The Presidential Office Building Permanent Exhibition

Following World War II, a group of leading citizens initiated fundraising efforts to restore the Governor-General's Office. In 1948 the building was renamed Chieh Shou Hall and used as the venue for the first Taiwan Province Expo. With the relocation of the National Government to Taiwan in 1949, Chieh Shou Hall became the formal political center of the nation. Then in 2006, as part of efforts to address transitional justice, President Chen Shui-bian renamed Chieh Shou Hall as the Presidential Office Building.

The appearance of the building changed significantly following major air raids on Taipei during the latter stages of World War II that severely damaged the left side of the facade, setting off fires that burned for days and affected nearly 80 percent of the structure. The entrance porch's half-domed roof was replaced with the flat roof we see today, and the original slate shingle roof was replaced with a metal roof due to the high cost of restoration with slate. As the metal roof rusted and darkened, it came to be associated with the hardships of that era. It was eventually replaced with a copper roof.