Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)

Ministry of Culture

文化部 Wénhùabù (Mandarin) Bûn-hòa-pō͘ (Hokkien) Vùn-fa Phu (Hakka)
Seal of the Ministry of Culture (文化部印)
Agency overview
Formed	11 November 1981 (1981-11-11) (as Council for Cultural Affairs) 20 May 2012 (2012-05-20) (as MOC)
Jurisdiction	Taiwan
Headquarters	South Tower, Xinzhuang Joint Office Tower, New Taipei
Ministers responsible	Shih Che, Minister Hsiao Tsung-huang, Peng Chun-heng, Deputy Ministers Lee Lien-chuan, Vice Minister
Website	Official website

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.

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.^[1]

In 2017, the MOC absorbed some duties of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, including the Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center.^[2]

• 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

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

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

The following agencies or organizations are under the supervision of the MOC:^[3]

• 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
• Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan
• Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris
• Taipei Cultural Center in New York City
• Zhuputan Temple

The following is a list of overseas office:^[4]

Country	City	Name of office
United States	Washington D.C.	Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S.
	Los Angeles	Taiwan Academy Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
	Houston	Taiwan Academy Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston
	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

  Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

Ministry of Education (Bureau of Cultural Affairs)

• Wang Hung-chun (王洪鈞) (1968 – 1975)

• Executive Yuan
• Culture of Taiwan
• Medal of Culture

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