Because of Puli's moderate climate, scenic beauty, and clean environment, plus the fact that the size of land being offered by Taiwan Sugar was appropriate, the Chinan Planning Committee chose Puli out of 20 different sites from all over Taiwan.
而暨大規劃小組也因為埔里的氣候溫和、風景優美、環境品質良好（汙染少），加上台糖提供的土地大小適合，而在全省廿塊土地中選擇埔里。