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2017 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2017 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 106 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 1 January
  • The abolishment of the Special Investigation Division.
  • The increment of monthly minimum wage from NT$20,008 to NT$21,009 and hourly minimum wage from NT$126 to NT$133.
  • The reduction of annual national holidays from 19 to 12 days.
  • The increment of annual leaves from 0 to 3 days, 7 to 10 days, 10 to 14 days and 14 to 15 days for employees who have worked for 6–12 months, 2–3 years, 3–5 years and 5–10 years respectively.
  • Implementation of smoking ban at all bus stops in Taipei.
  • 5 January – The opening of Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum in Taoyuan City.
  • 6 January – American-born Roman Catholic priest Brendan O'Connell becomes the first foreign-born, naturalized citizen of the Republic of China.
  • 7 January – Resignation of Kuomintang Deputy Chairperson Steve Chan.
  • 11 January – Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed along the western side of Taiwan Strait median line.
  • 17 January – The establishment of Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center in Kinmen.

February

March

April

May

  • 10 May – The closure of Fiji Trade and Tourism Representative Office in Taipei.
  • 13 May – The opening of Sky Dream, Taiwan's largest Ferries wheel in Houli District, Taichung.
  • 15 May – The final print edition of The China Post is published.
  • 20 May – 2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election
  • 24 May – The Judicial Yuan ruled that laws restricting same-sex marriage were unconstitutional and gave the Legislative Yuan two years to amend existing laws or create new laws so as to comply with the court's decision.

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

  • 8 January – , 69, Taiwanese politician, Secretary-General of People First Party, heart attack.
  • 22 January – Chen Yu-mei, 50, Taiwanese politician, deputy minister of the OCAC (2013–14).
  • 23 January – Leslie Koo, 62, Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement), fall.
  • 24 January – , 92, Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo).
  • 9 February – Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer.
  • 16 February – Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer.
  • 8 March – Li Yuan-tsu, 93, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (1990–1996), kidney failure.
  • 11 March – Tsui Hsiao-ping, 94, Taiwanese radio director.
  • 26 March – Chen Uen, 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.
  • 8 April – Pei Pu-yen, 96, Taiwanese literary scholar, brain tumor.
  • 18 April – Li Yih-yuan, 85, Taiwanese anthropologist, complications of pneumonia.
  • 20 April – Chen Lien-hua (陳蓮花), 93, Taiwanese comfort woman, intestinal infection.
  • 22 April – Lee Chi-chun, 74, Taiwanese radio presenter.
  • 25 April – Hsieh Chin-ting, 81, Taiwanese politician, Miaoli County Magistrate (1981–1989).
  • 27 April – Lin Yi-han, 26, Taiwanese writer, suicide by hanging.
  • 15 May – Chu Ke-liang, 70, Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin, David Loman, The Wonderful Wedding) and comedian, liver failure.
  • 31 May – Jerry Martinson, 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.
  • 10 June – Chi Po-lin, 52, Taiwanese film director ('), helicopter crash.
  • 18 June – Shih Chun-jen, 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon, Minister of the Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.
  • 21 June – , 52, Taiwanese political commentator, brain tumor.
  • Jeffrey Ying (應天華), 63, Taiwanese aviator, first Taiwanese pilot to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane, plane crash.
  • 18 July – , 66, Taiwanese businessman, (Eslite Bookstore).
  • 22 July – , 83, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest.
  • 31 July – Liu Wen-hsiung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2008).
  • 22 August – Matthew Kia Yen-wen, 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of Kiayi (1970–1974) and Hwalien (1974–1978).
  • 22 September – , 70, Sarawak-born Taiwanese novelist, multiple organ failure.
  • 27 September – Shen Che-tsai, 91, Taiwanese painter.
  • 28 September – Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.
  • 4 November – Cheng Ch'ing-wen, 85, Taiwanese writer.
  • 16 November – Hsiao Teng-tzang, 83, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1973–1986), Minister of Justice (1988–1989).
  • 19 November – Tai Chen-yao, 69, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1990–1996, 1999–2002), pancreatic cancer.
  • 9 December – Ching Li, 72, Taiwanese actress.
  • 14 December – Yu Kwang-chung, 89, Taiwanese poet.
  • 22 December – Wang Panyuan, 109, Taiwanese painter, multiple organ failure.

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