The creating process of the Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, was in itself the representation of Taiwan’s cultural heritage preservation development. In 1981, the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, was established and the "Cultural Heritage Preservation Act"was promulgated and implemented in the following year. This was the demarcation line of Taiwan’s preservation history. Prior to this major political and legality change, the survey of Taiwan’s historical monuments, during the Japanese colonial period, was based on the "Historical Spot, Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument Preservation Law" and on the "Antiquities Preservation Act," after the Nationalist government came to Taiwan. In 1982, the above-mentioned "Cultural Heritage Preservation Act"was promulgated and implemented, which not only established the institution and its policies for cultural heritage preservation, but also launched an unprecedented new dimension for the preservation of cultural heritage in Taiwan.The CHPA was revised five times because of the subsequent social, economic and environmental changes. In 2005, the governing authorities over cultural heritage management were integrated into one, that is, except for the administration of the natural landscape, which was under the jurisdiction of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, all the remaining six categories 8 items of the cultural heritage management were governed by the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan.
