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See also:	Other events of 1979 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year1979 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 68 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

• President –Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President –Hsieh Tung-min
• Premier –Sun Yun-suan
• Vice Premier –Hsu Ching-chung

• 1 January:
  • The United States withdraws recognition of the Republic of China and recognizes the People's Republic of China as thesole legitimate government of "China".
  • People’s Republic of China’sStanding Committee of the National People's Congress published theMessage to the Compatriots in Taiwan [s]
• 11 January – The establishments ofExport-Import Bank of the Republic of China.

• 8 February – The opening ofChongde Station andHeping Station ofTaiwan Railways Administration inXiulin Township,Hualien County.
• 26 February –Chiang Kai-shek International Airport located in Taoyuan County (now isTaoyuan County) officially opened.

• April 4 — United States PresidentJimmy Carter signs theTaiwan Relations Act into law.
• President Chiang Ching-kuo promulgated theThree Noes policy with dealing with the mainland: “no contact, no negotiation and no compromise”

• 17 May – The defection ofJustin Yifu Lin to thePeople's Republic of China.

• 24 July – The establishment ofInstitute for Information Industry.

• 12 September – The Republic of China repeals a law mandating "closure" of theTaiwan Strait, ending blockade conditions in effect since June 1949.^[1]

• 1 July – Upgrade of Kaohsiung City fromprovincial city tospecial municipality.

• 10 December –Kaohsiung Incident inKaohsiung.

• 18 January –Jay Chou, musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director
• 12 March –Holger Chen, Internet celebrity
• 19 March –Lu Wei-chih, golf athlete
• 4 April –Joe Chen, actress, singer and model
• 20 April –Quinn Weng, singer
• 22 April –Yang Chien-fu, baseball player
• 2 June –Huang Wen-hsing, singer and actor
• 16 July –Landy Wen, singer
• 30 July –Show Lo, singer, actor and host
• 24 August –Elva Hsiao, singer
• 15 November –Joyce Chao, actress and singer
• 5 December –Megan Lai, actress and singer
• 31 December –Hsieh Ying-hsuan, actress

• 7 March –Lei Chen, 81, politician and dissident.
• 15 June –Teruo Nakamura, 59, Taiwan-bornJapanese holdout.
• 14 August –Wang Yun-wu, 91,Vice Premier (1958–1963).
• 1 September –Chang Wei-han, 92, actingPresident of the Control Yuan (1972–1973),Vice President of the Control Yuan (1965–1973).

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