Ministry of Culture

The three core concepts guiding Taiwan's cultural heritage preservation efforts are:

The Bureau aims to promote the sustainable preservation of Taiwan's cultural assets by combining the joint efforts of the central government, local governments and civic groups in order to carry out more systematic preservation. When it comes to the preservation of monuments, historic buildings, settlements and cultural landscapes, the Bureau of Cultural Heritage is responsible for:

The National Center for Research & Preservation of Cultural Properties, a subordinate agency of the Bureau of Cultural Heritage, is tasked with conducting research on the preservation and restoration of historic buildings, archeological sites, antiques and cultural properties.

The top priorities of the National Center for Research & Preservation of Cultural Properties, which is located in the southern county of Tainan, include:

The center's laboratory works on improving current preservation techniques as well as developing new methods to minimize the damage caused by Taiwan's humid and hot environment.

The center partners with academic institutes, research facilities and museums to conduct preservation projects. It also offers professional assistance to local governments in preserving regional cultural relics.

The center regularly presents its research and laboratory results in international symposiums and seminars. It also publishes books and conducts technical exchanges with local and overseas institutes.

The center maintains a human resource database and provides interdisciplinary and proactive training.

The center devotes considerable resources towards the research and implementation of precautionary measures that can safeguard the nation's cultural properties. The center is also responsible for drafting emergency plans for crisis situations.

To help preserve the nation's cultural assets, the Department of Cultural Resources has launched a conservation project targeting antiques, historic sites and underwater cultural assets.

The scope of the project includes:

Other major tasks related to antiques, historic sites and underwater cultural assets include:

The Bureau of Cultural Heritage has sponsored various international exchange activities in order to enhance Taiwanese people's knowledge of worldwide cultural heritage preservation and maintenance. Conversely, these events help the international community better understand the steps taken by Taiwan to preserve and elevate its own cultural heritages.

In recent years, the Bureau has helped to promote the preservation of cultural heritage by:

The Bureau hopes that these international exchange activities will not only help local citizens to better understand the current development of cultural heritage preservation in the world, but also help the international community know more about Taiwan's precious cultural heritage and its bid to share its cultural wealth with the world.