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Text & Photos courtesy of Chi Po-Lin Foundation
In 2013, Beyond Beauty: TAIWAN FROM ABOVE brought people a new high-altitude perspective on their home, triggering deep discussions on environmental issues across Taiwan. Today, 13 years later, The Chi Po-Lin Foundation launches "See Taiwan Day" on June 10, inviting everyone to reconnect with our land so that seeing is no longer just an emotion, but a continuous action.
As a major milestone for "See Taiwan Day," Chi Po-Lin Museum launches its 2026 annual exhibition, "RE-Vision Taiwan Through Chi Po-lin’s Lens." Curated by Joe Fang, Taiwan’s first design director for Taiwan’s “Three Gold” awards ceremonies, the exhibition guides visitors to rediscover Taiwan's beauty and transformation across four major landscapes: mountains, rivers, oceans, and cities. For the first time, the exhibition integrates satellite imagery from the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), pairing it with aerial photographs in each zone to let audiences observe land changes from multiple scales. On display is a 1:2 scale model of the "Chi Po-Lin Satellite," symbolizing how Director Chi’s spirit of watching over Taiwan from a high altitude extends into outer space. For the spatial design, Mayday’s Masa serves as Music Director alongside renowned MV director Chung-lun Wu to create the immersive audio-visual "Ocean Zone." Featuring a 270-degree giant screen projection and surround sound, it invites visitors to visually and aurally immerse themselves in the majestic, yet fragile beauty of Taiwan’s coastline.
Left: 1:2 Scale "Chi Po-Lin Satellite" Model / Right: "Ocean Zone" Audio-Visual Zone with 270-Degree Projection & Surround Soundscape
On the day of the press conference, cross-sector representatives—including Minister of Environment Chi-ming Peng, NSTC Minister and TASA Chairman Cheng-wen Wu, New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Ti-chih Chu, former Deputy Mayor Shu-chuan Li, and Chi Po-Lin Foundation Chairman Chin-der Ou—gather to witness the official launch of "See Taiwan Day" and the major unveiling of the annual exhibition "RE-Vision Taiwan Through Chi Po-lin’s Lens."
At the press conference, the Chi Po-Lin Foundation also officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with TASA. Moving forward, by combining aerial photography with satellite remote sensing technology, the two organizations will jointly establish a more comprehensive network for observing Taiwan’s landscape and documenting its environment, ensuring that changes to the land can continue to be observed and recorded.
Chin-der Ou, Chairman of the Chi Po-Lin Foundation, stated that RE-Vision is not merely about seeing Taiwan again, but an invitation to continually re-understand the land and rethink the future of the environment. When every act of seeing is transformed into action, safeguarding Taiwan is no longer just the responsibility of a few, but a shared mission to be continuously passed on. Touched by this, Minister of Environment Chi-ming Peng also reflected in his address: "To me, 'RE' stands for Restart, Rethink, or Revolution—representing a change. As I transitioned from the private sector into public service as the Minister of Environment, my primary mission is to thoroughly resolve the 'sorrow and ugliness' captured by Director Chi in Beyond Beauty: TAIWAN FROM ABOVE."
Having long been committed to environmental conservation and humanities education, the Wistron Foundation has continuously supported the Chi Po-Lin Foundation’s operations and development since its establishment in 2018. Coupled with FamilyMart’s spare change donation initiative to promote environmental education programs, it has accompanied over 16,000 students into exhibition venues to learn, leaving footprints across all 22 cities and counties in Taiwan as well as offshore islands. This has extended environmental education from exhibition halls to campuses and communities, reaching a cumulative impact of hundreds of thousands of people to date.
This year, the Foundation takes its support a step further by funding the Chi Po-Lin aerial filming team’s "A Decade in a Moment: Aerial Photography Project." Following the flight routes and camera angles accumulated by Director Chi in the past, and combining helicopter and drone technology, the project records changes in Taiwan's landscapes, ecosystems, and human environments, leaving behind precious historical witness for the land while accumulating crucial visual data for future environmental observation and sustainable development.
Building upon its growing achievements in environmental education, The Chi Po-Lin Foundation has, for the first time, released the results of its Environmental Education Program SROI (Social Return on Investment) Report, commissioned through PwC Taiwan. The assessment demonstrates that every NT$1 invested generates approximately NT$7.04 in social impact. Beyond mere numbers, this result underscores how years of impact—cultivated through imagery, education, and companionship—are continuously transforming into environmental awareness, local identity, and concrete action, inspiring more people to care for the land of Taiwan once again.
Chi Po-Lin Museum Special Exhibition: RE-Vision Taiwan Through Chi Po-lin’s Lens ｜Exhibition Information Exhibition Period: Now - May 10, 2027 Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry at 17:00) Tickets: General Admission: NT$150 (Ages 7 to 64) Discounted Ticket: NT$100 (Students, seniors aged 65+, Tamsui residents, and visitors with a disability card) Venue: Chi Po-Lin Museum (No. 316-1, Zhongzheng Rd., Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City)
Exhibition Trailer / Video
Chi Po-Lin Museum Introduction Video