminar featured experts from industry, government and academia discussing the development of Taiwan's futures market, and a recruiting session hosted by FCMs. Though not a listed company, TAIFEX is a securities-and-futures-related institution, and is expected to maintain a high standard of corporate social responsibility. We have therefore compiled an annual CSR report in every year since 2014, delineating our efforts in the areas of sustainability and corporate governance, market development and services, worker-friendly practices, environmental protection, and charitable giving. We have also complied with the Financial Supervisory Commission's policies on deepening corporate governance and CSR. Since 2019, we have produced our CSR report in accordance with the GRI Standards, and obtained third-party AA1000 certification. These stringent inspections based on international standards will help us continue to advance the sustainable development of our enterprise and ensure that it prospers alongside financial markets. 73