Events from the year 2013 in Taiwan,

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

. This year is numbered Minguo 102 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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Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from ...

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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Wu Den-yih Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county i ...

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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Jiang Yi-huah Jiang Yi-huah (; born 18 November 1960) is a Taiwanese politician and former Premier of the Republic of China (ROC). On 29 November 2014, he tendered his resignation and was succeeded by Mao Chi-kuo on 8 December 2014. Prior to his appointment ...

* Vice Premier –

Mao Chi-kuo Mao Chi-kuo (; born 4 October 1948 in Fenghua, Chekiang) is a Taiwanese politician, who served as the Premier, the President of Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016. Early life Mao was born on 4 October 1948, in Fenghua, Chekiang Province. Mao ...

Events

January

* 1 January ** The establishment of

Customs Administration The Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance (CA; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan (ROC) dealing with customs policies and regulations in Taiwan. Republic of China is not a Member of World Customs Organization but ROC ha ...

of the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Eco ...

. ** The establishment of K-12 Education Administration of the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

. ** The renaming of Sports Affairs Council to

Sports Administration The Sports Administration (SA; ) is a branch of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The Sport Administration was initially established in 1932 as the Sports Council (體育委員會). On 12 January 1998, the Sp ...

of the Ministry of Education. ** The renaming of Department of Education to K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education. ** The renaming of National Youth Commission to

Youth Development Administration The Youth Development Administration (YDA; ;Bopomofo :ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄚㄓㄢˇ ㄕㄨˇ) is a branch of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with a responsibility for youth affairs. History It was established on 28 J ...

and being put under the Ministry of Education.

February

* 21 February – The opening of

Hsinchu Taiwan Pavilion Expo Park The Hsinchu Taiwan Pavilion Expo Park () was a pavilion in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. History The pavilion used to be the Taiwan Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China in Shanghai in April–October 2010. It was moved and reopened in H ...

in East District,

Hsinchu City Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

March

* 14 March – The opening of Embassy of

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northeast ...

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 ...

. * 27 March - The 5.9 Nantou earthquake affected the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (''Moderate''). One person was killed and 97 were injured.

May

* 1 May – The opening of

Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park The Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park () is a park in Zhushan Township, Nantou County, Taiwan established to commemorate the 21 September 1999 earthquake. It is the subordinate park to the National Museum of Natural Science. History The esta ...

in Zhushan Township,

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

. * 3 May – The upgrade approval for

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...

to become

special municipality Special municipality may refer to: * Special municipality (Netherlands) There are twelve provinces of the Netherlands (), representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility fo ...

from

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

. * 9 May – The first meeting of the China Affairs Committee of

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

. * 31 May – The opening of Embassy of

Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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in Taipei.

June

* 2 June -

June 2013 Nantou earthquake The 2013 Nantou earthquake struck central Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.2 on 2 June at local time. The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake, close to the epicen ...

. * 9 June – The official opening of

At-Taqwa Mosque The At-Taqwa Mosque (; id, Masjid At-Taqwa) is a mosque in Dayuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It is the seventh mosque built in Taiwan. History The mosque development was started by an Indonesian-Taiwanese couple who own an Indonesian sho ...

. * 13 June – The completion of

Xinzhuang Joint Office Tower Xinzhuang Joint Office Tower, Executive Yuan () is a joint Republic of China government buildings in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The construction of the buildings were completed on 13 June 2013. All of the relevant governm ...

Xinzhuang District Xinzhuang District () is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of and a population of 413,443 people (2016). History A former name of the area is ''Pulauan'' (). On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was ...

New Taipei New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest s ...

. * 29 June – The opening of Danfeng Station of

Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...

and Taishan District, New Taipei.

July

* 4 July –

Death of Hung Chung-chiu The death of Hung Chung-chiu (; 8 September 1989 – 4 July 2013), a Republic of China Army, Republic of China (Taiwan) Army specialist in the 542nd Armor Brigade, occurred under suspicious death, suspicious circumstances while serving a detention ...

. * 7–14 July –

Typhoon Soulik The name Soulik ( ) has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by the Federated States of Micronesia and is the traditional title of chiefs on Pohnpei. * Typhoon Soulik (2000) (T0023, 34 ...

. * 20 July – 2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election. * 23 July – The establishment of the Ministry of Health and Welfare from the former Department of Health. * 29 July – The opening of

Kaisyuan Night Market The Kaisyuan Night Market () is a night market in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Together with the adjacent Jin-Zuan Night Market, they form the largest night market in Taiwan. History The night market was opened on 29 July 2013. Archit ...

Cianjhen District Cianjhen District () is a district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It covers an area of and is subdivided into 59 villiages. The District has a population is 180,828, as of May 2022. It is the fifth-most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a popul ...

Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...

August

* The establishment of

University of Taipei University of Taipei (UT; ) is an institution of higher education in Taipei, Taiwan. It has two campuses in Taipei metropolitan area and is the only university under the administration of Taipei City Government. Established by the merger of Ta ...

from the merger of

Taipei Municipal University of Education Bo'ai Campus, University of Taipei () was a normal university in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. History TMUE was founded as Academy of Language in 1895. In 1987, it became the Taipei Municipal Teacher's College. In 2005, it was granted un ...

and

Taipei Physical Education College Tianmu Campus, University of Taipei () is a campus in Dunhua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The campus was originally founded as Taipei Physical Education College () in 1968. In August 2013, it was merged with Taipei Muni ...

September

*16–22 September –

2013 OEC Kaohsiung The 2013 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 16 and 22 September 2013. S ...

October

2013 Taiwan food scandal Food safety incidents in Taiwan have received international media scrutiny. 2011: Plasticizer use in food products The principal food safety incident in Taiwan was over the use of the plasticizer DEHP to replace palm oil in food and drinks as a cl ...

. * 5 October – The opening of

Guchuan Bridge The Guchuan Bridge () is a bridge connecting Sandimen, Sandimen Township and Wutai, Pingtung, Wutai Township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. At the height of 99 meters, it is the tallest bridge pier in Taiwan. History The bridge was opened for traf ...

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

. * 10 October – The 102nd anniversary of the

National Day of the Republic of China The National Day of the Republic of China ( zh, 中華民國的國慶日) or the Taiwan National Day, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is a public holiday on 10 October, now held annually in Taiwan (officially the Republi ...

. * 24 October – The official opening of

Asia Museum of Modern Art The Asia Museum of Modern Art (; Taiwanese: A-tsiu Hiān-tāi Bí-su̍t-kuán) is an art museum in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is located at Asia University. History The groundbreaking ceremony for the museum construction wa ...

Wufeng District Wufeng District () is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. It is the location of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council. Wufeng is a mainly agricultural town. It was heavily damaged by the Jiji earthquake on 21 September 1999, whic ...

Taichung 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 Taiw ...

. * 27 October – The opening of Shanshuilu Eco Park in Nangang District, Taipei.

November

* 3–11 November –

Typhoon Haiyan Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...

. * 10 November – 19th National Congress of Kuomintang in

. * 14 November – The Gambia cut

diplomatic relations Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

with the Republic of China. * 18 November – The ROC officially terminated its diplomatic relations with The Gambia. * 24 November – The opening of

Xinyi Line Xinyi is an atonal pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese words. It may refer to: Clothing * Xinyi (clothing) (), a form of undershirt worn during the Han era Mainland China *Xinyi, Jiangsu (), a county-level city in Xuzhou, Jiangsu ** X ...

Deaths

* 18 February –

Chu Hsing-yu Chu Hsing-yu (; 22 December 1956 – 18 February 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. Chu Hsing-yu was born in Gushan District, Kaohsiung. He succeeded his father, a cement worker by trade, as district chief when the elder Chu was diagnosed with l ...

, 56, Taiwanese politician,

MLY A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

(1993–2005), heart attack. * 13 April –

Lin Yang-kang Lin Yang-kang ( ; 10 June 1927 – 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after fail ...

, 85, Taiwanese politician, President of

Judicial Yuan The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It runs a Constitution ...

(1987–1994). *29 April – Levi Ying, 64, Taiwanese-American politician,

(1999–2002). *6 May – Yang Tzuo-chow, 84, Taiwanese politician,

(1999–2002). * 19 June –

Kuo Liang-hui Kuo Liang-hui (; 17 August 1926 in Kaifeng, Henan – 19 June 2013 in Taiwan) was a Taiwanese novelist. Several of her works were turned into films. Early life Kuo Liang-hui was born in the Juye County in Shandong Province. She completed h ...

, Taiwanese novelist. *13 October – , 91, Taiwanese soldier (

Indonesian National Revolution The Indonesian National Revolution, or the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during Aftermath of WWII, postw ...

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