The festival ’ s sponsorship model underwent a key change when Lee Yong-ping took over as head of the DCA in 2007. Borrowing from successful overseas festivals, Lee decided that beginning in 2008, the festival would be sponsored and supported by the DCA and managed by the Taipei Culture Foundation. This change finally enabled the festival to establish a long-term management team and engage in long-term planning.
主辦模式的關鍵轉變，則是曾為小劇場健將的李永萍於 2007 年擔任文化局長後，向國外成功藝術節借鏡，決定自 2008 年起將藝術節改為由文化局主辦補助並由北市文化基金會實際執行的模式，一改過去沒有常設團隊、未能長遠計畫的缺點。