# 2004 in Taiwan

Events from the year 2004 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 93 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

## Incumbents

* President – Chen Shui-bian
* Vice President – Annette Lu
* Premier – Yu Shyi-kun
* Vice Premier – Lin Hsin-i, Yeh Chu-lan

## Events
### February

* 1 February – The upgrade of Van Nung Institute of Technology in Zhongli City, Taoyuan County to Vanung University.
* 28 February – 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally.

### March

* 9 March – The opening of Chiayi Municipal Museum in East District, Chiayi City.
* 10 March – The establishment of National Airborne Service Corps of the Ministry of the Interior.
* 19 March – 3-19 shooting incident, an assassination attempt on Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu in Tainan City.
* 20 March
** 2004 Republic of China presidential election took place and Chen Shui-bian won the election, compiling 50.11% of the popular vote.
** 2004 Republic of China referendum.
* 21 March – The opening of Changhua City Library in Changhua County.

### April

* 1 April
** The merging between West District and Central District to form the West Central District in Tainan City.
** The opening of Chuwan Crab Museum in Xiyu Township, Penghu County.

### May

* 1 May – The opening of Green World Ecological Farm in Beipu Township, Hsinchu County.
* 8 May – 15th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei City.
* 20 May – The swearing in of the second term of President Chen Shui-bian.

### June

* 1 June
** The establishment of CTV MyLife.
** The establishment of TTV Family.

### July

* 1 July
** The establishment of Bureau of Energy.
** The establishment of CTV News Channel.
** The establishment of Financial Supervisory Commission.
** The establishment of PTS2.
* 4 July – The establishment of the Formosa Party.

### August

* 1 August – The establishment of Kao Fong College in Changzhi Township, Pingtung County.
* 7 August – The opening of Puppetry Art Center of Taipei in Songshan District, Taipei.
* 13 August – The founding of Runewaker Entertainment in Taichung.
* 17–27 August – Typhoon Aere.

### September

* 1 September – The establishment of TTV Finance.
* 29 September – The opening of Xiaobitan Branch Line of Taipei Metro.

### October

* 1–3 October – The 1st Taiwan Youth Day.

### November

* 19 November – The opening of Miramar Entertainment Park in Zhongshan District, Taipei.
* 21 November – The start of 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
* 21–27 November – Taiwan hosted the 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup. Qatar national basketball team won the competition.

### December

* 1 December – The renaming of Keelung City Cultural Center to Keelung Cultural Center.
* 11 December
** 2004 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary
** 2004 Republic of China legislative election was held and Chen Shui-bian won the popular vote of the election.
* 18 December – 11,551 residents of Kaohsiung City set a world record: longest time to play two songs without stopping.
* 28 December – The opening of YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum in Ren'ai District, Keelung.

## Deaths

* 3 March – Wei Yung, 67, Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (1976-1988).
* 6 April – Yuan Che-sheng [zh], suicide by hanging.
* 14 August – Hsu Tzi-ting [zh], 23, Taiwanese model, suicide by jumping.
* 15 December – Chiang Fang-liang, 88, First Lady (1978–1988), lung cancer.