2024 in Taiwan

← 2023 2022 2021 2024 in Taiwan → 2025 2026 2027
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 2024 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 113 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President: Tsai Ing-wen (until 20 May); Lai Ching-te (since 20 May)
• Vice President: Lai Ching-te (until 20 May); Hsiao Bi-khim (since 20 May)
• Premier: Chen Chien-jen (until 20 May); Cho Jung-tai (since 20 May)
• Vice Premier: Cheng Wen-tsan (until 20 May); Cheng Li-chun (since 20 May)

Events

January

• January 13:
  • The opposition Kuomintang wins a majority in the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election.
  • Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president. ^[1]
• January 25 – Taiwan officially extends compulsory military service to one year from four months due to rising tensions with China. ^[2]

February

• February 14 – 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident: Four Chinese fishermen go overboard and two drown near Kinmen, after their boat capsizes while being chased by the Taiwan Coast Guard, who allege they were trespassing. ^[3]

March

• March 27 - A food poisoning outbreak originating from a restaurant in Xinyi District, Taipei, occurs, believed to be caused by bongkrek acid. Two people die and several others are hospitalized. ^[4]

April

• April 3 –
  • 2024 Hualien earthquake: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake is felt off the east coast of Taiwan in Hualien County. Eighteen people are killed, while over 1,100 others are injured. ^{[5] [6]}
  • The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says more than 30 Chinese PLA Air Force warplanes entered Taiwanese airspace, and at least nine PLA Navy warships were detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces is deployed in response to the violation. ^[7]
• April 13 – The Kuomintang wins five of six by-elections for the mayorship of Miaoli City and other local positions, with an independent candidate winning the sixth. ^[8]

May

• May 19 – White Terror Memorial Day, an event to commemorate political repression under the regime of Chiang Kai-shek from 1949 to 1987, is officially observed for the first time following a decision by the Taiwanese government. ^{[9] [10]}
• May 20 – The Legislative Yuan votes in favor of highly controversial legislative reform bills that result in some lawmakers engaging in legislative violence. Chung Chia-pin, Chiu Chih-wei, Chuang Jui-hsiung, Puma Shen and Wu Tsung-hsien are hospitalized following the incident. ^[11]
• May 20 – Lai Ching-te is sworn in as President of Taiwan, with Hsiao Bi-khim as his Vice President. ^[12]
• May 21 – Three people are injured in the 2024 Taichung Metro attack.
• May 23 – China holds military drills around Taiwan as a "strong punishment" for "separatist acts". ^[13]
• May 24 – Tens of thousands of people protest against reforms in the Legislative Yuan. ^[14]
• May 28 – The Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party pass amendments granting the Legislative Yuan greater powers to oversee the executive and to question officials and citizens, despite claims that these amendments violate civil liberties and could reduce the powers of president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party. ^[15]

June

• June 9 – A Chinese speedboat enters the mouth of the Tamsui River before colliding with other vessels at a ferry terminal. The boat's sole occupant, who claims to be a defector from China, is arrested ^[16] and later identified as a former captain in the People's Liberation Army Navy of China. ^[17]
• June 21 – China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act. ^[18]
• June 27 – The government officially advises its citizens to avoid traveling to the People's Republic of China as well as Hong Kong and Macao in response to Beijing's decision to criminalise pro-independence sentiments. ^[19]

July

• July 2 – The Taiwanese fishing vessel Tachinman 88 is intercepted and boarded by the China Coast Guard off Kinmen and taken along with its crew to Fujian Province in mainland China. ^[20]
• July 11 – Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far. ^[21]
• July 12 – The Ministry of Culture announces the removal of military honor guards from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall as part of efforts to stop the promotion of a "cult of personality" around the former leader and "authoritarianism". ^[22]
• July 24–25 – At least ten people are killed nationwide as Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall over Yilan County. ^{[23] [24]}
• July 30 – An agreement is reached between China and Taiwan to repatriate the fatalities of the 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident to the mainland. ^[25]
• July 31 – The closure of TransWorld University. ^[26]

August

• August 16 – A kindergarten teacher is sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment by the Taipei District Court for 200 cases of sexual abuse involving children dating as early as 2022. ^[27]
• August 19 – Health officials in Tainan report three cases of mpox since the start of the year. ^[28]
• August 22 – A court in Taipei sentences eight military officers to up to 13 years' imprisonment for spying for China. ^[29]
• August 26 – Chinese rapper Wang Yitai is barred from entering Taiwan and has his 14 September concert in Taipei banned for using the term "Taipei, China" in his promotional materials. ^[30]
• August 30 – Ko Wen-je, the leader of the Taiwan People's Party, is arrested as part of a corruption investigation into a property project conducted when he was mayor of Taipei. ^[31]

September

• September 10 – A Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Republic of China Air Force crashes off the coast of Hsinchu during a nighttime training exercise. The pilot safely ejects and is later rescued. ^[32]
• September 20 – The Constitutional Court imposes tighter regulations on the usage of the death penalty following a case brought by 37 death row inmates, including a ban on its application to "defendants with mental conditions". ^[33]

October

• October 3 –
  • At least two people are killed nationwide as Typhoon Krathon makes landfall over Siaogang District, Kaohsiung. ^[34]
  • At least nine people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Donggang, Pingtung. ^{[35] [36]}
• October 18 – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa orders the transfer of the Taiwan Liaison Office in Pretoria to Johannesburg, ^[37] which Taiwan rejects, calling a violation of a 1997 agreement made following the downgrading of their relations. ^[38]
• October 25 – The Constitutional Court strikes down amendments passed in May by the Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party granting the Legislative Yuan expanded oversight powers as unconstitutional, citing the separations of powers among branches of government. ^[39]
• October 31 – At least two people are killed nationwide as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall over Chenggong, Taitung. ^{[40] [41]}

November

• November 15 – The Control Yuan impeaches Feng Kwang-chung, the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in São Paulo, following investigations into procurement violations and neglect of duties that contributed the suicide of an agency employee in 2023. ^[42]

Deaths

• 1 January – Chang Chih-chia, 43, baseball pitcher (Seibu Lions, La New Bears). ^[43]
• 4 January
  • Ssu-ma Chung-yuan  [ zh ], 90, writer. ^[44]
  • Chen Den-li (陳登立), 89, sportswear company founder (Victor). ^[45]
• 6 January – Cheng Chung-chuan, 93, artist. ^[46]
• 15 January – Shih Ming-teh, 83, activist and politician, MLY (1993–2002). ^[47]
• 1 February – Chang Chuan-chiung, 95, pharmacologist, member of the Academia Sinica. ^[48]
• 11 February – Chen Chun-han  [ zh ], 40, lawyer, complications of the common cold. ^[49]
• 15 February – Law Pak, 90, Hong Kong-Taiwanese football player and coach. ^[50]
• 16 February – Hu Yao-heng (胡耀恆), 88, theatre historian. ^[51]
• 11 March – Chien Tung-ming, 72, politician, MLY (2008–2020). ^[52]
• 20 March – Wang Shih-hsiung, 63, politician, MLY (1990–1996), pancreatic cancer. ^[53]
• 28 March – Chi Pang-yuan, 100, translator. ^[54]
• 27 June – Chang Yuan-chih, 35, mountaineer, fall. ^[55]
• 28 July – Shi Jin-Hua, 60, artist, traffic collision. ^[56]
• 6 August
  • Doris Brougham, 98, American–Taiwanese missionary and English-language educator, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. ^[57]
  • Tseng Kuei-hai  [ zh ], 78, physician and poet. ^[58]
• 4 September – Yang Jen-fu, 82, politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1999–2012). ^[59]
• 8 September – Wu Chien-pao, politician, member (1998–2011) and speaker (2002–2010) of the Tainan City Council, esophageal cancer. ^[60]
• 27 September – Yen Shih-hung  [ zh ], 96, writer and physician. ^[61]
• 11 October – Ya Hsien, 92, poet. ^[62]
• 25 October – Wang Ching-feng, 91, politician, Hualien County magistrate (1993–2001). ^[63]
• 1 November – Chen Huei-dung (陳輝東), 86, artist and museum founder (Tainan Art Museum). ^[64]

References

1. Davidson, Helen; Hawkins, Amy (2024-01-13). "Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as president". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-13.
2. CHANG, Sean. "Taiwan's First Conscripts For Extended Military Service Report For Duty". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
3. "Two Chinese fishermen die after chase with Taiwan's Coast Guard, which alleges trespassing". AP News. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
4. Chin Hui Shan (2024-03-27). "2 men die of suspected food poisoning in Taipei after eating char kway teow". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
5. "High school student injured in earthquake dies". Focus Taiwan. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
6. "台湾花莲地震已造成13人死亡1145人受伤". Southern News Network. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
7. "Over 30 Chinese Warplanes, 9 navy vessels around Taiwan". April 3, 2024.
8. "KMT-backed candidates win 5 of 6 by-elections". Focus Taiwan. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
9. "Taiwan's Cabinet establishes May 19 as annual White Terror Memorial Day". Radio Taiwan International. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
10. "Political prisoners' properties returned". Taipei Times. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
11. "Legislature in chaos over legislative reform bills". Focus Taiwan. 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
12. "William Lai Ching-te urges peace as he becomes Taiwan's new president". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
13. "Taiwan condemns China drills as 'irrational provocations'". BBC. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
14. "Tens of thousands protest against contentious Taiwan parliament reforms'". reuters. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
15. Davidson, Helen (May 28, 2024). "Taiwan passes controversial reform bill after violence and protests". The Guardian.
16. "Coast guards to be disciplined over Chinese boat incursion: Minister". Focus Taiwan. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
17. "Taiwan arrests former Chinese navy captain over illegal speedboat arrival". Al Jazeera. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
18. Hille, Kathrin (2024-06-21). "China threatens death penalty for Taiwan 'separatists'". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
19. "Taiwan urges citizens to avoid travel to China, Hong Kong and Macao following Beijing threats". Associated Press. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
20. "Taiwan says China told Taiwan's coast guard to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew". Associated Press. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
21. "Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
22. "Taiwan to stop 'worshipping authoritarianism' at Chiang Kai-shek statue". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
23. Liu, Chien-bang; Yang, Evelyn (28 July 2024). "Typhoon Gaemi causes 10 deaths, 895 injuries in Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
24. "Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall near Yilan's Nan'ao". Focus Taiwan. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
25. Ng, Kelly (28 July 2024). "Taiwan and China reach deal over fishermen's deaths". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
26. "Universities close amid diminishing enrollment numbers". Taipei Times. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
27. "Taiwan jails kindergarten teacher over 'vicious' abuse of children". BBC. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
28. "Tainan confirms three mpox cases amid global outbreak│TVBS新聞網". TVBS. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
29. "Taiwan jails spies 'seduced by money' to work for China". BBC. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
30. "Taiwan bans concert by Chinese rapper over insulting 'Taipei, China' promotional materials". Associated Press. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
31. "Taipei's former mayor Ko Wen-je arrested in graft probe". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
32. "A Taiwanese fighter jet crashes during a training exercise and the pilot is found safe". Associated Press. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
33. "Taiwan retains death penalty but limits use to 'exceptional' cases". France 24. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
34. "Typhoon Krathon makes landfall on Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain". AP News. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
35. "Fire at Pingtung hospital leaves 8 dead, 2 missing". Focus Taiwan. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
36. "Hospital fire in Taiwan kills nine people". BBC. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
37. "South Africa asks Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the capital". Associated Press. October 19, 2024.
38. "Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital". Associated Press. October 22, 2024.
39. "Constitutional ruling affirms gov't branches on equal footing: Control Yuan". Focus Taiwan. October 25, 2024.
40. "Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan's east coast, leaving 2 dead, hundreds injured". AP News. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
41. "Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall in Taitung". Focus Taiwan. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
42. "Taiwan Sao Paulo office head impeached over procurement scandal". Focus Taiwan. 2024-11-16. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
43. Yeh, Joseph (2 January 2024). "BASEBALL/Ex-Taiwanese ace, Seibu Lions hurler Chang Chih-chia dead at 43". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
44. Wang, Pao-er; Hsiao, Bernadette (4 January 2024). "Taiwanese ghost story writer Ssu-Ma Chung-yuan dies at 90". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
45. Li, Chien-chung; Kao, Evelyn (8 January 2024). "Victor badminton brand founder Chen Den-li dies at 89". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 January 2024. Chen Den-li (陳登立), the founder of Victor, a world-renowned Taiwanese badminton and racket brand, passed away at his home on Jan. 4 aged 89, the company said Monday on its Facebook page. Chen was born in Changhua County in 1935. He founded Victor Rackets Industrial Corp. in 1968 and began producing shuttlecocks, which became bestsellers in Taiwan within two years, according to the company.
46. 王, 駿杰 (7 January 2024). "台灣現代美術史瑰寶鄭瓊娟辭世 享壽93歲". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
47. "Shih Ming-te dedicated life to democracy". Taipei Times. 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
48. "中研院士張傳烱辭世享耆壽96歲 專精藥理學曾獲邀至美國務院發表論文". Up Media. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
49. Yeh, Su-ping; Wu, Po-wei; Wang, Hsin-yu; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Hsiao, Bernadette (15 February 2024). "Lawyer, DPP legislator-at-large candidate Chen Chun-han dies at 40". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 February 2024. Republished as: "Lawyer Chen Chun-han of the DPP dies at age 40". Taipei Times. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
50. Chiang-Fa, He. "羅北穿「飛駝50週年」紀念衫上天國 飛駝人感性追思致意". Yahoo (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
51. Chao, Maggie; Liu, Kay (18 February 2024). "NTU drama department founding chair Hu Yao-heng dies at 87". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
52. "享壽73歲 藍前立委簡東明病逝". United Daily News (聯合新聞網) (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
53. 林, 巧璉 (3 April 2024). "前立委王世雄胰臟癌病逝高雄長庚 享壽63歲" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
54. Chiu, Tsu-yin; Ko, Lin (30 March 2024). "Renowned Taiwan writer Chi Pang-yuan dies at 100". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
55. Chen, Jung-chen; Tseng, Ting-hsuan; Ko, Lin (29 June 2024). "Taiwanese mountaineer dies from fall hiking Mont Blanc". Central News Agency. Retrieved 28 June 2024. Republished as: "Taiwanese dies from fall hiking on Mont Blanc: family". Taipei Times. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
56. 宋, 原彰 (29 June 2024). "當代藝術家石晉華車禍亡 藝術界嘆：走筆人生嘎然而止". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
57. Lin, Sean (7 August 2024). "Class dismissed: Brougham leaves enduring legacy on Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
58. Chiung, Taiffalo (31 August 2024). "The origins of 'Taiwan Taiwanese'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
59. "前立委楊仁福病逝享壽83歲 生前致力原民事務" (in Chinese). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
60. 楊, 思瑞 (8 September 2024). "前台南議長吳健保病逝 親友盼功過留社會評論" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
61. Yen, Kuan-yin; Ko, Lin (30 September 2024). "Renowned physician, author and White Terror victim dies at 96". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 October 2024. Republished as: "Author Yen Shih-hung dies aged 96". Taipei Times. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
62. Yeh, Kuan-yin; Cheng, Ai-fen; Ko, Lin (12 October 2024). "Renowned poet, co-founder of Epoch Poetry Society Ya Hsien dies at 92" . Retrieved 12 October 2024. Republished as: "Epoch Poetry Society founder Ya Hsien dies at age 92". Taipei Times. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
63. 張, 祈 (25 October 2024). "花蓮前縣長王慶豐辭世 享耆壽91歲" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
64. Wang, Pao-er; Chang, Jung-hsiang; Lo, James (2 November 2024). "Tainan Art Museum founding chairman dies at 86". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2024.