2025 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2025 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 114 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

Government

The national government, elected in 2024, continues.

• President: Lai Ching-te
• Vice President: Hsiao Bi-khim
• Premier: Cho Jung-tai
• Vice Premier: Cheng Li-chun

• 
  Lai Ching-te
• 
  Hsiao Bi-khim
• 
  Cho Jung-tai

Events

January

• 16 January – Huang Lin-kai becomes the first person to be executed in Taiwan since 2020 after having been convicted for the 2013 rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend and the murder of her mother. ^[1]
• 21 January –
  • A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Chiayi County, injuring 44 people. ^[2]
  • An officer of the Republic of China Air Force dies after being sucked into a fighter jet engine in Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taichung. ^[3]
• 23 January –
  • The government announces plans to cull 120,000 green iguanas nationwide, citing their impact on the agricultural sector. ^[4]
  • President Lai signs into law a bill requiring ten justices to constitute a quorum at the Constitutional Court. ^[5]
• 31 January – The government bans employees in the public sector and key infrastructure facilities from using the Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek, citing national security concerns. ^[6]

February

• 4 February – The Hsinchu District Court sentences nine people to up to ten years' imprisonment over the discovery of a cannabis-growing operation in Hsinchu County that becomes the largest such operation uncovered in Taiwan, with nearly 6,000 cannabis plants and related products valued at NT$2 billion (US$60.81 million) recovered. ^[7]
• 5 February – A 73-year old man is arrested in Kaohsiung on suspicion of killing three women in a suspected serial murder. ^[8]
• 13 February – 2025 Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi gas explosion: Four people are killed in a gas explosion at a department store in Taichung. ^[9]
• 15 February –
  • An T-BE5A Brave Eagle training aircraft of the Republic of China Air Force crashes off the coast of Taitung. The pilot is rescued. ^[10]
  • Acting Taiwan People's Party chair Huang Kuo-chang is elected in an internal by-election to lead the party and fill out the unexpired term of his predecessor, Ko Wen-je, until 2026. ^[11]
• 21–25 February – The Taipei Dome hosts Pool A of the World Baseball Classic 2025 Qualifiers. ^[12]
• 22 February – Amid unprecedented overcrowding in emergency rooms, the Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine calls on the government to act. ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• 25 February –
  • TPP lawmaker Wu Chun-cheng resigns from the Legislative Yuan amid allegations of conflict of interest in supporting a bill seeking to address aging through industrial development. ^[16]
  • The Taiwan-Penghu No. 3 submarine communications cable linking Taiwan island and Penghu County is severed, prompting the detention of a Togolese-flagged vessel and its Chinese crew by Taiwanese authorities after they were spotted in the vicinity of the area were the cable was cut. ^[17]
• 26 February –
  • EVA Air imposes a ban on passengers using or charging power banks and spare lithium batteries on flights beginning on 1 March. ^[18]
  • The Disciplinary Court convicts former ambassador Michael Hsu of workplace sexual harassment when he was head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines from 2018 to 2023 and sentences him to an employment ban of three years and a fine of NT$500,000 (US$15,241). ^[19]

March

• 3 March – US President Donald Trump and TSMC's CEO announce a new $100 billion investment to build chip manufacturing facilities in the United States. The investment requires approval by the Taiwanese government. ^[20]
• 12 March – Chung Wen-chih absconds after failing to report to police following his sentencing to 30 years and five months in prison for securities fraud, from which he was accused of profiting NT$400 million. ^[21]
• 13 March – In a speech, President Lai labels China a "foreign hostile force" and announces a set of new national security measures, including plans to reinstate a peacetime military court system. ^{[22] [23]}

April

• 1 April – China conducts military drills off Taiwan's coasts as a warning against Taiwan independence and as "punishment for the Lai Ching-te administration's rampant 'pro-independence' provocations". ^{[24] [25]}
• 7 April – Taiwan's benchmark stock market index drops by 9.7%, the largest one-day percentage fall in history. ^{[26] [27]}
• 9 April – US tariffs of 32% on imports from Taiwan, except semiconductors, take effect. ^{[28] [29]}
• 10 April – The US lowers a 32% tariff on imports from Taiwan to 10%, as part of a tariff pause for most countries. ^{[30] [31]}
• 30 April — Somalia imposes an entry ban on Taiwanese nationals due to Taiwan opening "unauthorized offices", prompting a reciprocal response by Taiwan on Somali nationals. ^[32]

May

• 17–30 May – 2025 Summer World Masters Games ^{[33] [34]}
• 19 May – Three people are killed in a car-ramming at an intersection in New Taipei City. ^[35]

June

• 11 June – A M_L  6.4 earthquake shakes the eastern coast, with shaking felt across the island and in parts of Penghu. No casualties are reported. ^[36]
• 12 June – A Chinese ship captain is convicted and sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Tainan District Court for damaging an undersea cable connecting the Taiwanese mainland to Penghu. ^[37]
• 23 June – Fares on the Taiwan Railway increase for the first time in 30 years. ^[38]

July

• 4 July – The Republic of China Air Force retires its fleet of F-5 fighter jets after 60 years in operation. ^[39]
• 6 July – Typhoon Danas makes landfall near Budai, Chiayi County, ^[40] killing two people and injuring 502 others. ^[41]
• 12 July – Taiwan deploys U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket systems in Taichung during their first use in the annual Han Kuang Exercise. ^[42]
• 21 July – One person is killed in a car accident on Provincial Highway 9 in Hualien County, which is partly blamed on the effects of Tropical Storm Wipha. ^[43]
• 25 July – 3 August – Tainan hosts the 2025 U-12 Baseball World Cup. ^[44] The Chinese Taipei national under-12 baseball team finishes fourth. ^[45]
• 26 July – 2025 Taiwanese recall votes: Recall elections are held in 24 electoral districts of the Legislative Yuan held by the Kuomintang. All nominated MPs are retained in office. ^[46]

August

• 8 August – The first case of chikungunya in Taiwan is detected in a woman who had traveled to a virus-affected area in Foshan, China. ^[47]
• 13 August – Typhoon Podul makes landfall over Taitung County, leaving one person missing and injuring 112 others. ^[48]
• 19 August – Huang Chung-wei, the son of former DPP lawmaker Huang Jen-shu, is sentenced by the Kaohsiung District Court to two years' imprisonment for selling fuel to North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions and the Counter-Terrorism Financing Act. ^[49]
• 23 August –
  • 2025 Taiwanese recall votes: Recall elections are held in seven electoral districts of the Legislative Yuan held by the Kuomintang. All nominated MPs are retained in office. ^[50]
  • 2025 Taiwanese referendum: A proposal by the Taiwan People's Party, with the support of the Kuomintang, to extend the operations of the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant fails in a referendum after the number of affirmative votes fails to reach the 25% threshold needed for it to pass. ^[50]
• 24 August – Taiwan wins its first Little League World Series title since 1996 after defeating Nevada 7-0 in the final held at South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[51]
• 27 August – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake his Yilan County, causing a ceiling collapse at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei. ^[52]

September

• 13 September – The Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian sails through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, accompanied by two guided-missile destroyers en route to the South China Sea for training and scientific experiments. ^[53]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Taiwan

Source: ^[54]

• 1 January – New Year's Day and Republic Day
• 25 January – 2 February – Chinese New Year
• 28 February – Peace Memorial Day
• 5 April – Children's Day and Tomb-Sweeping Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 31 May – Dragon Boat Festival
• 6 October – Mid-Autumn Festival
• 10 October – National Day

Deaths

• 7 January – Cheng Yu-cheng, 78, politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1981–1987, 1990–1993, 2002–2005), heart attack. ^[55]
• 8 January – Lin Cheng-fong, 75, politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2005–2008) and mayor of Guishan City (1998–2005). ^[56]
• 9 January – Lee Ching-tai, 82, Taiwanese-American physician and activist, president of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (2006–2007). ^[57]
• 14 January
  • Chen Ching-Po, Taiwanese-Japanese professional golfer, 93, sepsis. ^[58]
  • Li Kuei-hsien, 87, poet. ^[59]
• 16 January – Hsieh Shih-chien, 72, airline executive, president (since 2016) and chairman (since 2019) of China Airlines. ^[60]
• 25 January – Huang Mao-zong, 81, judge, justice of the Judicial Yuan (2008–2016). ^[61]
• 2 February – Barbie Hsu, 48, actress, pneumonia. ^[62]
• 5 February – Cecilia Koo  [ zh ], 104, philanthropist and centenarian. ^[63]
• 21 February – Kuo-ch'ing Tu, 83, poet and translator. ^[64]
• 14 March – Chang Chen-huan  [ zh ], 65, actor (body discovered on this date). ^[65]
• 24 March – Kuo Yao-chi, 69, politician, minister of the Public Construction Commission (2002–2005) and Transportation and Communications (2006), aortic dissection. ^[66]
• 4 May – Hsu Li-nung, 106, military officer, minister of the Veterans Affairs Council (1987–1993). ^[67]
• 3 June – Lin Cheng-chieh, 72, politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1996) ^[68]
• 9 June – Wang Hsing-ching, 78, journalist, political commentator and cultural critic. ^[69]
• 11 June – Stella Chen, 75, journalist and politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1993–1995), cancer. ^[70]
• 14 July – Chang Jung-lin, 40, pool player. ^[71]
• 23 July – Paul Chiu, 83, economist and politician, finance minister (1996–2000) and vice premier (2008–2009). ^[72] (death announced on this date)
• 4 August – Cho-yun Hsu, 95, Taiwanese-American historian. ^[73]
• 18 August – Lin Chia-cheng, 73, politician, Minister of Examination (2004–2008) and the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (2000–2004). ^[74] (death announced on this date)
• 3 September – Cheng Ching-mao, 92, sinologist. ^[75]
• 16 September – Ting Mao-shih, 99, diplomat, foreign minister (1987–1988). ^[76]
• 18 September – Tjaikung Ruveljeng  [ zh ], physician, cancer. ^[77]

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