2005 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2005 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 94 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, Frank Hsieh
• Vice Premier – Yeh Chu-lan, Wu Rong-i

Events

January

• 1 January – The founding of Taipei Fubon Bank with the merger of Fubon Bank and TaipeiBank.
• 22 January – The official opening of Bangka Park in Wanhua District, Taipei.
• 27 January – The opening of Jingtong Mining Industry Museum in Pingxi District, New Taipei.

March

• 14 March – Mainland China passed the Anti-Secession Law, a bill to prevent Taiwan from being an independent nation.^[1]

April

• 1 April – The renaming of National Space Program Office to National Space Organization.
• 29 April – The opening of Baguashan Tunnel.

May

County-level units won by the Democratic Progressive Party (green) and the Kuomintang (blue).

• 14 May – 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election. Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party won the election.^[2]
• 17 May – The relocation of Pingtung Airport to the southern field upon the completion of the new airport building.

July

• 1 July – The establishment of Taiwan Indigenous Television, Asia's first aboriginal television channel.^[3]
• 16 July – 2005 Kuomintang chairmanship election took place. Ma Ying-jeou won the election, casting a total votes cast of 370,054 and a percentage of vote of 72.4%.^[4]
• 18 July – Typhoon Haiting hit Taiwan. The typhoon has winds up to 114 mph.^[5]
• 22 July – The establishment of TTV World.

August

• 2 August – President Chen Shui-bian proposed Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China.^[6][7][8]
• 4 August – The opening of Taipei County Hakka Museum in Sanxia Township, Taipei County.
• 31 August
  • Typhoon Talim hit Taiwan. It caused about $1.5 billion in damage.^[9][10][11]
  • The establishment of Taipower Exhibit Center in Southern Taiwan in Hengchun, Pingtung County.

September

• 3–6 September – The 10th Computer Olympiad took place in Taipei. It was a competition where computer programs competed each other in a variety of games.^[12]

October

• 1 October – The opening of Wulai Atayal Museum in Wulai Township, Taipei County.
• 27 October – The opening of Linkou Line of Taiwan Railways Administration.

November

• 26 November – The establishment of Siraya National Scenic Area.
• 28 November – The opening of Baoshan Station of Taiwan Railways Administration in Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County.

December

• 3 December – 2005 Republic of China local election.^[13]

Deaths

• 3 January – Koo Chen-fu, 87, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation (1990-2005).
• 6 April – Hsu Hai-ching, 92, Taiwanese gangster
• 15 June – Henry Kao, 91, Minister of Transportation and Communications (1972-1976).
• 1 November – Ma Ho-ling, 84, father of President Ma Ying-jeou.

See also

• Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season