Aiming to upgrade the local research environment and to promote local technology, the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan endeavors to construct and establish the first synchrotron radiation facility in Taiwan. The main facility is a 1.3‐GeV storage ring with full energy injection from a booster synchrotron. Design and procurement of accelerator components are progressing well. The start of installation is scheduled for February 1992. Commissioning with beam is projected toward the end of 1992.