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See also:	Other events of 1982 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1982 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 71 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

• President – Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President – Hsieh Tung-min
• Premier – Sun Yun-suan
• Vice Premier – Chiu Chuang-huan

• 27 June – The opening of Taitung Station in Taitung City, Taitung County.

• 1 July
  • The upgrade of Chiayi City and Hsinchu City from county-administered cities of Chiayi County and Hsinchu County respectively to provincial cities.
  • Xiangshan Township of Hsinchu County was incorporated to the newly formed Hsinchu City.

• 15 October – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn visited Taiwan.

• 30 December – The establishment of Youchang Forest Park in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung City.

• 1 January – Lin Chih-sheng, baseball player
• 19 January – Angela Chang, singer and actress
• 24 January – Liu Keng-shin, baseball player
• 28 January – Lin Yueh-ping, baseball player
• 6 February – Tank, singer
• 26 February – Pan Li-chun, table tennis player
• 5 March – Pan Wei-lun, professional baseball pitcher
• 15 April – Chen Kuan-jen, baseball player
• 18 April – Chang Hsin-yan, actress
• 8 May – Lo Hsiao-ting, softball player
• 11 June – Lin Chih-chieh, basketball player
• 19 June – Joe Cheng, model, actor and singer
• 13 July – Pan Wei-chih, football player
• 7 August – Chang Ming-huang, discus thrower and shot putter
• 18 August – Feng Pao-hsing, football player
• 30 August
  • Tony Yang, actor
  • Wu Tsing-fong, songwriter
• 5 September – Cyndi Wang, singer and actress
• 11 September – Queenie Tai, actress
• 17 October – Cheng Po-jen, baseball player
• 23 October – Bianca Bai, actress and model
• 29 October – Ariel Lin, singer and actress
• 30 October – Abby Fung, actress
• 8 November – Ethan Juan, actor and model
• 16 December – Chiang Shih-lu, football player
• 26 December – Lin Cheng-feng, baseball player