Taichung Public Library Shalu Branch Introduction
In 1986, the "Shalu Township Library" was established on the fourth floor of the Shalu Township Office, with a collection of 12,922 volumes at that time. To provide a more convenient reading space, then-township mayor Chen Ming-di hoped to build a larger library by collaborating with private forces in response to the government policy of "every town has a library." In partnership with local "Wei-Dan Enterprises," the township office provided a public land area of 4,797 square meters, with Wei-Dan Enterprises contributing the construction funds and the Education Department of Taiwan Province and Taichung County Government subsidizing equipment. Construction began in 1988, and the library was completed by the end of 1989 and handed over to the township office for operation. It officially opened on February 20, 1990, with public circulation commencing on July 14 of the same year. In recognition of the corporation's dedication to the community, the library was named "Shalu Township Shenbo Library" after Mr. Yang Shenbo, the founder of Wei-Dan Enterprises. On December 25, 2010, with the merger of Taichung County and City, it was re-registered under the Taichung City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau and renamed "Taichung City Shalu District Shenbo Library." On March 1, 2016, it was reorganized and reclassified as "Taichung City Library Shalu Shenbo Branch."
