1983 in Taiwan

Events from the year 1983 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 72 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

← 1982 1981 1980 1983 in Taiwan → 1984 1985 1986
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1983 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President – Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President – Hsieh Tung-min
• Premier – Sun Yun-suan
• Vice Premier – Chiu Chuang-huan

Events

March

• 28 March – The commissioning of first unit of Tunghsiao Power Plant in Miaoli County.

August

• 8 August – The establishment of Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Zhongshan District, Taipei.

October

• 31 October – The opening of Guandu Bridge which links Taipei and New Taipei.

December

• 3 December – 1983 Republic of China legislative election.

Births

• 8 January – Pan Tzu-hui, softball athlete
• 19 January – Jane Huang, singer
• 30 March – Hebe Tien, actress and singer
• 22 April – Chang Chia-che, long-distance running athlete
• 12 May – Ho Ming-tsan, football player
• 31 May – Michelle Chen, actress and singer
• 10 June – Hsueh Shih-ling, actor, rapper, songwriter and television presenter
• 11 July – Christine Kuo, actress
• 27 August – Chen Bolin, actor
• 6 September – Jing Chang, singer
• 20 September
  • Shone An, singer and actor
  • A-Lin, singer and lyricist
• 8 October – Maggie Wu, model and actress
• 11 October – Wu Hsiao-li, volleyball player
• 31 October – Jay Shih, actor, singer and TV host
• 2 December – Monica Yin, actress
• 28 November – Alien Huang, singer and actor
• 25 December – Gwei Lun-mei actress
• 28 December – Joseph Chang, actor

Deaths

• 30 June – Hsu Shih-hsien, 75, former Mayor of Chiayi City.