Taipei City Council

Taipei City Council

臺北市議會
Taipei City Council ; 臺北市議會
14th Taipei City Council
Type
Type	City council
History
Founded	25 December 1969
Preceded by	Provisional Taipei City Council
New session started	25 December 2022
Leadership
Speaker	Tai Hsi-Tsin (KMT) ; since 25 December 2022
Deputy Speaker	Yeh Lin-chuang (KMT) ; since 25 December 2018
Structure
Seats	61
Political groups	Kuomintang (28); Democratic Progressive (19); Taiwan People's (4); New Party (1); Social Democratic (1); Independent (1); Vacant (7)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
First election	15 November 1969
Last election	26 November 2022
Meeting place
	No. 507, Sec. 4, Renai Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Website
	www.tcc.gov.tw
Constitution
	Constitution of the Republic of China

25°02′19″N 121°33′43″E / 25.03861°N 121.56194°E / 25.03861; 121.56194

Taipei City Council (Chinese: 台北市議會; pinyin: Táiběishì Yìhuì) is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 61 councillors, all elected most recently in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections.^[2]

Composition

Meeting hall of the Council

The Kuomintang, gaining 2 seat after the 2022 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, gain 2 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 2022, the Council was composed as follows:

Composition of the Taipei City Council
Parliamentary Groups	Seats
Kuomintang	30
Democratic Progressive Party	21
Taiwan People's Party	4
New Party	1
Social Democratic Party	1
Independent	3
Total	61

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.

References

^ 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.
^ Taipei City Council functions. Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Taipei 'museum strip' bidding reopens to developers". 29 February 2016.
^ "Green space at old Taipei City council site opened to public - Society - FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". 10 April 2016.
^ "Taipei City Council".

[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". 29 February 2016.

[4] "Green space at old Taipei City council site opened to public - Society - FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". 10 April 2016.

[5] "Taipei City Council".

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