1953 in Taiwan

← 1952 1951 1950 1953 in Taiwan → 1954 1955 1956
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1953 List of years in Taiwan

Events from the year 1953 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 42 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President - Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice President - Li Zongren
• Premier - Chen Cheng
• Vice Premier - Chang Li-sheng

Events

January

• 24 January - The opening of Xiluo Bridge connecting Changhua County and Yunlin County.

November

• Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea ,visited Taiwan.

Births

• 5 February - Wei Kuo-yen, Minister of Environmental Protection Administration.
• 12 February - Katharine Chang, former ROC Representative to Australia.
• 16 March - Lee Ying-yuan, former Minister of Council of Labor Affairs.
• 6 May - Lee Chu-feng, former Magistrate of Kinmen County.
• 24 May - Chen Wei-zen, Minister of the Interior.
• 13 June - Hsu Ming-tsai, Mayor of Hsinchu City.
• 29 June - Teresa Teng, singer.
• 10 July - Su Chih-fen, former Magistrate of Yunlin County.
• 17 July - Chiau Wen-yan, member of 8th Legislative Yuan.
• 21 July - Sylvia Chang, actress, writer, singer, producer and director.
• 20 August - Feng Fei-fei, former singer and actress.
• 22 August - Huang Chao-shun, member of Legislative Yuan.
• 24 October - Shih Szu, actress.
• 10 November - Chen Bao-ji, Minister of Council of Agriculture.

Deaths

• 19 November - Wu Tieh-cheng, former Vice Premier of the Republic of China.