• President – Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President – Hsieh Tung-min, Lee Teng-hui
• Premier – Sun Yun-suan, Yu Kuo-hwa
• Vice Premier – Chiu Chuang-huan, Lin Yang-kang

January edit

• 1 January – The establishment of Kenting National Park in Pingtung County.

April edit

• 23 April – The first Han Kuang Exercise.

June edit

• 1 June – The founding of Compal Electronics.

July edit

• 27 July – The commissioning of first unit of Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County.

• 16 January – Bea Hayden, actress and model
• 11 February – Huang Cheng-wei, baseball player
• 1 April – Wang Seng-wei, baseball player
• 4 June – Rainie Yang, singer, actress and TV host
• 7 August – Hsu Wei-ning, actress and model
• 8 August – Amanda Chou, actress
• 24 August – Kimi Hsia, actress and TV host
• 5 September – Mandy Wei, actress, model and host
• 6 September – Tseng Shu-o, football player
• 2 September – Danson Tang, actor and singer
• 22 September – Godfrey Gao, model and actor
• 28 September – Tsai Ming-chin, baseball player
• 21 October – Pets Tseng, actress, singer and television host
• 21 November – Sphinx Ting, actor and model
• 9 December – Hu Yingzhen, actress, model and host
• 20 December – Lala Hsu, singer and songwriter