2020 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2020 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 109 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2020 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President: Tsai Ing-wen
• Vice President: Chen Chien-jen, Lai Ching-te
• Premier:
  • Su Tseng-chang
• Vice Premier:
  • Chen Chi-mai, Shen Jong-chin

Events

January

• 2 January – A Black Hawk helicopter of the Republic of China Air Force crashed. Eight people were killed, and five were injured.^[1]
• 11 January
  • 2020 Taiwanese legislative election
  • Tsai Ing-wen is reelected in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election with a record 8.17 million votes.^[2]
• 15 January – The Anti-infiltration Act takes effect.^[3]
• 19 January – The Taiwan Action Party Alliance disbands.^[4]
• 21 January – The index case of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan announced.

February

• 25 February – Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens promulgated.

March

• 7 March – 2020 Kuomintang chairmanship election won by Johnny Chiang.

April

May

June

• 6 June – 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote removed mayor Han Kuo-yu from office.

July

• 25 July – The opening of Huannan Market in Wanhua District, Taipei.

August

• 30 August – Milos Vystrcil President of the Czech Senate arrived in Taiwan. It is the second high-profile visit by a foreign delegation to the island, after a visit by US Health Secretary Alex Azar who came (August 9, 2020) was the first US cabinet official to visit Taiwan since 1979.^[5]

September

• 12 September – Chen Chi-mai won 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election.

October

November

December

Deaths

• 2 January — Shen Yi-ming, 62, Taiwanese Air Force commander, Chief of the General Staff (since 2019), helicopter crash.^[6]
• 7 January – Chang Chiu-hua, 83, Taiwanese politician, mayor of Miaoli (1973–1982), Miaoli County Magistrate (1989–1993), liver cancer.^[7]
• 2 February – Jimmy Chang (張振民), 69, Taiwanese chef.^[8]
• 15 February – Sheu Yu-jer, 67, Taiwanese economist and politician, Minister of Finance (2016–2018).^[9]
• 13 March – Yang Mu, 79, Taiwanese poet.^[10]
• 17 March – Hsiao Feng Hsien [zh], 79, Taiwanese opera performer.^[11]
• 22 March – Serena Liu, 44, Taiwanese dancer, complications from heart surgery.^[12]
• 29 March – Wang Wen-hsieh [zh], 87, Taiwanese general and public official, traffic collision.^[13]
• 30 March – Hau Pei-tsun, 100, Taiwanese military officer and politician, Chief of the General Staff (1981–1989), Minister of National Defense (1989–1990), Premier (1990–1993), multiple organ failure.^[14]
• 21 April – Liu Ping-wei, 67, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2002), oral cancer.^[15]
• 16 May – Chung Chao-cheng, 95, Taiwanese writer.^[16]
• 25 May – Wu Pong-fong, 55, Taiwanese actor and choreographer, stroke.^[17]
• 5 June – Ko Si-chi, 90, Taiwanese photographer.^[18]
• 6 June – Hsu Kun-yuan, Taiwanese politician, speaker of the Kaohsiung City Council (since 2018), suicide by defenestration.^[19]
• 24 June – Ding-Shinn Chen, 76, Taiwanese hepatologist, pancreatic cancer.^[20]
• 2 July - Chiu Chuang-huan, 94, Taiwanese politician, Minister of the Interior (1978–1981), Vice Premier (1981-1984), President of the Examination Yuan (1993-1996).^[21]
• 7 July – Sheng-Chang Chiang [zh], 56, Taiwanese technology executive (Micro-Star International), fall.^[22]
• 30 July – Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988), Chairman of the Kuomintang (1988–20000), septic shock and multiple organ failure.^[23]
• 3 August – Luo Pei-ying, 59, Taiwanese actress.^[24] (body discovered on this date)
• 16 September – Alien Huang, 36, Taiwanese singer, actor (Already Famous, Din Tao: Leader of the Parade) and television presenter (100% Entertainment), aortic dissection.^[25]
• 30 September – Mai Chia-je, 33, Taiwanese baseball player (Brother Elephants), traffic collision.^[26]
• 1 November – Chang Yi, 68, Taiwanese film director (Jade Love, Kuei-Mei, a Woman), co-founder of Liuli Gongfang.^[27]
• 7 November – Chung Laung Liu, 86, Chinese-born Taiwanese computer scientist.^[28]