Manufacturing meets culture The rationale behind the community development workshops was developed in 1994 by Chen Chi-nan, then assistant director of the Council for Cultural Affairs. The workshops 'purpose is to find solutions to the problems of declining economies and fading local cultures in Taiwan's towns and villages.
「社區總體營造」的理念，在民國八十三年，由當時的文建會副主委陳其南提出，用以解決地方鄉鎮面臨的產業、文化沒落問題。