Regarding cultural construction, Kaohsiung Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center possesses a large theater (Chih-Teh Hall), a small theater (Chih-Shan Hall), a library, a cultural corridor, exhibition room(s) and meeting room(s), etc., in which different cultural activities and art performances such as Chinese operas, local dramas and symphony performances are held throughout the year. Since the opening of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts which is situated in Neiweipi Cultural Park in June 1994, it has become an important area for art in Southern Taiwan. The Ministry of Education has also agreed to set up the National Taiwan Arts Education Center in the Cultural Park. The large National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of History, Kaohsiung City Music Hall and Kaohsiung Business Exhibition Center will all together give Kaohsiung, which was engaged in heavy industry in the early days, a feel of artistic romance.
After over ten years of effort, Kaohsiung City has achieved a great deal in the hardware construction area. The achievement in software construction parallels this because the hard work in the planting of cultural seeds has turned a desert into an oasis. There are over 380,000 students at present, which account for 26.71% of the total population of the city, among which there are over 23,000 college students, accounting for 3.78% of the college students in our country.
