Chi Po-lin (27 December 1964 – 10 June 2017) was a Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist, best known for his 2013 film '' Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above'', which won Best Documentary at the 2013

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. On 10 June 2017, Chi along with his assistant Chen Kuan-chi and pilot Chang Chi-kuang died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area in

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's Fengbin Township. The group was shooting footage for the sequel to ''Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above'', which was scheduled for release in 2019. A memorial service was held in Taipei on 14 July 2017. Asteroid 281068 Chipolin, discovered by Taiwanese astronomers

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and Ye Quan-Zhi in 2006, was named in his memory. The official was published by the

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on 4 November 2017 (). In March 2018,

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announced that still images from the sequel to ''Beyond Beauty'' would be released as stamp designs. In April 2019, the Chi Po-lin Space dedicated to Chi opened in Tamsui. Chi was married and had a son and a daughter.

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