Society Care

THSRC incorporates art into public spaces with the "THSR ART Together" program. The Company opens designated areas within stations for performance applications from experienced groups and individuals. Passengers can enjoy artistic performances including singing, dancing, and instrumental music during their journey. A total of 45 groups involving over 1,000 performers participated at HSR stations in 2025 as the Company continued expanding public access to the arts.

THSRC encourages staff to participate in cultural activities to support artistic development and the philosophy of "Enhancing Local Connection, Expanding Global Vision." The Company held the "Arts and Culture Extravaganza of THSRC" series in 2025. It featured a wide range of performances including the Ju Percussion Group for families, the stage play "Life of Pi", "Swan Lake" by the State Ballet of Georgia, and the Godot Theatre Company's production "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store."

THSRC also arranged exclusive movie screenings, including "Marching Boys," a coming-of-age story about the pursuit of a dream of the Chien Kuo High School Marching Band, and "96 Minutes," Taiwan's first HSRthemed action film. The Company held 39 events in 2025, attracting 2,311 employees and their dependents. THSRC has held over 96 Arts and Culture Extravaganza of THSRC events with a total of 6,595 participants since 2023, demonstrating our commitment to incorporating art into daily life.

The THSR Museum was inaugurated in 2017 to comprehensively showcase the key milestones from the formation of the BOT alliance, capital raising, and government negotiations to the construction of stations and routes, verification and inspections, contract performance and operations, and financing transformation. The THSR Museum focuses on abundant knowledge and cultural assets accumulated during the preparation, construction, and operation phases of Taiwan's high-speed rail. It contains diverse exhibits and physical artifacts that systematically illustrate the developmental context of the three spatial revolutions in Taiwan's railway history.

The year 2027 will mark the 10th anniversary of the THSR Museum. The THSR Museum has planned innovative displays and optimized spatial design in response to the "THSR 2.0" system and service upgrades. These updates aim to create a multi-functional venue for immersive experiences and systematic learning, strengthening its role as a vital platform for external communication, railway education, and the communication of corporate culture. By the end of 2025, the Museum recorded 326,461 visits. For further details, please visit the "Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum" webpage.

THSRC has organized "The High-Speed Educational Endowment Program" for the 16th consecutive year. In 2025, THSRC collaborated with the Down Syndrome Foundation R.O.C. to enhance public understanding of the potential of people with disabilities, increase social support for inclusive education, and solicit support and donations from different sectors of the society. The Company raised over NT$14 million in HSR trains and stations during the two-month campaign which started on January 1, 2025. THSRC has cumulatively raised more than NT$190 million over the past 16 years, supporting over 40,000 children in school attendance and health.

THSRC organizes the "Annual THSRC Winter Outreach Blood Drive" every year to help alleviate blood shortages during autumn and winter. A relay of blood drives across stations and maintenance depots in 2025 attracted 2,088 employees and members of the public. Participants donated a total of 3,112 bags of blood, representing a 23% increase compared to the previous year. THSRC extends its heartfelt thanks to all blood donation heroes for supporting the national blood bank.

While providing passengers with high-quality transportation services, THSRC actively fulfills its corporate social responsibility by collaborating with social welfare groups and enterprises to provide free or discounted rides to disadvantaged groups from remote areas. We help these groups explore the beauty of Taiwan without financial burden while enjoying a comfortable journey along the Western Corridor. In 2025, 39 groups participated in the project and 1,666 passengers benefited from the program.

THSRC organized 11 HSR Camps in 2025 to communicate professional railway knowledge and the history of high-speed rail development. The program attracted 5,493 applicants, and 314 students ultimately participated through a public lottery process. The camps were divided into four groups for college, high school/vocational high school, junior high, and elementary (5th and 6th graders) schools. The curriculum includes field trips to the Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum, the Operation Control Center (OCC), and maintenance depots to help students gain a deeper understanding of HSR operations and maintenance expertise.

THSRC expanded the college group in the summer of 2025 to a two-day, one-night event at the Yanchao Main Workshop. Students learned about professional work procedures such as annual general overhauls and bogie maintenance, and visited training tracks to experience the essential lessons for becoming an HSR maintenance professional.

To safeguard the habitat and survival of the Pheasant-Tailed Jacana, THSRC has collaborated with government and non-governmental organizations to establish the "Jacana Ecological Education Park." The Company not only actively collaborates with experts and scholars, but also seeks the participation of volunteers. Over the past 27 years, THSRC has invested over NT$72.18 million in Pheasant-Tailed Jacana preservation. According to statistics from the Wild Bird Society of Tainan, the number of breeding growth of Pheasant-Tailed Jacana groups in the park's habitat has significantly increased from 9 (including females, males, and fledglings) in a single year in 2000 to 37 in a single year in 2025. With the expansion of the Pheasant-Tailed Jacana population's habitat, the population in the Tainan area has increased nearly tenfold, from 275 in 2009 to 2,934 as of 2025. This growth demonstrates the effectiveness of THSRC's Pheasant-Tailed Jacana conservation efforts and reflects the Company's contribution to promoting local biodiversity in Taiwan.

THSRC provides support for producing education materials and designing exhibition areas to showcase restoration results and promote environmental education. The "Jacana Ecological Education Park" has received nearly 298,000 visitors by 2025. It taught visitors about the ecology of jacanas, and it received recognition from international conservation organizations as a successful model of "coexistence between development and conservation." In 2025, the Jacana Ecological Education Park received the "2025 Star Wetland Centre Award," which demonstrated the long-term success of government-enterprise cooperation in ecological preservation.

THSRC has been promoting the "Trash Collection – Sustainable Beach Action" beach cleanup initiative since 2016. To date, over 4,800 participants have enthusiastically joined, collectively clearing 21,139 kg of marine waste. Since 2024, this initiative was expanded into the "Environmental Sustainability Action." In 2025, three "One Day Farmer" activities and two beach cleanups were organized to implement environmental protection concepts, foster enthusiasm for joint ESG goals, and realize the vision of a low-carbon lifestyle.

THSRC complies with local and national laws to protect Taiwan's biodiversity, avoid overdevelopment in critical areas, and reduce deforestation risks by decreasing paper use. THSRC has partnered with the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Ministry of Agriculture since 2022 to sponsor the reforestation of 1.35 hectares of forest land in the Puxin Section of Xiluo, Yunlin. The Agency successfully restored over 15,400 native saplings including the Taiwan Golden-rain Tree, Bead Tree, and Beach Cabbage Tree with an investment exceeding NT$1.97 million. These trees are estimated to sequester over 10 metric tons of CO2 annually based on data from the 2016 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. The Company renewed the reforestation sponsorship contract for another three years in June 2025 to ensure long-term results.

THSRC partnered with the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Ministry of Agriculture on Earth Day (April 22, 2025) to hold the "Planting Sustainability Together" sapling giveaway event. The Company has distributed 14,400 saplings since 2022. This year, THSRC gave away 3,600 native saplings including Orange Jasmine, Common Gardenia, Tashiro Indian Hawthorn, Camellia Brevistyla, Hydrangea Pottingeri, and Taiwan Lily at Taoyuan, Taichung, and Zuoying stations.

THSRC invited people to plant trees for the earth by demonstrating the diversity of native plants in Taiwan. THSRC staff volunteered to explain cultivation methods and environmental knowledge to the public, converting sustainability ideas into real actions. These trees help purify the air and conserve water sources, effectively helping the people adapt to the environmental impacts of climate change.