Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China

Taiwan Province 台湾省 (Chinese) Tâi-oân-séng (Hokkien) Thòi-vàn-sén/Thòi-vân-sén (Hakka)
Province
Map showing the location of Taiwan Province
Coordinates: 23°42′N 121°00′E / 23.7°N 121.0°E / 23.7; 121.0Coordinates: 23°42′N 121°00′E / 23.7°N 121.0°E / 23.7; 121.0
Country	People's Republic of China
Established from Fujian	1887
Cession to Japan	17 April 1895
Placed under the control of the ROC	25 October 1945
Claimed as part of PRC	1 October 1949
Capital	Taipei
Largest city	New Taipei
Divisions	See boundary change
Government
• Secretary	See representation
• Governor	See representation
• National People's Congress Representation	13 deputies
Area
• Total	35,581 km2 (13,738 sq mi)
Area rank	28th
Population  (2018)
• Total	23,580,000
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic composition	98% Han Chinese 2% Indigenous group
ISO 3166 code	CN-TW
GDP (2018 estimate)[1]	CN¥4.2 trillion
• per capita	CN¥177,155
HDI (2015)	0.885 (Very high)

Taiwan Province
"Taiwan" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	台湾省
Traditional Chinese	臺灣省
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Shěng Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ   ㄨㄢ   ㄕㄥˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tair'uan Sheeng Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ Shêng³ Tongyong Pinyin Táiwan Shěng MPS2 Táiwān Shěng IPA [tʰǎi.wán ʂə̀ŋ] Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Thòi-vàn-sén or Thòi-vân-sén Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Tòihwāan Sáang Jyutping Toi4waan1 Saang2 IPA [tʰɔ̏ːy.wáːn sǎːŋ] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân-séng Tâi-lô Tâi-uân-síng Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dài-uăng sēng

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Taiwan Province is a province claimed, but never controlled, by the People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC claims Taiwan and Penghu Islands to be part of its territory under its Constitution. In combination with the Republic of China-controlled Fujian islands, it is usually referred to by Mainland media as the Taiwan Region or Taiwan Area.

The PRC has never administered Taiwan: the Taiwan Area, including all of the contemporary Taiwan Province, is currently administered by the government of the Republic of China. Maps published by the PRC (and other sources that adopt the PRC's views) show Taiwan Province in accordance with its pre-1949 boundaries as a part of the preceding Chinese republic.

While the PRC claims Taiwan to be its rightful territory, it recognises Taiwan is outside its actual territory of control and does not maintain a shadow government or government-in-exile for Taiwan Province. However, its National Congress reserves a position for legislators that represent Taiwan, most of whom are of Taiwanese descent but were born in and are residents of mainland China, except for one representative (Lu Li'an) who was born and grew up in Taiwan. In deference to the PRC's claim, the United Nations for official purposes calls the Taiwan Area "Taiwan, Province of China".

The political status of Taiwan is complex. The PRC considers itself the successor state of the pre-1949 ROC and the sole legitimate government of "China" since its founding on 1 October 1949, and regards Taiwan as a part of an "indivisible China". The ROC government disputes this claim, and is currently recognised by 14 UN member states and the Holy See as the government of "China",^[2] although since 1971 it is no longer a member of the United Nations or its suborganisations.^[3] Most other countries retain unofficial bilateral ties with Taiwan via respective de facto embassies.

Overview[]

The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. While by 1950 it had obtained control over most of the territories previously administered by the ROC, it never gained control of an area made up of Taiwan Province and some other islands (together called the "Taiwan Area"). Instead, the Taiwan Area had been administered by the ROC (now commonly known as "Taiwan") since the end of World War II in 1945, continuing through the Chinese Civil War and past the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Despite the PRC's claim over Taiwan, the PRC has no provisional nor shadow provincial government or provincial governor for Taiwan. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is the part of the PRC government that has responsibility over Taiwan-related matters, but it is neither tasked with, nor presented as, a shadow administration for Taiwan. Instead, the ROC government, which actually controls Taiwan Province, is referred to by the PRC as the "Taiwan authorities".^[4]

Taiwan Province and Taiwan Area (PRC Perspective)[]

Despite formal status of a province, the term "Taiwan Province" is now only used in the most formal circumstances such as National People's Congress.^{[citation needed]} In domestic contexts that excludes Hong Kong and Macau, the number of provinces (including autonomous regions, municipalities) is always stated as 31 (Taiwan is not counted). In statistics actually involving Taiwan, "Taiwan Area" is widely used instead.

Note, however, "Taiwan Area" (as used by PRC) is different from Taiwan Province (as used by PRC): Taiwan Province only includes Taiwan and associated islands such as the Pescadores Islands, but "Taiwan Area" (the same as "Taiwan Area" as used by ROC, a.k.a. Free Area of the Republic of China) is all area administered by Taipei and includes Fujian islands such as Kinmen, Matsu, as well as (at least in principle) Pratas Island (Tungsha/Dongsha) (part of Cijin District, Kaoshiung; claimed as part of Guangdong Province by the PRC) and Taiping Islands (assigned to Kaoshiung by ROC, and to Sansha and Hainan by PRC).

The "Taiwan Area" is treated together with Special Administrative Regions rather than other provinces in statistics.^[5]

Boundary changes since 1949[]

Maps published by the PRC show Taiwan Province in accordance with its pre-1949 boundaries. Until recently, the ROC adopted an analogous practice of depicting mainland administrative boundaries in maps the way they were in 1949, to demonstrate that the ROC did not recognise the PRC government - or any boundary changes enacted by them since 1949 - as legitimate.

In 2017 Xinhua News Agency issued guidelines mandating no scare quotes for all members of local governments of Taiwan authorities (except Fujian and Lienchiang).^[6] Even before this, the practice of not recognizing any boundary changes made to Taiwan had ended. For example, New Taipei is accepted instead of Taipei County, and the merging of Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County is accepted on all maps published by PRC entities. Maps published in PRC do not treat borders between Taiwan Province (Republic of China) and Special Municipalities as provincial borders, but county borders, and often do not mandate a capital for Taiwan at all. The borders between Kinmen and Matsu and rest of Fujian Province are never denoted as provincial borders let alone international.

The official databases of PRC do not show any internal divisions of Taiwan, all of them showing "data not yet available" (this no longer applies to Hong Kong and Macau).

As of 2018, PRC official map service Tianditu treats all six special municipalities as prefecture-level cities, all three provincial cities as county-level cities directly administered by the province, and all fourteen county-administered cities as subdistricts under each individual county's jurisdiction.

Administrative subdivisions (Tianditu & Mapping database)^[7]

Administrative divisions of Taiwan
Taipei ↘ New Taipei ← Keelung Taoyuan Hsinchu County Hsinchu → Miaoli County Taichung Changhua County Penghu County Nantou County Yunlin County Chiayi County Chiayi → Tainan Kaohsiung Pingtung County Yilan County Hualien County Taitung County
ROC (Units)	PRC (Units)	Divisions
Special municipality 直轄市	Prefecture-level city 地级市	(6) Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, Taoyuan
Provincial city 省轄市	County-level city 县级市 (Directly administered 直辖)	(3) Chiayi, Hsinchu, Keelung
County 縣	County 县 (Directly administered 直辖)	(11) Changhua County, Chiayi County, Hsinchu County, Hualien County, Miaoli County, Nantou County, Penghu County, Pingtung County, Taitung County, Yilan County, Yunlin County
(Special municipalities) District (直轄市)區	District 区	(158 divisions)
Indigenous district 原住民區
(Provincial city) District (省轄市)區	Subdistrict 街	(12 divisions)
County-administered city 縣轄市		(14 divisions)
Urban township 鎮	Town 镇	(38 divisions)
Rural township 鄉	Township 乡	(146 divisions)
Indigenous township 山地鄉
Urban village 里	Community 社	(5,876 divisions)
Rural village 村	Village 村	(1,885 divisions)
Neighborhoods 鄰	n/a

Other territories administered by the ROC[]

Taiwan Province (whether disregarding the ROC's post-1949 boundary changes or not) does not include all the territory under the Republic of China's administration. PRC maps show the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Wuqiu, and the Matsu Islands as part of Fujian Province; Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks as part of Guangdong Province; and Taiping Island as part of Hainan province. The ROC administered Kinmen, Wuqiu and the Matsu Islands as part of its alternative Fujian Province (now disbanded), and Pratas Island and Taiping Island under Cijin District, Kaohsiung municipality.

Territories claimed to be part of Taiwan Province by both the ROC and PRC[]

Both the PRC and the ROC claim the Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyutai Islands via Mandarin Chinese, which are administered by Japan, as a part of Taiwan Province.

Legislative representation in PRC[]

Although Taiwan Province is not under PRC control, thirteen delegates are elected to represent Taiwan Province to the National People's Congress.

The election of these delegates for Taiwan Province is done in accordance with the Decision (from time to time made) of the relevant Session of relevant National People's Congress of the PRC on the number of deputies to the National People's Congress and the election of the deputies.^[8] For example, in 2002 that Decision was as follows:^[8]

"For the time being, 13 deputies representing Taiwan Province shall be elected from among people of Taiwan origin in the other provinces, the autonomous regions, and the municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army."

Having regard to the relevant Decision, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopts a "Plan for the Consultative Election of Deputies of Taiwan Province to the National People's Congress". The Plan typically provides that "the deputies will be elected in Beijing through consultation from among representatives sent by Taiwan compatriots in these provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and in the Chinese People's Liberation Army."^[8]

In the case of the 2002 election, the Standing Committee noted that there were more than 36,000 "Taiwan compatriots" in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the central Party, government and army institutions. It was decided that 122 representatives would participate in the conference for election through consultation. The number of representatives was allocated on the basis of the geographic distribution of Taiwan compatriots on the mainland and the standing committees of the people's congresses of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government were responsible for making arrangements for the election of the representatives through consultation. The Standing Committee's Plan also provided that the election should be "conducted in a democratic manner".^[8]

After the latest election at the 13th National People's Congress, 13 of the Taiwan representatives for the National People's Congress are:^[9]

• Cai Peihui (蔡培輝)
• Ceng Liqun (曾力群)
• Chen Jun (陳軍), Amis
• Chen Yunying (陳雲英), born in Taipei
• Fu Zhiguan (符之冠)
• Huang Zhixian (黃志賢), born in Mainland China to a mother from Tainan
• Liang Zhiqiang (梁志強), born in Mainland China to parents from Miaoli County
• Liao Haiying (廖海鷹)
• Lin Qing (林青), born in Taipei
• Xu Pei (許沛)
• Zhang Xiaodong (張曉東)
• Zhang Xiong (張雄)
• Zou Zhenqiu (鄒振球)

Names used for ROC government, officials, and institutions[]

Since the PRC does not recognise the ROC as legitimate, PRC government and media refers to some ROC government offices and institutions using generic description which does not imply endorsement of the ROC's claim to be a legitimate government of either Taiwan or China. The precise replacements used are not officially designated, so the politically designated names for Taiwan have small variations across different source from within the PRC.

Since 21 July 2021, RTHK in Hong Kong has also imposed the same restrictions on its staff to prevent them from implying Taiwan as an independent state.^[10]

For some cases, where the name does not significantly imply sovereignty, the name remains the same, such as for the Mainland Affairs Council,^[11] County^[12] and Mayor.^[13]

ROC government bodies[]

• Government as the Taiwan authorities^[14]
• Presidential Office Building as the Taiwan leader's office building^[15]
• Executive Yuan as the executive body^[16]
• Legislative Yuan as the legislative body^[17]
• Ministry of Economic Affairs as the economic affairs authority^[18]
• Ministry of Health and Welfare as the health and welfare authority^[19]
• Ministry of the Interior as the interior authority^[16]
• Ministry of Justice as the justice authority^{[citation needed]}
• Ministry of Transportation and Communications as the transportation and communications authority^[16]
• Central Election Commission as the election commission^[20]
• Central Weather Bureau as the weather and earthquake monitoring agency^{[citation needed]}

ROC government officials[]

• President of the Republic of China as the leader of the Taiwan Area (台湾地区领导人)^[21]
• Vice President as the deputy leader (副领导人)^[22]
• Premier (or President of the Executive Yuan) as the executive chief (行政机构负责人)^[23]
• Minister of Foreign Affairs as the chief official in charge of foreign exchange^[24]
• Minister of Health and Welfare as the chief of health and welfare authority^[19]
• Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council as the mainland affairs chief^[25]
• Minister of National Defense as the military chief^[26]
• Minister of Transportation and Communications as the chief of transportation and communications authority^[16]

ROC institutions[]

• National Taipei University as the Taipei University^[27]
• National Taiwan University as the Taiwan University^[28]
• National Taiwan Normal University as the Taiwan Normal University^[29]

ROC events[]

• Republic of China Presidential Election as the leadership elections in the Taiwan area^[30]

Proposal under hypothetical reunification[]

The PRC's current policy proposal for a potential future reunification with Taiwan includes a proposal for Taiwan to become a Special Administrative Region (analogous to Hong Kong and Macau today), rather than a province.^[31][32]

"Taiwan, Province of China" or "Taiwan, China"[]

In deference to the PRC's position, the United Nations Secretary General has referred to the Taiwan Area as "Taiwan, Province of China".^[33] "Taiwan, Province of China" appears as a disputed name in the ISO 3166-1 list of two letter country codes. A variant of this name "Taiwan, China", is seen in other contexts. The FAQ for the ISO list^[34] attributes the provincial styling of the area's name to the UN Bulletin list of country names, which lists the names of countries in the official languages in use by the UN. The UN bulletin^[35] does not in fact contain any name for Taiwan, Formosa, or the TW code. The ISO country code for the area is "TW" under ISO 3166-1.^[36] Along with Hong Kong and Macao, Taiwan is also included as subdivisions of China in ISO 3166-2:CN as "CN-TW".^[37]

Demographic data[]

While demographic data for Taiwan Province published by the PRC government respects the census figures published by the ROC government for the territory, the PRC government does not recognise the ethnic classifications of Taiwanese Aborigines adopted by the ROC. Instead, the PRC government classifies all Taiwanese Aboriginese as Gaoshan people, one of the 56 recognised ethnicities of China.

Name change[]

In 2017 Xinhua News Agency issued guidelines abolishing the term Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China. Although Taiwan would be a traditional province of China, considering the circumstances, Taiwan Area is used instead. This apparently does not include Kinmen and Matsu, which are expressly forbidden to denote as part of Taiwan as being simply incorrect.^[6]

See also[]

• Provinces of China
  • Taiwan Province, Republic of China
• Free area of the Republic of China
  • Leader of the Taiwan Area
• Taiwan Affairs Office
• Political status of Taiwan

References[]

Further reading[]

• Bush, R. & O'Hanlon, M. (2007). A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-98677-1
• Bush, R. (2006). Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0-8157-1290-1
• Carpenter, T. (2006). America's Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-6841-1
• Cole, B. (2006). Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-36581-3
• Copper, J. (2006). Playing with Fire: The Looming War with China over Taiwan. Praeger Security International General Interest. ISBN 0-275-98888-0
• Federation of American Scientists et al. (2006). Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning
• Gill, B. (2007). Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0-8157-3146-9
• Shirk, S. (2007). China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-530609-0
• Tsang, S. (2006). If China Attacks Taiwan: Military Strategy, Politics and Economics. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-40785-0
• Tucker, N.B. (2005). Dangerous Strait: the U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-13564-5

External links[]

• Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
• Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (in Chinese)