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
Jerry Chang
EDUCATION
BA, National Taiwan University
WORK EXPERIENCES
-- Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu, 2025~
-- Director General on Home Assignment, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2022~2024
-- Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver, 2016~2022
-- Executive Secretary, Office of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2014~2015
-- Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2013~2014
-- Director, Political Division, Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, 2009~2012
-- Director of Secretariat, Taipei Representative Office in Hungary, 2005~2009
-- Chief, 4th Section, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2002~2005
-- Senior Assistant for Governmental Affairs, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, 1996~2002
-- Desk Officer, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1993~1996
Family: Married, with a daughter
