Taipei City Council

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

Taipei City Council 台北市議會
Type
Type	Municipal Council
Leadership
Speaker	Wu Bi-chu^[1] Since 1998
Deputy Speaker	Chen Ching-hsiang Since 2014
Structure
Seats	63

Political groups	DPP (26) KMT (26) NP (2) PFP (2) TSU (1) MKT (1) Independent (3)
Elections
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
Last election	2014
Meeting place

The Building of Taipei City Council Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Website
www.tcc.gov.tw

The Taipei City Council (TCC; Chinese: 台北市議會; pinyin: Táiběishì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Taipei City, Republic of China. The council composes of 63 councilors lastly elected through the 2014 Republic of China local election on 29 November 2014.^[2]

Current composition

Meeting hall of the Council

The Taiwanese local elections, 2014 took place on November 29, 2014. The election saw the return of Kuomintang as the largest party, with 28 seats elected, followed by Democratic Progressive Party with 27 seats; New Party with 2 seats; People First Party with 2 seats; Taiwan Solidarity Union with 1 seat; Minkuotang with 1 seat; and 2 independents. However, with floor crossing and some councillors joining the Legislative Yuan, Democratic Progressive Party and Kuomintang both became the largest parties with 26 seats each, while a councillors became independent following the Taiwanese general election, 2016.

Since the local elections in 2014, the Council was composed as follows:^[3]

Composition of the Taipei City Council
Parliamentary Groups	Seats
Democratic Progressive Party Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng	26
Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party")	26
New Party Xīn Dăng	2
People First Party Qīnmíndǎng	2
Taiwan Solidarity Union Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng	1
Minkuotang ("Republican 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.^[4] The building was demolished on 25 February 2016 and reopened to the public as open green space on 9 April 2016.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

Legislatures of Taiwan

Central Government	Legislative Yuan

Special municipalities	Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan

Cities	Chiayi Hsinchu Keelung

Counties	Changhua Chiayi Hsinchu Hualien Kinmen Lienchiang Miaoli Nantou Penghu Pingtung Taitung Yilan Yunlin

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