President Tsai Ing-wen launches a campaign regarding book reading in support of Taiwanese book publishers.
TECO Prague representative, Ke Liang-ruey, meets with Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib and announces that Prague and Taiwan will have increased cooperation in science and education.
Semiconductor chip shortages, and Taiwan, which has one of the world's largest chipmaking industries, is at the center of efforts to resolve the shortage.
Taiwan plans to increase childcare subsidies and tax deductions, have more benefits for parents, and expand the number of spots at affordable preschools and day care facilities in an effort to lift the country's birthrates.
Guyana yields to Beijing's pressure and cancels representative office deal with Taiwan, saying the deal was a misunderstanding.
Taiwan's Minister of Economic AffairsWang Mei-hua meets with “very senior U.S. officials,” such as Matt Murray (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Negotiations Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs), the first high-level exchange between the Biden administration and Taiwan, to discuss mainly chip shortages.
President of Academia Sinica, James Liao, is awarded with Samson Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Energy and Smart Mobility for Transportation.
March 17 - 25th Taiwan-France Cultural Award awarded.
March 18 - Salmon chaos: Restaurant chain Sushiro offers free sushi to people with the word for salmon (鮭魚) on their ID, resulting in many people requesting name changes.
CPC Corporation will begin to drill for water, amidst drought/water shortage.
April 16 - April 17 - Live fire exercise between many military branches.
April 17 - Travelers from Taiwan who present proof of negative coronavirus tests from select hospitals will be exempt from Hawaii's quarantine.
April 18
Body of missing pilot (March 22) found.
Matzu procession (April 9) ends.
Taiwan wins bid from TWIF to host 2026 World Indoor Tug of War Championships.
Two relatively large earthquakes in Taiwan (5.8 and 6.2).
April 19
National Center of Photography and Images (NCPI) opens in Taipei.
Taiwanese weightlifterKuo Hsing-chun wins three gold medals and sets new records for the 59 kg category.
April 19 - Reservations for self-pad coronavirus vaccination available.
April 20
Taiwan Solidarity Act introduced in the United States' congress.
Despite need of vaccines, Paraguay does not end diplomatic ties with Taiwan for China.
Tainan joins Kaohsiung and Hsinchu and closes swimming pools, car washes, and other things that require much water to preserve water during the drought.
May 1 - Labor Day protest to raise minimum wage, increase pay for teachers, civil servants, employees of state-run enterprises, and fix pension issues.
May 2
Taiwan donates 150 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders to India, India has had 400,000 New cases daily.
Taiwan begins centralized quarantine system for people traveling from/through India due to a large amount of cases in late April-early May.
May 12 - Foreign Ministers Wu and Brolo video call.
May 15 - COVID-19 alert level raised to 3 in Taipei and New Taipei.
May 15–16 (Changhua), May 22–23 (Chiayi), May 29–30 (Tainan), June 5–6 (Hualien), June 12–13 (Pingtung) - Cloud Gatetour in Taiwan.
May 17
Spike in COVID-19 cases raises alarm and forces the Taiwanese government to impose its toughest social restrictions in order to curb the rising infection rate.
Formosa Club in the Caribbean launched.
May 18
Kaohsiung imposes restrictions similar to Level 3 epidemic alert.
The legislative committee responsible for constitutional amendments holds its first meeting.
Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation, Taiwan's central securities depository, issues statement for all companies listed on the TWSE, TPEx, and ESB to comply with pandemic restrictions and recommends having shareholder meetings online.
GCTF meeting with the United States, Japan, UK, Australia.
May 19
Migrant workers banned from entry due to COVID-19 surge.
Executive Yuan introduces contact tracing text messaging service.
May 19 - June 18 - Border control tightens amid COVID-19 case spikes, visa application processing and entry of foreign nationals will be paused. Exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis.
May 19–28 - All schools in Taiwan switch to virtual/distance learning.
May 20
Rouday Stanley Penn, ambassador of Haiti to Taiwan gives copy of credentials to Foreign Minister Wu.
National Palace Museum entries at WorldFest Houston film festival win 26 Remi awards.
May 21
13 of Taiwan's 15 diplomatic allies have made appeals to the World Health Organization calling for the country's participation in the WHO as an observer.
Blood supplies are the lowest in 20 years, with blood banks reporting an average of 4.4 days of stock, according to the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation.
June 15 FoundOcean secures major contract to build offshore wind farm.
June 16–28 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwanese airspace.
June 23
Lithuania announces donation of 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Taiwan.
All 13 issues listed in the 2020 Taiwan White Paper by the American Chamber of Commerce are completely resolved, a record in the 25-year history of the paper.
June 24
Taiwanese film "Synapses" (Directed by Chang Tso-chi wins Best Film Award at the 18th edition Asian Film Festival which took place at the Cinema Farnese in Rome, Italy, from June 17 through 23.
May 22 - November 21, 17th International Architecture Exhibition.
June 25 - The exhibit Monet and Friends begins.
June 30, Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks with the United States.
October 30 - 2021 Asia Art Biennial with the theme of "Phantasmapolis".
April (New Taipei City), May 8–9 (Taoyuan), May 15–16 (Changhua), May 22–23 (Chiayi), May 29–30 (Tainan), June 5–6 (Hualien), June 12–13 (Pingtung) - Cloud Gatetour in Taiwan
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February – June - Taiwan will receive 1,303,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses as a non U.N. member state from the COVAX program.
May - Moderna will begin delivering 5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan.
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