2024 in Taiwan

The following is a list of expected and scheduled events for the year 2024 in Taiwan.

Incumbents

 * President: Tsai Ing-wen (until 20 May); Lai Ching-te (since 20 May)
 * Vice President: Lai Ching-te (until 20 May); Hsiao Bi-khim (since 20 May)
 * Premier: Chen Chien-jen (until 20 May); Cho Jung-tai (since 20 May)
 * Vice Premier: Cheng Wen-tsan (until 20 May); Cheng Li-chun (since 20 May)

January

 * January 13:
 * The opposition Kuomintang wins a majority in the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election.
 * Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president.
 * January 25 – Taiwan officially extends compulsory military service to one year from four months due to rising tensions with China.

February

 * February 14 – 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident: Four Chinese fishermen go overboard and two drown near Kinmen, after their boat capsizes while being chased by the Taiwan Coast Guard, who allege they were trespassing.

March

 * March 27 - A food poisoning outbreak originating from a restaurant in Xinyi District, Taipei, occurs, believed to be caused by bongkrek acid. Two people die and several others are hospitalized.

April

 * April 3 –
 * 2024 Hualien earthquake: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake is felt off the east coast of Taiwan in Hualien County. Eighteen people are killed, while over 1,100 others are injured.
 * The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says more than 30 Chinese PLA Air Force warplanes entered Taiwanese airspace, and at least nine PLA Navy warships were detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces is deployed in response to the violation.
 * April 13 – The Kuomintang wins five of six by-elections for the mayorship of Miaoli City and other local positions, with an independent candidate winning the sixth.

May

 * May 19 – White Terror Memorial Day, an event to commemorate political repression under the regime of Chiang Kai-shek from 1949 to 1987, is officially observed for the first time following a decision by the Taiwanese government.
 * May 20 – The Legislative Yuan votes in favor of highly controversial legislative reform bills that result in some lawmakers engaging in legislative violence. Chung Chia-pin, Chiu Chih-wei, Chuang Jui-hsiung, Puma Shen and Wu Tsung-hsien are hospitalized following the incident.
 * May 20 – Lai Ching-te is sworn in as President of Taiwan, with Hsiao Bi-khim as his Vice President.
 * May 21 – Three people are injured in the 2024 Taichung Metro attack.
 * May 23 – China holds military drills around Taiwan as a "strong punishment" for "separatist acts".
 * May 24 – Tens of thousands of people protest against reforms in the Legislative Yuan.
 * May 28 – The Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party pass amendments granting the Legislative Yuan greater powers to oversee the executive and to question officials and citizens, despite claims that these amendments violate civil liberties and could reduce the powers of president Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party.

June

 * June 9 – A Chinese speedboat enters the mouth of the Tamsui River before colliding with other vessels at a ferry terminal. The boat's sole occupant, who claims to be a defector from China, is arrested and later identified as a former captain in the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
 * June 21 – China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act.
 * June 27 – The government officially advises its citizens to avoid traveling to the People's Republic of China as well as Hong Kong and Macao in response to Beijing's decision to criminalise pro-independence sentiments.

July

 * July 2 – The Taiwanese fishing vessel Tachinman 88 is intercepted and boarded by the China Coast Guard off Kinmen and taken along with its crew to Fujian Province in mainland China.
 * July 11 – Taiwan reports that 66 Chinese military aircraft operated around Taiwanese airspace in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day number in 2024 so far.
 * July 12 – The Ministry of Culture announces the removal of military honor guards from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall as part of efforts to stop the promotion of a "cult of personality" around the former leader and "authoritarianism".

Deaths

 * 1 January – Chang Chih-chia, 43, Taiwanese baseball pitcher (Seibu Lions, La New Bears).
 * 4 January
 * Ssu-ma Chung-yuan, 90, Taiwanese writer.
 * Chen Den-li (陳登立), 89, Taiwanese sportswear company founder (Victor).
 * 15 January – Shih Ming-teh, 83, Taiwanese activist and politician, MLY (1993–2002).
 * 1 February – Chang Chuan-chiung, 95, Taiwanese pharmacologist, member of the Academia Sinica.
 * 11 February – Chen Chun-han, 40, Taiwanese lawyer, complications of the common cold.
 * 15 February – Law Pak, 90, Hong Kong-Taiwanese football player and coach.
 * 16 February – Hu Yao-heng (胡耀恆), 88, Taiwanese theatre historian.
 * 11 March – Chien Tung-ming, 72, Taiwanese politician, MLY (2008–2020).
 * 20 March – Wang Shih-hsiung, 63, Taiwanese politician, MLY, pancreatic cancer.
 * 28 March – Chi Pang-yuan, 100, Taiwanese translator.
 * 27 June – Chang Yuan-chih, 35, Taiwanese mountaineer, fall.