Nonetheless, applying for inclusion requires considerable preparation time. By beginning now, not only can Taiwan get on track with the rest of the world in terms of preserving its cultural and natural assets, the effort will help generate greater domestic consensus to this end.
在這方面，我國的起步較晚，「文化資產保存法」在民國七十年始制訂，民國八十六年至今數度修法，但目前文化事權仍未統一，而之前訂定的兩百八十多處古蹟，卻有許多被整修得面目全非！