The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu (TECO) is the representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Hawaii.
On January 1, 1979, the Government of the United States established formal diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and severed the relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan. The Consulate General of the Republic of China in Honolulu was closed on February 28, 1979.
On March 1, 1979, the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) in Honolulu was established under the provision of Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). On October 10, 1994, this office’s name changed from CCNAA in Honolulu into the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Honolulu until now. TECO in Honolulu is one of the 11 offices under the Washington D.C.-based Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.
The CCNAA is renamed "Taiwan Council for U.S. Affairs (TCUSA)" in May, 2019.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu
The jurisdiction area of the office covers the state of Hawaii, American Samoa and Palmyra Atoll. The staff of this office includes the dispatched officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD), totally 11 people headed by the Director General.
Consular Services: Including the issuing of passport, visa, documents authentication and the providing of emergency assistance to the Taiwan citizen overseas.
Trade & cultural services
Oversea Chinese Affairs Services
Director General
Richard Lin
YEAR & PLACE OF BIRTH
April 18, 1966 in Taichung, Taiwan
EDUCATION
1993 Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan
1988 BA in Foreign Literature and Languages, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
WORK EXPERIENCES
October 2022 Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu
October 2020 Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
July 2018 Director, Political Division, Taipei Representative Office in Hungary
January 2015 Division Director, Visa Division, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2013 Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
July 2008 Director (First Secretary), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
2008 Foreign Service Officer of the Year
April 2004 Section Chief, Passport Section, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2003 Project Manager, Taiwan E-passport Project
July 2001 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of China to Solomon Islands
July 1997 Third Secretary, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Singapore
December 1993 Desk Officer, Office of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
