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.Incumbents
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.
April
- 1 April – The renaming of National Space Program Office to National Space Organization.
- 29 April – The opening of Baguashan Tunnel.
May
- 14 May – 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election. Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party won the election.
- 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.
- 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%.
- 18 July – Typhoon Haiting hit Taiwan. The typhoon has winds up to 114 mph.
- 22 July – The establishment of TTV World.
August
- 2 August – President Chen Shui-bian proposed Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China.
- 31 August – Typhoon Talim hit Taiwan. It caused about $1.5 billion in damage.
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.
October
- 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.
Deaths
- 3 January – Koo Chen-fu, 87, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation.
- 6 April – Hsu Hai-ching, 92, Taiwanese gangster
- 15 June – Henry Kao, 91, Minister of Transportation and Communications.
- 1 November – Ma Ho-ling, 84, father of President Ma Ying-jeou.
