# Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)

The Ministry of Culture (MOC; Chinese: 文化部; pinyin: Wénhùabù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-hòa pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that promotes cultural and creative industries. The ministry also maintains the National Repository of Cultural Heritage.

## History

Established in 1981 by Executive Yuan, the ministry was initially called the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA). The council was upgraded to ministerial level in May 2012 under the name Ministry of Culture.
The ministry was inaugurated on 21 May 2012, in a ceremony attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, Premier Sean Chen and several prominent artists, including poet Chou Meng-tieh, film director Li Hsing and singer Lo Ta-yu.
President Ma stated in a speech during the ceremony that if politics is a "fence", then culture is "the pair of wings that fly over the fence". He expressed hope that the MOC would spread "Chinese culture with Taiwanese characteristics" around Taiwan and the world.
In 2017, the MOC absorbed some duties of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, including the Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center.

## Organizational structure
### Administrative units

* Department of General Planning
* Department of Cultural and Creative Development
* Department of Cultural Resources
* Department of Audiovisual and Music Industry
* Department of Arts Development
* Department of Humanities and Publications
* Department of Cultural Exchange

### Staff units

* Secretariat
* Department of Civil Service Ethics
* Department of Personnel Affairs
* Department of Accounting
* Information Management Department
* Legal Affairs Committee

### Bureaus

* Bureau of Cultural Heritage
* Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development

### Agencies or organizations

The following agencies or organizations are under the supervision of the MOC:
* National Taiwan Museum
* National Museum of History
* National Museum of Prehistory
* National Museum of Taiwan History
* National Museum of Taiwan Literature
* National Human Rights Museum
* National Railway Museum
* National Taiwan Museum of Comics
* National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
** National Hsinchu Living Arts Center
** National Changhua Living Art Center
** National Tainan Living Arts Center
** National Taitung Living Arts Center
* National Performing Arts Center
** National Theater and Concert Hall
** National Taichung Theater
** National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
** National Symphony Orchestra
* National Center for Traditional Arts
* National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
* Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
* National Culture and Arts Foundation
* National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
* Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
* Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
* Huashan 1914 Creative Park
* Taichung Cultural Heritage Park
* Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park
* Tainan Cultural and Creative Park
* Hualien Cultural and Creative Industries Park
* Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center
* Zhuputan Temple

## List of overseas offices

The following is a list of overseas office:
| Country | City | Name of office |
| United States | Washington D.C. | Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. |
| United States | Los Angeles | Taiwan Academy Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles |
| United States | Houston | Taiwan Academy Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston |
| United States | New York City | Taipei Cultural Center in New York |
| Japan | Tokyo | Taiwan Cultural Center in Tokyo |
| People's Republic of China | Hong Kong | Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand |
| India | New Delhi | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India |
| Australia | Sydney | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Sydney |
| Spain | Madrid | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain |
| United Kingdom | London | Cultural Division, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. |
| Germany | Berlin | Cultural Division, Taipei Representative Office in Germany |
| Italy | Rome | Cultural Division of Taipei Representative Office in Italy |
| France | Paris | Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Prague |
| Russia | Moscow | Cultural Division of the Taipei-Moscow Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission |

## List of ministers

Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party  Non-partisan/ unknown

### Ministry of Education (Bureau of Cultural Affairs)

* Wang Hung-chun (王洪鈞) (1968 – 1975)
| № | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Days | Party | Premier |
| Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs |||||||
| 1 | Chen Chi-lu (陳奇祿) | 11 November 1981 | 26 July 1988 | 2449 | | Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua |
| 2 | Kuo Wei-fan [zh] (郭為藩) | 27 July 1988 | 26 February 1993 | 1675 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan |
| 3 | Shen Hsueh-yong [zh] (申學庸) | 27 February 1993 | 14 December 1994 | 655 | | Lien Chan |
| 4 | Cheng Shu-min (鄭淑敏) | 15 December 1994 | 9 June 1996 | 542 | | Lien Chan |
| 5 | Helen Lin (林澄枝) | 10 June 1996 | 19 May 2000 | 1439 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
| 6 | Tchen Yu-chiou [zh] (陳郁秀) | 20 May 2000 | 19 May 2004 | 1460 | | Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I Yu Shyi-kun |
| 7 | Chen Chi-nan (陳其南) | 20 May 2004 | 24 January 2006 | 614 | | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
| 8 | Chiu Kun-liang (邱坤良) | 25 January 2006 | 20 May 2007 | 480 | | Su Tseng-chang I |
| 9 | Wong Chin-chu (翁金珠) | 21 May 2007 | 31 January 2008 | 255 | Democratic Progressive Party | Chang Chun-hsiung II |
| 10 | Wang Tuoh (王　拓) | 1 February 2008 | 19 May 2008 | 108 | Democratic Progressive Party | Chang Chun-hsiung II |
| 11 | Huang Pi-twan (黃碧端) | 20 May 2008 | 15 November 2009 | 544 | | Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih |
| 12 | Emile Sheng (盛治仁) | 16 November 2009 | 27 November 2011 | 741 | | Wu Den-yih |
| 13 | Ovid Tzeng (曾志朗) | 28 November 2011 | 5 February 2012 | 69 | | Wu Den-yih |
| — | Lin Chin-tien (林金田) | 6 February 2012 | 14 February 2012 | 8 | | Sean Chen |
| 14 | Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) | 15 February 2012 | 19 May 2012 | 103 | | Sean Chen |
| Minister of Culture (since 20 May 2012) |||||||
| 1 | Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) | 20 May 2012 | 7 December 2014 | 931 | | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah |
| — | Hung Meng-chi (洪孟啟) | 8 December 2014 | 23 January 2015 | 46 | | Mao Chi-kuo |
| 2 | Hung Meng-chi (洪孟啟) | 23 January 2015 | 19 May 2016 | 482 | | Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng |
| 3 | Cheng Li-chun (鄭麗君) | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2020 | 1461 | Democratic Progressive Party | Lin Chuan William Lai Su Tseng-chang II |
| 4 | Lee Yung-te (李永得) | 20 May 2020 | 30 January 2023 | 985 | Democratic Progressive Party | Su Tseng-chang II |
| 5 | Shih Che (史哲) | 31 January 2023 | 20 May 2024 | 475 | Democratic Progressive Party | Chen Chien-jen |
| 6 | Li Yuan (李遠) | 20 May 2024 | Incumbent | 203 | | Cho Jung-tai |