In end of April 2013 , during the H7N9 flu virus outbreak , Chen encouraged vendors offering live poultry slaughtering at traditional markets to sign contracts with legal slaughterhouses and change their selling practices . Customers were also advised to purchase meat products processed by legal slaughterhouses . He said that the ROC government would reimburse poultry sellers for any birds culled for carrying the virus
H7N9 flu virus outbreak
Influenza A virus subtype H7N9
Chen Bao-ji