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legislation of the Provisional Act Governing Religious Groups Registering Real Estate in the Name of a
Natural Person. Religious groups may not only hold religious activities in accordance with their religious
rites, but also make use of their funds and resources to facilitate or sponsor charities and social educa-
tion in the spirit of "giving back to society," contributing to their local communities, promoting social

stability and prosperity, and improving the social atmosphere. The number of meritorious religious
groups and their donations from 2018-2022 are shown in Table 2-7.

Table 2-7 Number of Meritorious Religious Groups and Donation Amount

Number of Meritorious Number of Meritorious
Donation Amount
Year Religious Groups Religious Groups
(NT$)
(Executive Yuan Award) (Ministry of the Interior Award)
2018 21 165 1 617 830 415
2019 15 173 1 843 949 960

2020 8 161 1 715 603 095
2021 13 160 2 597 894 889
2022 21 163 1 947 895 646

VI. Deeply-rooted Religious Cultural Heritage

In order to preserve the pluralistic religious cultures of Taiwan, the MOI will promote the Taiwan
Religious Culture Map website to increase the use of the Religious Knowledge online encyclopedia,
in order to integrate religious knowledge and tourist information, enhancing Taiwan’s religious cul-

tural knowledge and international communication ability. In addition, the MOI will continue assisting
religious traditional customs to meet the public’s expectations of advancing with the times by pro-
moting the “Honor Faith with Morals for a Better Tomorrow” movement.

VII. Improvement of Mortuary Affairs

With the passage of time, people’s ideas regarding funerals have gradually shifted. For example,
the cremation ratio has risen from less than 50% to over 90% in the past two decades. To raise the
quality of these services, the MOI has set aside a budget to help local governments with their funeral
facilities and to encourage environmentally friendly funerals. To date, there are 59 locations available

for tree burial and sprinkling of bone ashes. More than 110,000 people have been served, and over
3,000 requests for sea burial have been granted. From 2022 to 2025, the MOI has given subsides to

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