Taiwan is located in the Circum-Pacific Belt and suffered many hazardous earthquakes in the historical time. However, systematic study on active faults has not been made intensively. The data on the slip rates and recurrences of the active faults in Taiwan are still not fully available. Several projects have been already launched by now and after the 1999 Chi-chi earthquake more resources could be allocated to the earthquake-related research. We hope these projects will result in reducing earthquake risk in the near future.