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:: FAQ > Buildings > The Office of President of ROC ::   Designed after Japanese Fujino Kingo style, this 60-meter-high building was completed in March 1918, six years and nine months after its ground breaking on June 1, 1912. Its construction then cost 1.81 million Japanese yen, which was said to be six times higher than the combined cost of the Lungshan Temple in Wanhua (Taipei), the Chih Nan Temple in Mucha (suburban Taipei) and the Chenghuang Temple in Hsinchu. A solid five-story structure, the main body of the building is built mostly of steel and concrete and partly of bricks and stones and shapes into a Chinese/Japanese character "sun" ("Japan" in Chinese/Japanese means "root of sun"), with one courtyard each on the two sides. This solid building is well organized in structure, symmetric in shape, and distinctive in design. During the final stage of World War II, bombardments seriously damaged the building. Reparative construction was completed in 1946, and the building was renamed in the same year as Chieh Shou Hall in celebration of the 60th birthday of the then President Chiang Kai-Shek. "Chieh Shou" literally means "wishing President Chiang Kai-shek longevity." Since the nationalist central government was relocated to Taipei in 1949, this building has been used as the Office of the President of the Republic of China. The Office of President of ROC appears on the following banknote(s): TWD P1969 1960 10 Yuan TWD P1970 1960 10 Yuan TWD P1971 1961 1 Yuan TWD P1972 1961 5 Yuan TWD P1973 1961 5 Yuan TWD P1974 1961 50 Yuan TWD P1975 1961 100 Yuan TWD P1976 1964 50 Yuan TWD P1977 1964 100 Yuan TWD P1981 1970 100 Yuan TWD P1984 1976 10 Yuan TWD P1983 1972 100 Yuan TWD P1986 1976 1000 Yuan TWD P1988 1981 1000 Yuan TWD P1992 2001 200 Yuan Off-Shore PR112 1972 100 Yuan Off-Shore PR112A 1976 10 Yuan Off-Shore PR112C 1981 1000 Yuan Off-Shore PR124 1972 100 Yuan Off-Shore PR125 1976 10 Yuan Off-Shore PR127 1981 1000 Yuan Tianammen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) Xinhuamen (New China Gate) Zhengyangmen The People's Congress Hall Potala Palace Temple of Heaven Summer Palace Palace of Parting Clouds China Millennium Monument Beihai Bridge Qiantang River Bridge The Yangtze River Bridge of Wuhan The Office of President of ROC Taipei World Trade Center Chung-Shan Hall Chukuang Hall Hsilo Bridge O-luan Pi Lighthouse Legislative Council of HK Government House of HK Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong International Airport Tsing Ma Bridge Kap Shui Mun Bridge Hong Kong Cross Harbour Tunnel Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong University of Macau A Ma Temple Dr. Sun Memorial Hall in Macau Guia Lighthouse The bridges between Macau and Taipa