The purpose of community development is to encourage members of a community to devote part of their time to community construction for mutual benefit that thereby improves the quality of life. It aims at completing basic community construction, promulgating the concept of environmental protection, beautifying the environment, wiping out poverty and crime, strengthening community spirit through moral and cultural development for a polite society, setting up community welfare services and expanding community welfare work, and encouraging cultural, recreational and sports activities for a fuller spiritual life. Through the end of fiscal year 1994, a total of 4,383 communities including 2,299,737 house holds had undergone community planning and community organization with an aggregate investment of US$1,058 million, improving the living environment of households throughout Taiwan.