2004 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2004 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 93 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

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Incumbents

• President – Chen Shui-bian
• Vice President – Annette Lu
• Premier – Yu Shyi-kun
• Vice Premier – Lin Hsin-i, Yeh Chu-lan

Events

February

• 1 February – The upgrade of Van Nung Institute of Technology in Zhongli City, Taoyuan County to Vanung University.
• 28 February – 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally.

March

• 9 March – The opening of Chiayi Municipal Museum in East District, Chiayi City.
• 10 March – The establishment of National Airborne Service Corps of the Ministry of the Interior.
• 19 March – 3-19 shooting incident, an assassination attempt on Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu in Tainan City.^[1]
• 20 March
  • 2004 Republic of China presidential election took place and Chen Shui-bian won the election, compiling 50.11% of the popular vote.^[2]
  • 2004 Republic of China referendum.
• 21 March – The opening of Changhua City Library in Changhua County.

April

• 1 April
  • The merging between West District and Central District to form the West Central District in Tainan City.
  • The opening of Chuwan Crab Museum in Xiyu Township, Penghu County.

May

• 1 May – The opening of Green World Ecological Farm in Beipu Township, Hsinchu County.
• 8 May – 15th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei City.
• 20 May – The swearing in of the second term of President Chen Shui-bian.

June

• 1 June
  • The establishment of CTV MyLife.
  • The establishment of TTV Family.

July

• 1 July
  • The establishment of Bureau of Energy.
  • The establishment of CTV News Channel.
  • The establishment of Financial Supervisory Commission.
  • The establishment of PTS2.
• 4 July – The establishment of the Formosa Party.^[3]

August

• 1 August – The establishment of Kao Fong College in Changzhi Township, Pingtung County.
• 7 August – The opening of Puppetry Art Center of Taipei in Songshan District, Taipei.
• 13 August – The founding of Runewaker Entertainment in Taichung.
• 17–27 August – Typhoon Aere.

September

• 1 September – The establishment of TTV Finance.
• 29 September – The opening of Xiaobitan Branch Line of Taipei Metro.

October

• 1–3 October – The 1st Taiwan Youth Day.

November

• 19 November – The opening of Miramar Entertainment Park in Zhongshan District, Taipei.
• 21 November – The start of 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
• 21–27 November – Taiwan hosted the 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.^[4] Qatar national basketball team won the competition.

December

• 1 December – The renaming of Keelung City Cultural Center to Keelung Cultural Center.
• 11 December
  • 2004 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary
  • 2004 Republic of China legislative election was held and Chen Shui-bian won the popular vote of the election.^[5]
• 18 December – 11,551 residents of Kaohsiung City set a world record: longest time to play two songs without stopping.^[6]
• 28 December – The opening of YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum in Ren'ai District, Keelung.

Deaths

• 3 March – Wei Yung, 67, Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (1976-1988).^[7]
• 6 April – Yuan Che-sheng [zh], suicide by hanging.^[8]
• 14 August – Hsu Tzi-ting [zh], 23, Taiwanese model, suicide by jumping.^[8]
• 15 December – Chiang Fang-liang, 88, First Lady (1978–1988), lung cancer.^[9][10]