The Ten Major Construction Projects () were the national infrastructure projects during the 1970s in
Taiwan
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 nort ...
. The government of Republic of China believed that the country lacked key utilities such as highways, seaports, airports and power plants. Moreover, Taiwan was experiencing significant effects from the
1973 oil crisis. Therefore, to upgrade the industry and the development of the country, the government planned to take on ten massive building projects. They were proposed by the
Premier 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 ...
, beginning in 1974, with a planned completion by 1979. There were six transportation projects, three industrial projects, and one power-plant construction project, which ultimately cost over
NT$
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300 billion in total.
The Ten Projects
# North-South Freeway (
National Highway No. 1)
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Electrification
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The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic histor ...
of
West Coast Line railway
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North-Link Line
The North-Link Line () is the central section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. The length of its mainline is 79.2 km, and there is a 7.4 km long branch between Beipu and Hualien Port.
History
The high mountai ...
railway
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Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
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(later renamed Taoyuan International Airport)
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Taichung Port
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Su-ao Port
# Large
Shipyard
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(
Kaohsiung
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 . Kaohsi ...
Shipyard of
China Shipbuilding Corporation
CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (, literally "Taiwan International Shipbuilding Corporation") is a company that produces ships for civilian and military use in Taiwan. It is headquartered in Kaohsiung, with shipyards in Kaohsiung and Keelung. It was ...
)
# Integrated
steel mill (
China Steel Corporation
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China Steel Corporation (CSC; ) is the largest integrated steel maker in Taiwan. Its main steel mill is located ...
)
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Oil refinery
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and
industrial park
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(Kaohsiung refinery of
CPC Corporation )
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Nuclear power plant (
Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant
The Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant or Chin Shan Nuclear Power Plant (金山核能發電廠), First Nuclear Power Plant (第一核能發電廠 or 核一), is a nuclear power plant being definitely shutdown in Shimen District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Comm ...
)
See also
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New Ten Major Construction Projects
The New Ten Major Construction Projects () refers to the construction plans in Taiwan introduced by then-premier Yu Shyi-kun in November 2003.
List of the projects
* Top universities and research centers
** Goal: to have at least 15 major g ...
*
History of Republic of China
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References
Economy of Taiwan
1970s in Taiwan
Construction in Asia
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