[1] The reorganization of the Executive Yuan made the duties of the National Languages Committee be transferred to the Department of Lifelong Education's fourth sector (Reading and Language Education) from 2013.
[2] It was created as the Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language by the Republic (then still based in Nanjing) on 21 April 1919.
On 12 December 1928, the commission was renamed to the Preparatory Committee for the Unification of the National Language, headed by Woo Tsin-hang and had 31 members.
The committee was revived in 1983 as the Mandarin Promotion Council based on Taiwan.
The official Mandarin romanization systems in the Republic of China have been: Since the Taiwanization movement took hold in government, the committee also handles: