On 8 July 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and a group of Kuomintang leaders, among them Chang Chi-yun, Hsu Pei-keng [zh], Ku Cheng-kang, and Sun Li-jen, founded the Institute of Revolutionary Practice.
[5] Upon the death of Chiang Kai-shek in 1975, the oversight of the Institute of Revolutionary Practice was delegated to the Central Committee of the Kuomintang [zh].
[10] The institute is located in the Muzha portion of Wenshan District in Taipei, on a plot of land known as Zhongxing Shanzhuang.
[13][14][15] In 2014, portions of the institute's premises were designated by the Taipei City Government as historic buildings.
[16][17] Kuomintang chairman Johnny Chiang stated in 2020 that the institute's directorship is an unpaid and "obligatory post".