In 1978, the late President Chiang Ching-kuo, premier at the time, had local cultural development listed as one of the 12 major development projects. Cultural centers were built in towns with county or municipal government s across the province.
為此，民國六十七年起，當時任行政院長的經國先生將地方文化建設列入十二項重大建設之一，籌撥了特別預算，在全省各縣市政府所在地興建文化中心，但硬體完成之後，接管的縣市政府仍無足夠的年度預算來推動軟體建設。