National Taiwan University of Arts， founded in 1955， is the oldest art university in Taiwan. It is composed of five colleges—the Colleges of Fine Arts， Designs， Performing Arts， Communications， and Humanities—where the campus itself acts as exhibition space with facilities for an art museum， a number of exhibition halls， as well as performance venues， developed in parallel with Modern Taiwan Art History. The university is home to about five thousand students with about one thousand full-time and part-time faculty members， and has some very distinguished alumni， including internationally acclaimed movie director Ang Lee， winner in the Best Director category at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony.

On June 30， the university’s president Huang Guangnan and his wife， Guo Qiuyan， along with professor Song Xida， dean of the international center of the university， were welcomed at the “Melody” Hall of the Min-On Culture Center and Music Museum with great applause by the Min-On’s staff. President Huang， who himself is a distinguished alumnus of the university as a very well-known painter， used to be the director of the university’s art museum. He remarked， in reply to such an enthusiastic welcome: “I am deeply overwhelmed by your hospitality and am close to tears. As a person who used to be involved in taking care of museums， I really admire your sincere efforts to maintain this precious Min-On Music Museum.”

In the course of his conversation with Min-On President Hiroyasu Kobayashi， President Huang said， “After hearing your explanation of the Min-On’s founding principles， I want to engage in an exchange program between National Taiwan University of Arts and Min-On.” He expressed his expectation to the Min-On staff by saying: “Japan and Taiwan are very close geographically and spiritually， and many Taiwanese people love Japanese culture， especially Japanese popular songs. I sincerely appreciate Min-On’s efforts thus far in promoting cultural exchange to deepen friendship between the two countries， and I would particularly like to request for the future， not just to invite Taiwanese artists to Japan but also to send more Japanese artists to Taiwan.” Afterward， the guests toured the Min-On’s Music Museum and Library， where they enjoyed viewing various rare collections and listening to performances of antique harpsichord， classic pianos and music boxes.