British Office Taipei

Coordinates: 25°02′23″N 121°33′56″E / 25.03972°N 121.56556°E / 25.03972; 121.56556

British Office Taipei
英國在台辦事處
President Enterprise Corporation Tower where the British Office Taipei is located
Location Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Jurisdiction Taiwan
High Commissioner Catherine Nettleton
Website British Office Taipei

British Office Taipei (Chinese: 英國在台辦事處; pinyin: Yīngguó Zài Tái Bànshì Chù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Eng-kok chāi Tâi Pān-sū-chhù), formerly British Trade and Cultural Office, is the representative office of the United Kingdom in Taiwan with a principal role to promote the British trade and investment interests. It functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations between London and Taipei.

Its Taiwanese counterpart is the Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.

History

Interior of the British Office Taipei on 21 March 2018.

The office, then known as the British Trade and Cultural Office, was opened in October 1993.[1][2] It succeeded the Anglo-Taiwan Trade Committee, a privately financed entity established in 1976.[3] Unlike its predecessor, it could issue visas directly to people in Taiwan.[4]

The British Council, which had taken over and expanded the functions of the private Anglo-Taiwan Education Centre, operated the Office's Cultural and Education Section.[1]

On 26 May 2015, its name was changed to British Office Taipei to reflect the full scope of the office work, and the title of its head was changed from "Director" to "Representative".[5]

List of Directors and Representatives

NamePhotoTenureNote
Director General, British Trade and Culture Office
Philip Morrice1993 – 1995
Alan S. Collins1995 – 1998
David Coates1999 – 2002
Derek R. Marsh2002 – 2005
Michael D. Reilly2006 – 2009
David Campbell2009 – 2013[6]
Representative, British Office Taipei
Chris Wood2013 –2016
Damion Potter2016Acting Representative[7]
Catherine Nettleton2016 –[8]

Location

The office has been located in President International Tower (統一國際大樓) in Xinyi District on January 22, 2008.[9] It is accessible within walking distance south of Taipei City Hall Station of the Taipei Metro.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "House of Commons - Foreign Affairs - Minutes of Evidence". parliament.uk.
  2. ↑ Taiwan Yearbook, Government Information Office, 2000, page 147
  3. ↑ A Pretence of Privatisation: Taiwan's External Relations, Françoise Mengin, in Privatising the State, Béatrice Hibou, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2004, pages 157-158
  4. ↑ East Asian Executive Reports, Volume 16, International Executive Reports, 1994
  5. ↑ BTCO officially changes name to 'British Office', The China Post, May 28, 2015
  6. ↑ "Change of High Commissioner to Brunei". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 2013-05-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  7. ↑ "Damion Potter, Representative, British Office Taipei". gov.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Former Taiwan Foreign Minister visits the UK". Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  9. ↑ British Trade and Cultural Office moves to a new office, The China Post, January 29, 2008
  • "British Office Taipei". gov.uk.
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