Events Over the Years
| year | age | event |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 1 | Born on January 15 in Putoukeng, Sanzhizhuang, Tamsui County (now Pupingli, Sanzhi District, New Taipei City) |
| 1929-1935 | 7-13 | Due to family factors, he attended four public schools, namely Xizhi, Nangang, Sanzhi and Tamsui |
| 1937 | 15 | 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) |
| 1941 | 19 | Attended Taipei High School |
| 1943 | 21 | Graduated from Taipei High School in September 09 In October, he entered the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto Imperial University, Japan. |
| 1944 | 22 | 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 |
| 1945 | 23 | 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 |
| 1946 | 24 | 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 |
| 1948 | 26 | He graduated from National Taiwan University in August and served as a teaching assistant in the College of Agriculture |
| 1949 | 27 | Married Ms. Zeng Wenhui on February 09 |
| 1950 | 28 | In September, the eldest son, Li Xianwen, was born |
| 1952 | 30 | 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 |
| 1953 | 31 | 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 |
| 1954 | 32 | In June, the second daughter Annie Lee was born |
| 1955 | 33 | In May, he served as a researcher of the Taiwan Provincial Cooperation Bank and a faculty member of National Taiwan University |
| 1957 | 35 | 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 |
| 1961 | 39 | He was baptized as a Christian because of his wife |
| 1965 | 43 | 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 |
| 1968 | 46 | 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 |
| 1969 | 47 | 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 |
| 1970 | 48 | He was promoted to the head of the Rural Economy Group of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Association |
| 1971 | 49 | On August 25, he joined the Chinese Kuomintang |
| 1972 | 50 | In June, he became a member of the Executive Yuan, the youngest cabinet member and advisor to the Agricultural Rehabilitation Association |
| 1973 | 51 | The Executive Yuan announced ten major construction plans and was responsible for the petrochemical development plan |
| 1975 | 53 | On November 02, as a special envoy, he celebrated the 100th anniversary of the constitution of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific |
| 1976 | 54 | In November, he was elected as a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Kuomintang |
| 1977 | 55 | 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 |
| 1978 | 56 | In June, he served as the mayor of Taipei City |
| 1979 | 57 | 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 |
| 1980 | 58 | In June, he led a mayoral friendship delegation to visit the United States 08 Published "Economic Analysis of Taiwan's Agricultural Development" |
| 1981 | 59 | 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 |
| 1982 | 60 | In February, he advocated the training of 80,000 peasant households for agricultural construction In March, the eldest son Li Xianwen passed away |
| 1983 | 61 | In January, three volumes of "Essays on Agricultural Economics in Millibay" were published |
| 1984 | 62 | On February 15, he was nominated by the Kuomintang as a vice presidential candidate, and was elected on March 22 and May 20 Inaugural 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 |
| 1985 | 63 | 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 |
| 1987 | 65 | In September, he served as the convener of the "Mainland Policy Task Force" of the Kuomintang Central Committee |
| 1988 | 66 | 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" |
| 1989 | 67 | 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 |
| 1990 | 68 | 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 |
| 1991 | 69 | 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 |
| 1992 | 70 | 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 |
| 1993 | 71 | 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 |
| 1994 | 72 | 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 |
| 1995 | 73 | 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 |
| 1996 | 74 | 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 |
| 1997 | 75 | 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 |
| 1998 | 76 | 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 |
| 1999 | 77 | 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 |
| 2000 | 78 | 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 |
| 2001 | 79 | 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 |
| 2002 | 80 | October publication of "Compassion and Tolerance" |
| 2003 | 81 | On September 06, he served as the general convener of the "Taiwan Correct Name" movement, calling for mass demonstrations |
| 2004 | 82 | 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. |
| 2006 | 83 | 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" |
| 2007 | 85 | In an exclusive interview on January 29, he said that Taiwan is already a sovereign and independent country, and the goal is national normalization |
| 2008 | 86 | On May 17, the National History Museum published a series of books entitled "Interview with President Lee Teng-hui" |
| 2009 | 87 | 05 Publication of "Conditions for Supreme Leaders" |
| 2010 | 88 | In September, personal Facebook, Poofang, Twitter, etc. were launched. and held for the first time on October 30 Netizen Club |
| 2011 | 89 | 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 |
| 2012 | 90 | 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 |
| 2013 | 91 | 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 |
| 2014 | 92 | On March 21, in response to the Sunflower Student Movement President Ma they should come forward to listen to students |
| 2015 | 93 | 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 |
| 2016 | 94 | 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》 |
| 2017 | 95 | 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" |
| 2018 | 96 | 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 |
| 2019 | 97 | On October 19, he attended the fundraising dinner of the Lee Teng-hui Foundation to support President Tsai Ing-wen's re-election |
| 2020 | 98 | 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》