Chi-Chi earthquake is the most damaging earthquake at Taiwan in a century. The shaking intensities at many places in the central part of Taiwan are very high, and extensive soil liquefaction occurred in many areas. Yuen-Lin, Wu-Feng, and Nan-Tou were especially hard hit with severe damages. Soil liquefaction caused house damages, movements and tilting of bridge piers, settlement and sliding of levees and water front structures, tilting and overturning of retaining structures, and cracking, lateral spreading and subsidence of roadways and farm fields. This paper presents the preliminary results of the field investigation, subsurface explorations, in-situ and laboratory tests, and analyses of the soil liquefaction during Chi-Chi earthquake. The information collected for the soil liquefaction during this earthquake will be used in the study of the liquefaction evaluation criteria for the soils in Taiwan.