Timeline Of The Years-Lee

Events Over the Years

Democratic Life

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Born on January 15 in Putoukeng, Sanzhizhuang, Tamsui County (now Pupingli, Sanzhi District, New Taipei City)

Due to family factors, he attended four public schools, namely Xizhi, Nangang, Sanzhi and Tamsui

Studied at Taipei National High School, and transferred to the second grade of Tamsui Middle School the following year (now Tamjiang Senior High School in Tamsui District, New Taipei City)

Attended Taipei High School

Graduated from Taipei High School in September 09

In October, he entered the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto Imperial University, Japan.

In February, he was drafted as a student soldier and briefly returned to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for basic training, and was sent to the Kaohsiung anti-aircraft artillery unit in Taiwan

01 returned to Japan with the troops

In August 08, he retired from the army with the rank of second lieutenant and returned to Kyoto Imperial University

He returned to Taiwan and entered the Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University, which was renamed from Taipei Imperial University, for the second year

He graduated from National Taiwan University in August and served as a teaching assistant in the College of Agriculture

Married Ms. Zeng Wenhui on February 09

In September, the eldest son, Li Xianwen, was born

In January, the eldest daughter Li Anna was born

In March, he won the Sino-US Foundation Scholarship and went to study at Iowa State University Research Institute in the United States

After returning to Taiwan with a master's degree from the United States, he served as a technician and head of the Economic Analysis Unit of the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the Taiwan Provincial Government, and a lecturer in the Department of Agriculture and Economics of National Taiwan University

In June, the second daughter Annie Lee was born

In May, he served as a researcher of the Taiwan Provincial Cooperation Bank and a faculty member of National Taiwan University

In July, he served as a technician of the Joint Committee for Rural Revitalization (CAA) and an associate professor in the Department of Economics of National Taiwan University

He was baptized as a Christian because of his wife

In September, he received a joint lecture from the Rockefeller Agricultural Economics Association and Cornell University, and went to Cornell University in the United States to pursue a doctorate

In July, he received his doctorate degree from Cornell and returned to Taiwan to serve as a professor of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Association and National Taiwan University

His doctoral dissertation, "Intersectoral Capital Flows in the Bconomic Development of Taiwan, 1895-1960," was selected as "Paper of the Year" by the American Agricultural Economics Association

In June, he returned home after being interviewed by the police chief for 17 hours, and the interrogation lasted for a week

He was promoted to the head of the Rural Economy Group of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Association

On August 25, he joined the Chinese Kuomintang

In June, he became a member of the Executive Yuan, the youngest cabinet member and advisor to the Agricultural Rehabilitation Association

The Executive Yuan announced ten major construction plans and was responsible for the petrochemical development plan

On November 02, as a special envoy, he celebrated the 100th anniversary of the constitution of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific

In November, he was elected as a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Kuomintang

On August 14, he presided over the five-year plan for the implementation of vocational training developed by the Technical and Vocational Training Group of the Executive Yuan, which was approved and implemented by the administrative agency

In June, he served as the mayor of Taipei City

Taipei City carried out the expressway system, and the Executive Yuan held the first Taipei Music Season through the construction of the Jade Reservoir, Xinyi Project, and the fourth phase of tap water in Taipei District

In May, the eldest son Li Xianwen married Ms. Zhang Yueyun

In December, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of National Industry for the first time

In June, he led a mayoral friendship delegation to visit the United States

08 Published "Economic Analysis of Taiwan's Agricultural Development"

In June, he led a delegation to visit the United States again and attended the annual meeting of mayors in the United States

In August, the eldest granddaughter Li Kunyi was born

In November, President Chiang Ching-kuo appointed Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government and was sworn in on December 5

In February, he advocated the training of 80,000 peasant households for agricultural construction

In March, the eldest son Li Xianwen passed away

In January, three volumes of "Essays on Agricultural Economics in Millibay" were published

On February 15, he was nominated by the Kuomintang as a vice presidential candidate, and was elected on March 22 and May 20

In August, he was ordered to deal with the parole of the inmates Lin Yixiong and Gao Junming in the parole of the Formosa Island

In September, he was sent to attend the inauguration ceremony of South African President Botha

On February 24, he went to attend the inauguration ceremony of Uruguayan President Joguinetti and visited Paraguay

In March, "The Contribution of Taiwan's Agricultural Land Reform to Rural Society" was published

On September 04, he visited Panama, Guatemala and Costa Rica in Central America

In November, "Love and Faith: A Collection of Mr. Lee Teng-hui's Sermon Testimonies" was published

On November 05, he was awarded the Order of Qingyun 1st Class

In September, he served as the convener of the "Mainland Policy Task Force" of the Kuomintang Central Committee

On January 13, Chiang Ching-kuo died and was sworn in as president

On January 27, he acted as chairman of the Kuomintang

On July 08, the 13th National Congress of the Kuomintang was elected as the chairman of the Kuomintang

On December 10, the IDE of the self-made fighter of the Chinese people left the factory and named it "Jingguo"

On February 03, the first senior central public opinion representative voluntary retirement regulations were announced"

On March 06, he led a delegation to visit Singapore and began pragmatic diplomacy

On July 01, the quality of farmers' health insurance was officially implemented

In 08, the Taiwan-US fisheries agreement came into effect

On September 01, the underground railway project of Tongbei Station was put into operation

In January, the administrative agency opened grassroots civil servants to visit relatives in the mainland and Taiwan compatriots stranded in the mainland to return to Taiwan to visit relatives

On March 21, he received representatives of the Wild Lily Student Movement

On April 12, the Executive Yuan approved the high-speed rail plan

On May 20, he became the eighth president, showing his determination to amend the constitution and granting amnesty to 20 people, including Annette Lu and Chen Ju

On June 28, the no-founding of the country was a meeting, and the consensus of the president and the opposition was reached

The National Unification Conference was held on October 07, and the National Unification Program was adopted on February 23 of the following year

On December 29, the Regulations on Promoting Industrial Upgrading were promulgated

Open up the establishment of private banks

In January, the Mainland Committee of the Executive Yuan was established

In March 03, the Straits Exchange Foundation was established

On March 02, he received the families of the victims of 228 at the presidential palace

On April 22, the first phase of the First National Assembly amended the Constitution, passing the "Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China", abolishing the temporary provisions of the period of mobilization and counter-insurgency

On April 04, 30, it was announced that the period of mobilization and counterinsurgency would end on May 1

On May 01, the first "Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China" were announced, explicitly abolishing the "Temporary Provisions for the Period of Mobilization and Counter-insurgency"

On November 12, Taiwan joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) under the name of "Chinese Taipei"

On December 16, the Nanhui Railway was opened to traffic, completing the roundabout railway

On December 21, Taiwan, Peng, Jin, and Malaysia elected deputies to the Second National Congress

On December 31, all the senior central people's representatives resigned, and the 10,000-year National Assembly ended

On May 15, the Legislative Yuan passed the 100th amendment to the Criminal Law, which excludes the criminalization of ideological rebellion

On May 27, the Second National Assembly passed eight additional articles to the Constitution, completing the second phase of constitutional amendment

On July 31, the "Regulations on the Relationship between the People of the Haowan Area and the Mainland Area" were promulgated

On April 27, the first Koo Wang talks were held in Singapore, and four agreements were signed

The insurance market was fully opened in April

On May 20, the concept of governing the country by the community of life was proposed

In August, the Ministry of Economic Affairs began to promote seven major industries such as aerospace

On December 30, the Organic Law of the National Security Council and the Organic Law of the National Security Bureau were promulgated."

The president has decision-making power on defense, foreign affairs, and continental policy

In January, we promoted the southbound policy and strengthened economic and trade relations and technical cooperation between Taiwan and Southeast Asia

02/09 Ice breaking trip to the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand

On February 20, Taiwan-Philippines cooperation in the development of "Subic Bay Industrial Zone" broke ground, and the southbound policy took the first step

On March 22, he published a talk on "Starting from Community Culture", and the Cultural Construction Association promoted the "Community Building Plan"

On April 10, he participated in the aboriginal culture conference, replaced the title of "mountain compatriot" with an aborigine, and added the name "aborigine" to the constitution when the constitution was amended in July 07

In April he had a conversation with Sima Liaotaro, referring to the "sadness of the place" of the Taiwanese and saying that the Kuomintang was a foreign power

05/04 to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, South Africa, Eswatini for a transcontinental trip

On July 28, the Second National Assembly passed the bill to amend the Constitution by the president directly elected by the citizens, completing the third stage of constitutional amendment

In September 09, in response to the voice of society, judicial reform was initiated

On September 07, Taiwan's organization in the United States was renamed as "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States"

On September 21, the Executive Yuan established the Education Reform Review Committee to promote education reform

On December 03, the first election for the governor of Taiwan and the mayor of Taipei and Kaohsiung was held

On January 01, "Managing Greater Taiwan" was published, proposing to "operate Greater Taiwan and establish a new Central Plains"

Governing philosophy

On February 02, the World Trade Group (WT0) became an observer through Taiwan

On February 28, the "228 Monument" was completed, representing a public apology from the government

Universal health insurance was launched on March 01

04/01 Visited the United Arab Emirates and Jordan

On April 07, the "228 Incident Handling and Compensation Ordinance" was promulgated

04/08 sent "Li Liutiao" to the National Unification Council in response to "Jiang Eight Points"

On June 10, he delivered a special speech on "What the People Want, Grow in My Heart" at Cornell University, my alma mater

On February 26, in response to the threat of the CCP's military exercise, a "eighteen sets of scripts" was published

On March 23, he was elected president for the first direct election by the people

On March 28, the first domestic MRT Muzha line was opened to traffic

Taken in as the ninth president on May 20, the cover of the American magazine "Ncwsweek" is called

"Mr. Democracy"

On September 14, the principle of no haste, be patient was revealed, and the economic and trade system was opened in response to the rainy coast

On October 24, he proposed "Spiritual Reform" to create the second stage of Taiwan's experience

The National Development Conference was held on December 23, and the government and opposition reached consensus on promoting the fourth phase of constitutional amendment, the abolition of provincial capitals, and the acceleration of the privatization of public utilities

On February 25, the "228 Incident Handling and Compensation Regulations" was promulgated and amended, and the Peace Memorial Day was changed to a national holiday

On March 27, he received the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet

On July 18, the fourth phase of the Third National Assembly amended the Constitution, passing the freezing of provinces and the abolition of the Legislative Yuan

The right of consent of the court

On January 26, he was interviewed by the German "Der Spiegel", explaining that China is a sovereign and independent country and does not apply the "one rain system"

On June 17, the regulations on compensation for improper rebellion and bandit espionage trials during the martial law period were promulgated"

On July 01, public television was launched

On September 12, it was clearly declared that "the government of the Republic of China no longer claims to represent all of China, but only seeks to represent the 21.8 million people of Taiwan"

In the mayoral election of Beigaoyu City on October 14, the concept of new Taiwanese was put forward

May 20 published "Taiwan's Claim"

07/09 Interview with Deutsche Welle proposed that the rain bank positioning is full of "special state-to-state relations"

On September 03, the third National Assembly carried out the fifth phase of constitutional amendment, and the term of office of legislators from the fifth term was changed to four years

On September 25, the city issued an emergency order to respond to the 921 earthquake and make every effort to provide disaster relief

On December 10, he attended the inauguration ceremony of Asia's first human rights monument on Green Island, and unveiled the "Weeping Monument" written by Bai Yang and others

On January 29, the National Defense Law and the amendment of the Organic Law of the Ministry of National Defense were promulgated to establish the nationalization of the armed forces

On February 09, the "Regulations on the Establishment and Management of the National Financial Stability Fund" was promulgated

Resigned as chairman of the Kuomintang on March 24

On April 24, the third National Assembly carried out the sixth stage of constitutional amendment, completing the virtual level of the National University

On May 20, power was peacefully transferred, and Chen Shui-bian succeeded him as president, completing the first political party rotation

On November 01, he co-published "Asia's Wisdom Strategy" with Nakashima Ling Yu

In May, "Transcript of Lee Teng-hui's Confession of Government" was published

On August 15, the Taiwan Solidarity Alliance was established

On October 01, Yoshinori Kobayashi co-published "The Teachings of Lee Teng-hui's School"

On December 3, the group committee was established, and in May 2003, Lee Teng-hui School was officially opened

October publication of "Compassion and Tolerance"

On September 06, he served as the general convener of the "Taiwan Correct Name" movement, calling for mass demonstrations

Published on 02/01 "Bushido Problem Solving: The Fundamentals of Being Human"

On February 8, the forum of "The First Family Constitution • Taiwan Voice" advocated the formulation of a new constitution

On February 28, he launched "228 million people holding hands to protect Taiwan" and served as the general convener

In May, "Witnessing Taiwan: President Chiang Ching-kuo and I" was published

On November 15, the "921 Earthquake Relief Diary" was published.

On January 09, the National History Museum published a set of books entitled "Lee Teng-hui's Photo Collection"

04 published "Taiwanese in the New Era"

In an exclusive interview on January 29, he said that Taiwan is already a sovereign and independent country, and the goal is national normalization

On May 17, the National History Museum published a series of books entitled "Interview with President Lee Teng-hui"

05 Publication of "Conditions for Supreme Leaders"

In September, personal Facebook, Poofang, Twitter, etc. were launched. and held for the first time on October 30

Netizen Club

On November 1, he was hospitalized for colorectal cancer

Issued on December 23 (There is no consensus at the 92 talks, history cannot be distorted" statement

In April, a two-year local grassroots tour and university speeches were launched from the Shangping area

June 11 "Heart-to-heart bonds" from Japan and Taiwan

On June 1, "Where is Hewan going in the 21st Century" and "Who to see for the main work:

Lee Teng-hui's Confession of Faith

On July 12, he was admitted to the hospital for vertebral artery stent positioning surgery

On March 21, in response to the Sunflower Student Movement President Ma they should come forward to listen to students

On July 21, he visited Tokyo, Fukushima and other places in Japan, and gave his first speech at the First Members' Hall of the House of Representatives of the Diet

On August 22, the second democratic reform was proposed, transforming the tragedy and decline of being born a Taiwanese into a life

For the happiness of Taiwanese"

On August 26, the Chinese edition of "New Taiwan Proposal" was published

In December, the eldest granddaughter Li Kunyi got married

In February, "The Rest of My Life: My Life Journey and Taiwan's Road to Democracy" was published

June 27 Koichi Yohamada, co-published "Japan-Taiwan l0T Alliance 1 The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Explode in East Asia》

Published on June 30《Passionate Sincerity and Concern – What I Want to Tell Japan People》

On December 27, he opened "Genxingju Biotechnology Co., Ltd." and served as the chairman of the board of directors to cultivate Taiwanese wagyu "Genxing Beef"

On April 7, he expressed support for the constitution of the right name, the implementation of sovereignty in the people, and the deepening of democracy through a referendum

On June 22, he went to Okinawa, Japan to participate in the unveiling ceremony of the memorial monument for the war dead of the Hewan people

On October 19, he attended the fundraising dinner of the Lee Teng-hui Foundation to support President Tsai Ing-wen's re-election

On February 8, he choked on liquid food and was sent to Rong's emergency department

He died at 7:24 p.m. on July 30 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital at the age of 98

Source: Remembrance of Lee Teng-hui's life

Reference: 《Memoirs of the Life of Lee Teng-hui》

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