Last year, the Executive Yuan placed its plan to develop top-tier universities and cutting-edge research centers atop its list of Ten New Major Infrastructure Projects. It proposed a budget of NT $ 50 billion over five years (2005-2009) to create a university that would rank first in Asia and in the top 100 in the world within ten years.
去年，在行政院推動的「新十大建設」中，更將「發展國際一流大學及頂尖研究中心計畫」列為首項計畫，從 2005 至 2009 年，編列了 5 年 500 億元的經費，朝著 10 年內打造一所「亞洲第一、世界百大」的目標前進。