Taipei City Council

Taipei City Council (Chinese: 台北市議會; pinyin: Táiběishì Yìhuì) is the city council of Taipei, Republic of China. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 63 councillors, all elected lately in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.[2]

Taipei City Council 臺北市議會
13th Taipei City Council
Type
Type	City council
History
Founded	December 25, 1969 (1969-12-25)
Preceded by	Provisional Taipei City Council
New session started	December 25, 2018 (2018-12-25)
Leadership
Speaker	Chen Chin-hsiang      (KMT) since 25 December 2018
Deputy Speaker	Yeh Lin-chuang      (KMT) since 25 December 2018
Structure
Seats	63
Political groups	Kuomintang (28)      Democratic Progressive (18)      New Party (2)      Taiwan People's (1)      Can't Stop This (1)      Social Democratic (1)      Independent (10)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
First election	15 November 1969[1]
Last election	24 November 2018
Meeting place
No. 507, Sec. 4, Renai Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110, Taiwan
Website
www.tcc.gov.tw
Constitution
Constitution of the Republic of China

Composition

Meeting hall of the Council

The Kuomintang, gaining 1 seat after the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, maintained its status as the largest party in the city council, but falling short of an overall majority. The Democratic Progressive Party, although still being the largest opposition party in the council, lost 8 seats in the election. New Party and People First Party, members of the conventional pan-Blue coalition, won 2 seats each. Smaller parties, including New Power Party, Social Democratic Party and Can't Stop This Party, won 3 seats in total. All standing as an independent, 7 candidates were elected to the city council.

Since the local elections in 2018, the Council was composed as follows:

Composition of the Taipei City Council
Parliamentary Groups	Seats
Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party")	29
Democratic Progressive Party Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng	19
New Party Xīn Dăng	2
People First Party Qīnmíndǎng	2
Taiwan Solidarity Union Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng	1
New Power Party Shi Dai Li Liang	3
Social Democratic Party She Hui Min Zhu Dang	1
Independent	7
Total	63

History

First building

First building of Taipei City Council

The Council was formed in 1946 after the handover of Taiwan to the Republic of China from the Japanese Government. The Council Chamber was initially located in the Zhongshan Hall in Zhongzheng District.

Second building

Second building of Taipei City Council

On 3 August 1964, the Council moved to a site on the corner of Zhongxiao West Road and Zhongshan South Road, still in Zhongzheng District. The building occupied an area of 42,965 m². In 2016, the Taipei City Government plans to redevelop the abandoned former council building into the Taipei City Vision Museum as part of the Taipei museum strip.[3] The building was demolished on 25 February 2016 and reopened to the public as open green space on 9 April 2016.[4]

Current building

The current Council building is located in the History Project Area of Taipei in Xinyi District. It was inaugurated on 8 October 1990.[5]

Organization

• Speaker
• Deputy Speaker
• Secretary-General
• Deputy Secretary-General
  • Permanent Committee's office
  • Secretariat Office
  • Procedure Section
  • General Affairs Section
  • Documents Section
  • Public Relations Office
  • Legal Affairs Office
  • Information Office
  • Personnel Office
  • Accounting Office
• Permanent Committees
  • Civil Affairs Committee
  • Finance and Construction Committee
  • Education Committee
  • Transportation Committee
  • Police and Sanitation Committee
  • Public Works Committee
  • Legislation Committee
• Special Committees
  • Procedure Committee
  • Discipline Committee

Transportation

The council building is accessible within walking distance South West from Taipei City Hall Station of the Taipei Metro.

See also

• Taipei City Government
• Sister cities of Taipei

References

1. 陳, 鴻圖 (2015). 續修臺北市志．卷三．政事志．自治與選舉篇. 臺北市: 臺北市文獻委員會. p. 268. ISBN 978-986-04-6947-9.
2. Taipei City Council functions Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Taipei 'museum strip' bidding reopens to developers".
4. "Green space at old Taipei City council site opened to public - Society - FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS".
5. "Taipei City Council".