He created Taipei's first literary society (the Li-Ho Chung Memorial Museum), the first care center for the mentally challenged (Taipei First Children's Development Center) and the first environmental group (the New Environment Foundation).
他創辦了台灣第一個文學社團（鍾理和文教基金會）、第一個智障者教養中心（第一兒童發展中心）、第一個環保團體（新環境基金會），如今又致力引進聯合國最新的人權觀念。