Events from the year 1988 in Taiwan. This year is numbered Minguo 77 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...

Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

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Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

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Yu Kuo-hwa Yu Kuo-hwa () (January 10, 1914 – October 4, 2000) was the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989. Biography He was born on 10 January 1914 in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. He studied for degrees at Harvard University and the ...

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Lien Chan Lien Chan (; born 27 August 1936) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993, Premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, Vice President of the Republic of China from 1996 to 20 ...

Shih Chi-yang Shih Chi-yang ( ; 5 May 1935 – 5 May 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and convener of the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Committee, which was established in 1988, and beca ...

Events

May

* 24 May – The 37th Miss Universe pageant at Linkou Stadium in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

June

* 12 June – The opening of National Cheng Kung University Hospital in North District,

Tainan City Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of hist ...

. * 26 June – The opening of

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA; ) is a museum in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. NTMoFA was established in 1988 and is the first and the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan. The major collections are works by Taiwan ...

West District West District may refer to: __NOTOC__ China * West District (Zhongshan), in Guangdong * West District (Panzhihua), in Sichuan India * West Delhi * West Sikkim district Taiwan * West District, Chiayi, in Chiayi City * West District, Taichung, in ...

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Tai ...

August

* 11 August – The establishment of

Federation of Medical Students-Taiwan The Federation of Medical Students in Taiwan (FMSTW; ), as the representative of all the medical students in Taiwan, consists of 12 medical colleges, including 16 departments of medicine, post-baccalaureate medicine, Chinese medicine, post-bacca ...

December

* 29 December – The establishment of

Ritek RITEK Corporation manufactures optical discs such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray M-Disc, storage cards such as CF (CompactFlash) cards, SD cards and MMC cards (MultiMediaCard), memory s ...

Births

* 19 March – Lin Tzu-chi, taekwondo player * 29 March –

Huang Yu-ting Huang Yu-ting (; ) is a Taiwanese speed skater who has competed in inline speed skating, short track speed skating, and long track speed skating. She was the flagbearer for the 'Chinese Taipei' team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games' o ...

, speed skater * 11 April –

Yako Chan Yako Chan () is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She was a member of the band Hey Girl. Early life Chan's parents divorced when she was young. Alongside her mother and brother, Chan reportedly lived in impoverished conditions, frequently moving b ...

, singer and actress * 19 May –

Lin Fei-fan Lin Fei-fan (; born 19 May 1988) is a Taiwanese activist who led the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, against the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party as the party's deputy secretary-general in 2019 ...

, activist * 12 June – Nieh Pin-chieh, swimmer * 16 June –

Lyan Cheng Lyan Cheng (, born 16 June 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, model and singer. She is best known for her lead role in the 2013 romantic-comedy series Fabulous Boys alongside Jiro Wang, Hwang In Deok and Evan Yo Tsai Min-you (born 12 November 1 ...

, actress, model and singer * 30 June –

Puff Kuo Puff Kuo (; born 30 June 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, model, and was the youngest member of Taiwanese girl group Dream Girls until their disbandment. In 2008, Kuo was scouted by talent agents and in 2010, she joined girl group Dream G ...

, model, actress and singer * 26 July –

Cheng Kai-wen Cheng Kai-wen (; using "" as his registration until 2010, born July 26, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professiona ...

, baseball player * 29 July – Huang Pei-jia, actress * 2 August –

Nick Chou Nick Chou (; born August 2, 1988) is a Taiwanese singer, rapper and actor."Nick Chou Offici ...

, actor and singer * 11 August –

Chen Po-liang Chen Po-liang (; born 11 August 1988) is a Taiwanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai. He is also captain of the Taiwan national football team. Club career Early career Chen start ...

, captain of

Chinese Taipei national football team The Chinese Taipei national football team represents Taiwan (the Republic of China) in international football and is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Football Association. Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Chinese Taipei, then kn ...

* 3 September –

Chang Chin-lan Chang Chin-lan (; 1917–1975) was the first female judge in the Republic of China, as well as the first female justice on the Supreme Court of the Republic of China. She became the first female to serve as the Judge of the Judicial Yuan (Consti ...

, actress * 17 November –

Joanne Tseng Joanne Tseng Chih-chiao (; born 17 November 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host. Early life Tseng was born on 17 November 1988 in Jianshi, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She has an older sister, Chih-ying (曾之萦). Both of her par ...

, singer and television host * 22 November – Lorene Jen, artist * 16 December – Lin Chen-hua, baseball player * 28 December –

Lo Chih-en Lo Chih-en (; born 28 December 1988) is a Taiwanese football player. He comes from Atayal tribe. On 17 June 2007, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei in the game against Guam of East Asian Cup 2008 preliminary competition, in which he scored ...

, football player

Deaths

* 13 January –

(1978–1988). * 27 May – Wu Hsin-hua (吳新華), Taiwanese criminal, received a national record of ten death sentences, execution by shooting.

References

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