Taiwanese visit interested in activities of the Office
On 19 March 2013, Delegation of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague paid a visit to the Office for the Protection of Competition. Vice-Chair of the Office Mr. Michal Petr and director of International Department Mr. Daniel Stankov greeted representatives of Economic Division of the Taipei Office Ms. Christine Mei-Yu Hsueh, Mr. Ben Jian-Bong Wu and Mr. Dominic Ta-Ming Chen. Taiwanese guests listened to the presentation about the agenda of the Office and then expressed interest in activities of the Czech competition authority within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
International and external relations department
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