Hsinchu
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Image:Hsinchu City seal.png City Seal |
| Abbreviation | Zhu 竹市 |
| Nickname | The Windy City 風城 |
| Capital | East Dist. |
| Region | Northwestern Taiwan |
| Mayor | Jung-tzer Lin (林政則) |
| Area | 104.0964 km² (Ranked 23 of 25) |
| Population (April 2006) | |
| - Population | 391,965 (Ranked 18 of 25) |
| - Density | 3,765 /km² |
| Districts | 3 |
| Website | English Trad. Chinese |
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| - Bird | European Magpie (Pica pica) |
| - Flower | Azalea |
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Hsinchu City (Traditional Chinese: 新竹市; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Shìh; Wade-Giles: Hsin-chu Shih; POJ: Sin-tek) is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" (Traditional Chinese: 風城; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngchéng; Tongyong Pinyin: Fongchéng) for its windy climate.
Hsinchu City is administered as a provincial city of Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Hsinchu City is composed of three districts: North District, East District, and Siangshan District.
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[edit] History
In 1626, after Spain occupied northern Taiwan, Spanish missionaries arrived at Tek-khàm (竹塹; sm: zhúqiàn), where the Taokas Taiwanese aborigines lived. During the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Hsin-Chu. In the 21st year of Kuan Hsu's Regime, Hsin-Chu Sub Office was established, responsible for independent administration on June 24. In June of the 24th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it altered its local official system again. Hsin-Chu County was abolished. It was then under the administration of Hsin-Chu Administration Office, Taipei County. On November 11, 27th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it established the Hsin-Chu Office. In 1920, Hsin-Chu Street was established, with the founding of Hsin-Chu Street District Office. In 1930, the city system was applied. It was renamed as Hsin-Chu City, under the governing of Hsin Chu Chou, with the establishment of Hsin Chu City Office. In 1941, its administration district was expanded, merging with Hsian Shan and Chiou Kang, and became a part of Liu Chia Chuang.
On October 25, 1945, the Kuomintang (KMT; Chinese Nationalists) retreated to Taiwan. The Hsin-Chu Chou Committee took over the administration from the Japanese and governed Hsin-Chu Chou. Hsin-Chu City Government was established then. In 1946, the Take Over Committee dissolved and Hsin-Chu County Government was formed. Hsin-Chu County Government was moved to Taoyuan. As the administrative districts were readjusted, it became a Provincially governed city, using the original Chou office as its legal office, with seven district offices. In February of the same year, representative congress was formed in every district. On April 15, City Congress was formed. Provincial Representatives were elected from the city legislators, to become legislative bodies of different levels.
On August 16, 1950, the administrative districts in Taiwan were re-adjusted once more, demarcating 16 counties and 5 provincially governed cities.
In June 1982, under the President's order, the Hsian Shan Village of Hsin-Chu County would mergeinto Hsin-Chu City, and changed into a Provincially governed city. The Provincial government City Hsin-Chu Government was legally established on July 1, 1982, with 103 lis, and 1635 lins. The City Government is located on 120 Chung Cheng Road, the former Hsin-Chu Chou Office.
In end of June 1983, there were three Bureaus (Civil Service, Public Works, and Education), four Departments (Finance, Social Welfare, Compulsory Military Service, and Land Affairs), four offices (Secretary, Planning, Personnel, and Auditing), and 49 sections (units, teams) under the City Government's organization to provide services for various urban affairs. Affiliate institutions include the Police Department, Tax Department, and Medicine and Hygiene Department.
By the end of 1982, the city was classified into east, north and Hsian Shan districts. By the order of the provincial government, the east, north and Hsian Shan district administration offices were posted on October 1 and then they were formally established on November 1 in the same year.
From 1994 to 1999, according to the "Regulation for Hsin-Chu City Government, Hsin-Chu City Government," "Local System Law", and "Guidelines for Local Administrative Organizations", we stipulated "Regulations for Self-Governing of Hsin-Chu City Government". We also established the Moral Office and stipulated the number of personnel in the Government to be 347. We added a deputy mayor, consumer officer, and three consultants. In 2002, in order to coordinate with Mayor Lin's labor policy, we established the Bureau of Labor and transferred the business of the Compulsory Military Service to the Department of Civil Service.
[edit] Economy
The city is the base of high tech industry in Taiwan. Hsinchu Science and Technology Industrial Park is home of 360 high tech companies including TSMC, Philips and United Microelectronics Corporation. As the result, the city has the highest income level. The establishment of the Park was targeted at shaping a humanized environment in Taiwan for high quality R&D, production, work, life, recreation, etc, to attract high tech investment and construct a high-tech business base. From its establishment in 1978, the government had invested 30.8 billion NTD on the software and hardware establishment. In 2001, it had developed 625 acres of land in the Park and 118 acres in southern Hsinchu, attracting 312 high-tech companies' investments.Viewing the performance of Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in the past 21 years, it has been holding a decisive position in the economic development in Taiwan, with international acclaim. However, in the past year, semi-conductor and related electronic business were heavily blown by the global economic recession, appeared to be declining. The manufacturers, government, academia, and the R&D sectors all deeply realized the challenges faced by Taiwan high-tech development, endeavoring to upgrade Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park into a global manufacturing and R&D center of high-end products. Further, they also planned to intensify the cooperation among the manufacturing, academic, and research sectors, by introducing incubation center, in order to elevate the technological standard in the park. Further, through the development of the development of the northern, central, and southern industrial park and its satellite sites, we hope to sow the seeds of high tech business in entire Taiwan, leading us into a real high tech development era.
[edit] Education
International and American Schools (grade school and junior high school)
Elementary Schools
Colleges & Universities
- National Chiao Tung University
- National Tsing Hua University
- Chung Hua University
- Hsuan Chuang University
- Yuanpei Institute of Science and Technology
Secondary Schools
- National Experimental High School
- National Hsinchu Senior High School
- National Hsinchu First Girls' High School
- Shu Guang Girls' Senior High School
[edit] Main Attraction
- Hsinchu Municipal Glass Art Museum
- Hsinchu Minicipal Zoo
- The Hills of the Eighteen Peaks
[edit] Local delicacies
- Hsinchu Style Ba wan
- Rice Noodles
[edit] Notable natives
- Chi Cheng, the Olympic medalist in track & field.
- Yuan T. Lee, the 1986 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry.
- John Chiang, Taiwanese politician.
- Lin Cho-liang, Taiwanese American violinist
- Hebe Tian, member of S.H.E
- David Wu, U.S. House of Representatives for the state of Oregon since 1995.
- Cyndi Wang, Singer
[edit] See also
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- Political divisions of the Republic of China
- Township (Taiwan)
- List of cities in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Republic of China
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