Definition of "Chutung"

The town of Chutung is located five kilometers northwest of the coal field. There is a highway from Chutung to Chienshih and another from Chutung through Shangping to Wufeng along the above-mentioned streams.

1962, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Taiwan‎, numbers 14-16, page 1

The Energy Research Institute under the Industrial Technological Research Institute has decided to build the nation’s first solar energy plant at Chutung Township in Hsinchu county.

1981 December 6, “Imports planned to meet energy needs”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XXII, number 48, Taipei, page 4

Take the Kuokuang or Chunghsing long-distance bus to Chutung. You can either rent a car here or take bus 122 past Wufeng checkpoint to Chingchuan, then travel along the Talulin path to Kuanwu.

1995, Wink Dulles, Robert Young Pelton, “Taiwan”, in Far East 1996/97‎, Redondo Beach, Cali.: Fielding Worldwide, Inc., page 430

But some farmers are taking a more active approach in order to tackle the oversupply of rice. A group of rice farmers in the small northern town of Chutung has decided to boost consumption rather than to passively reduce production. “People say Taiwan farmers produce too much rice, but this is not really the situation,” says Liang Shih-nan (梁時男), president of the Chutung District Farmers’ Association.

1995 March 1, “Can Rice Rise Again?”, in Taiwan Today‎, archived from the original on 16 October 2022

Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles. But "whether 95 percent efficiency is good enough or not is still open to discussion," said Hung Min Chein of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Chutung, Taiwan, who is studying the issue.

2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 16 October 2022‎

Chou Chiang-chieh (周江杰) was elected county councilor in Hsinchu County’s Chutung (竹東) and Wufeng (五峰) districts on the GPT’s ticket after a campaign bolstered by volunteers who canvassed hilly terrain on bicycles.

2014 December 1, Lii Wen, “2014 ELECTIONS: Smaller parties clinch big victories”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 02 December 2014, Taiwan News, page 3‎

Hsinchu County: includes 13 rural and urban townships and cities (Chupei City, Kuantu, Hsinpu, and Chutung urban townships, and Hsinfeng, Hukou, Peipu, Paoshan, Omei, Chiunglin, Hengshan, Wufeng and Chienshih rural townships), covering an area of 1,427.6 sq. km., and with a population of 500,595 as of February 28, 2015.

2019 January 3, “Jurisdiction”, in 臺灣新竹地方檢察署 [Taiwan Hsinchu Prosectuors Office]‎, archived from the original on 08 August 2020‎