Luku (Deer Valley) in Nantou County in central Taiwan is known as the "village of bamboo." The Council for Agricultural Planning and Development of the Republic of China has provided assistance for the inhabitants to expand bamboo plantations.
南投是最適合竹子生長的地方，中國農村復興委員會特別在當地輔導農民大量種竹，並在鹿谷鄉設置了竹材生長專業區。