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Please note that many of the abbreviations listed below stand for agencies, organizations and companies which are
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to those explanations.
The following list does not include the USPS abbreviations used for the states in the US, those can be found
here.
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
AA |
Auswärtiges Amt |
AAC |
Agency Against Corruption |
AAPS |
Asian Association of Police Studies |
ABRI |
Architecture and Building Research Institute |
ABS |
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
ABWR |
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor |
ACRI |
Agricultural Chemicals Research Institute |
ACS |
Administration for Cyber Security |
A.D. |
Anno Domini |
ADI |
Administration for Digital Industries |
ADIZ |
Air Defense Identification Zone |
AEA |
Administrative Enforcement Agency |
AEAR |
Association of East Asian Relations |
AEC |
Asia Engagement Consortium |
AEC |
Atomic Energy Council |
AFA |
Agriculture and Food Agency |
AFNA |
Agricultural Finance Agency |
AFR |
Association of Foreign Relations |
AFRC |
Armed Forces Reserve Command |
AHK |
Deutsche Außenhandelskammer |
AHRI |
Animal Health Research Institute |
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
AIDC |
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation |
AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
AIT |
American Institute in Taiwan |
aka |
also known as |
ALS |
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's Disease") |
a.m. |
ante meridiem |
AmCham |
American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei |
AMLO |
Anti-Money Laundering Office |
ANRPRC |
Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Research Center |
AOC |
Administration of Commerce |
AOC |
Air Operator's Certificate |
AP |
Associated Press |
APACL |
Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League |
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APHIA |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency |
APLFD |
Asian Pacific League for Freedom and Democracy |
APRC |
AIDS Prevention and Research Center |
AR |
Autonomous Region [PRC] |
ARATS |
Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait |
ARDSWC |
Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation |
ARI |
Advanced Research Institute |
ARRC |
Advanced Rocket Research Center |
ARTC |
Automotive Research and Testing Center |
ASC |
Aviation Safety Council |
ASE |
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASVDA |
Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency |
ASVDP |
Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan |
ATETS |
Association for Tourism Exchange across the Taiwan Straits |
ATIEM |
Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland |
ATP |
Agricultural Technology Park Administration Center |
ATRI |
Agricultural Technology Research Institute |
AUC |
Alliance for the Unification of China |
Aug. |
August |
AVG |
American Volunteer Group in China |
b. |
born |
BAMID |
Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development |
BAPHIQ |
Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine |
BATS |
Broadband Array in Taiwan for Seismology |
BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
BC |
Before Christ |
BCC |
Biostatistical Consultation Center |
BCC |
Broadcasting Corporation of China |
BCIQ |
Bureau of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine |
BFA |
Boao Forum for Asia |
BFDA |
Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis |
BHP |
Bureau of Health Promotion |
BiH |
Bosna i Hercegovina (= Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
BIP | Bureau of Industrial Parks |
BIRC |
Biophotonics Interdisciplinary Research Center |
BLC |
Bioethics and Law Center |
BLI |
Bureau of Labor Insurance |
BLIA |
Buddha's Light International Association |
BNHI |
Bureau of National Health Insurance |
BOAF |
Bureau of Agricultural Finance |
BOCA |
Bureau of Consular Affairs |
BOCH |
Bureau of Cultural Heritage |
BOE |
Bureau of Energy |
BOFT |
Bureau of Foreign Trade |
BOHSR |
Bureau of High Speed Rail |
BOM |
Bureau of Mines |
BOST |
Board of Science and Technology |
BOT |
Bank of Taiwan |
BSMI |
Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection |
BTIB |
BankTaiwan Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd. |
BTLI |
BankTaiwan Life Insurance Co., Ltd. |
BTS |
BankTaiwan Securities Co., Ltd. |
b/w |
black and white < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
BWR |
Boiling Water Reactor |
ca. |
circa = approximately |
CA |
Customs Administration |
CAA |
Civil Aeronautics Administration |
CAAC |
Civil Aviation Administration of China [PRC] |
CABEI |
Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica |
CADF |
China Aviation Development Foundation |
CAHR |
Chinese Association for Human Rights |
CAID |
Committee for Aviation Industry Development |
CAL |
China Airlines |
CAPD |
Council of Agricultural Planning and Development |
CAPRI |
Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation |
CAR |
Central African Republic |
CARES |
Chinese Association for Relief and Ensuing Services |
CASID |
Committee for Aviation and Space Industry Development |
CAT |
Civil Air Transport |
CBS |
Central Broadcasting System |
CBC |
Central Bank of China |
CCA |
Council for Cultural Affairs |
CCA |
Climate Change Administration |
CCIC |
Cultural & Creative Industries Center |
CCK |
Chiang Ching-kuo 蔣經國 (1910-1988) |
CCKF |
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange |
CCMP |
Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy |
CCMS |
Center for Condensed Matter Sciences |
CCNAA |
Coordination Council of North American Affairs |
CCP |
Chinese Communist Party |
CCP CMC |
CCP Central Military Commission |
CCPD |
Council for Cultural Planning and Development |
CCRC |
Chinese Cultural Renaissance Committee |
CCU |
Chinese Culture University |
CCU |
National Chung Cheng University |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
CDE |
Center for Drug Evaluation |
CDKWV |
Chinesisch-deutscher Kultur- und Wirtschaftsverband |
CDPRC |
Central Disaster Prevention and Response Council |
CDRI |
Commerce Development Research Institute |
CEC |
Central Election Commission |
CEC |
China Engine Corporation |
CECC |
Central Epidemic Command Center |
CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
CEMAD |
Center for Emerging Material and Advanced Devices |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
CEOC |
Central Emergency Operation Center |
CEPD |
Council for Economic Planning and Development |
CERE |
Center for Educational Research and Evaluation |
CEST |
Central European Summer Time [Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid, ...] |
CET |
Central European Time [Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid, ...] |
CETDC |
China External Trade Development Council |
CETRA |
China External Trade Development Council |
CFS |
Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
CGA |
Coast Guard Administration |
CGS |
Central Geological Survey |
CGS |
Chief of General Staff |
CGU |
Chang Gung University |
CGWG |
Coast Guard Working Group |
CHA |
Council for Hakka Affairs |
CHA |
Chemicals Administration |
CHNS |
Chung-Hwa Nuclear Society |
CHU |
Chung Hua University |
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency [USA] |
CIB |
Criminal Investigation Bureau |
CIC |
National Chip Implementation Center |
CIC |
CMP Innovation Center |
CIECD |
Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development |
CIER |
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research |
c.i.f. |
cost, insurance and freight |
C-in-C |
commander-in-chief |
CINCPAC |
Commander-in-Chief Pacific |
CIP |
Council of Indigenous Peoples |
CIPAS |
Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee |
CITC |
Committee of International Technical Cooperation |
CITC |
Computational Intelligence Technology Center |
CKS |
Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石 (1887-1975) |
CLA |
Council of Labor Affairs |
C-LAB |
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab |
CLC |
Combined Logistics Command |
cm |
centimeter(s) < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
CMC |
Chi Mei Corporation |
CMC |
China Medical College |
CMPC |
Central Motion Picture Corporation |
CMU |
China Medical University |
CMUH |
China Medical University Hospital |
CNA |
Central News Agency |
CNFI |
Chinese National Federation of Industries |
CNMI |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
CNN |
Cable News Network |
CNS |
China Network Systems |
COA |
Council of Agriculture |
COF |
Chinese Overseas Flagship Center |
COSWAS |
Collective Of Sex Workers And Supporters |
CPA |
Central Personnel Administration |
CPA |
Congress Party Alliance |
CPA |
Construction and Planning Agency |
CPAROC |
Concentric Patriotism Association of ROC |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
CPJ |
Committee to Protect Journalists |
CPC |
Communist Party of China |
CPC |
CPC Corporation, Taiwan (= China Petroleum Corp.) |
CPDC |
Chinese Petrochemical Development Corporation |
CPGNSO |
Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR [PRC] |
CPIC |
China Phosphate Industries Corporation |
CPPCC |
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [PRC] |
CPT |
Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. |
CPU |
Central Police University |
CRC |
Convention on the Rights of Children |
CRETA |
Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications |
CRPD |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
CSBC |
China Shipbuilding Corporation |
CSC |
China Steel Corporation |
CSCS |
Cross-Strait CEO Summit |
CSDI |
Civil Service Development Institute |
CSECC |
Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Committee |
CSIST |
see NCSIST! |
CSPA |
Cross-Strait Policy Association |
CSSI |
Cloud System Software Institute |
CST |
Central Standard Time [Chicago, Dallas, ...] |
CSTA |
Cross-Strait Tourism Association |
CSTE |
Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange |
CTC |
Congressional Taiwan Caucus |
CTCIC |
Chung Tai Chemical Industries Corporation |
CTEA |
Cross-strait Tourism Exchange Association |
CTOC |
Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee |
CTSP |
Central Taiwan Science Park |
CTTI |
CyberTrust Technology Institute |
CUPP |
China Unification Promotion Party (= Unionist Party) |
CUSA |
Council for U. S. Aid |
CV |
Curriculum Vitae |
CW |
Covenants Watch |
CWA |
Central Weather Administration |
CWAAL |
Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League |
CWB |
Central Weather Bureau |
CWLF |
Child Welfare League Foundation |
CYC |
China Youth National Salvation Corps |
d. |
died |
DAA |
Democratic Action Alliance |
DACM |
Digital Archive Center for Music |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DC |
District of Columbia [sometimes also rendered as D. C.] |
Dec. |
December |
DECM |
Delegação Económica e Cultural de Macau |
DEI |
Digital Education Institute |
DGBAS |
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics |
DGH |
Directorate-General of Highways |
DGPA |
Directorate-General of Personnel Administration |
DIDC |
Debt Instruments Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd. Taiwan |
DIHK |
Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag |
DIHT |
Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag |
DNA |
Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOH |
Department of Health |
DoIT |
Department of Industrial Technology |
DORTS |
Department of Rapid Transit Systems |
DPI |
UN Department of Public Information |
DPP |
Democratic Progressive Party |
DSCA |
Defense Security Cooperation Agency |
DSET |
Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology |
DSRP |
Deep Space Radiation Probe |
DST |
Daylight Saving Time |
DW |
Deutsche Welle |
E |
east |
EA |
Energy Administration |
EAL |
Environmental Analysis Laboratory |
ECA |
Economic Cooperation Agency |
ECAFE |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
ECC |
Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Committee |
ECCPC |
Hong Kong–Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council |
ECFA |
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement |
ECOSOC |
UN Economic and Social Council |
ECSPI |
East China Sea Peace Initiative |
EDAC |
Economic Development Advisory Conference |
EETO |
European Economic and Trade Office |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
e. g. |
exempli gratia = for example |
EJA |
Environmental Jurists Association |
EMA |
Environmental Management Administration |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Administration |
EPC |
Economic Planning Council |
EPZ |
Export Processing Zone |
EPZA |
Export Processing Zone Administration |
ESC |
Election Study Center |
ESRI |
Endemic Species Research Institute |
EST |
Eastern Standard Time [New York, Washington DC, ...] |
est. |
established (on) |
et. al. |
et alia = and others |
etc. |
et cetera = and other things / and others / and so forth |
ETRPC |
Engineering Technology Research & Promotion Center |
EU |
European Union |
FAFA |
Friends of Armed Forces Association |
FAHR |
Formosan Association for Human Rights |
FAL |
Foshing Airlines |
FANCA |
Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency |
FAPA |
Formosan Association for Public Affairs |
FAPR |
Formosan Association for Public Relations |
FAS |
Formosa Asahi Spandex Co., Ltd. |
FAT |
Far Eastern Air Transport |
FCB |
First Commercial Bank |
FCFC |
Formosa Chemical & Fiber Corp. |
FCJ |
Free China Journal |
FCR |
Free China Review |
FCRA |
Free China Relief Association |
FCU |
Feng Chia University |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FDAC |
Formosa Daikin Advanced Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
Feb. |
February |
FEFC |
Far Eastern Fibertech Company Limited |
FETN |
From Ethnos to Nation |
FHKMA |
Friends of Hong Kong and Macau Association |
FHL |
Faith And Hope League |
FIA |
Fiscal Information Agency |
FIHRM |
Federation of the International Human Rights Museums |
FISU |
Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire |
FJCU |
Fu Jen Catholic University |
FJU |
see FJCU! |
FM |
Foreign Minister |
f.o.b. |
free on board |
FON |
freedom of navigation |
FOPREL |
Foro de Presidentes de Poderes Legislativos de Centroamérica |
FPC |
Formosa Plastics Corp. |
FPCC |
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. |
FPG |
Formosa Plastics Group |
FPG |
Fujian Provincial Government |
FRG |
Federal Republic of Germany [= West Germany before 1990] |
FRI |
Fisheries Research Institute |
FSC |
Financial Supervisory Commission |
FSP |
Field Surveillance Program |
FTC |
Fair Trade Commission |
FTC |
Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd. |
FTV |
Formosa Television |
FWRPD |
Foundation for Women's Rights Promotion and Development |
FY |
fiscal year |
g |
gram(s) |
GACC |
General Association of Chinese Culture |
GATI |
Goa-Seng-Lang Association For Taiwan Independence |
GCEC |
Global Citizenship Education Center |
GCTF |
Global Cooperation and Training Framework |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GDR |
German Democratic Republic [= East Germany, 1949–1990] |
GEC |
Gender Equality Committee |
GEM |
Guidance Enhanced Missile |
GIA |
Gender Impact Assessment |
GIGA |
German Institute for Global and Area Studies |
GIO |
Government Information Office |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GNI |
Gross National Income |
GNP |
Gross National Product |
GNSS-R |
Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry |
GSMMA |
Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency |
GTI |
Global Taiwan Institute |
GTO |
German Trade Office (Deutsches Wirtschaftsbüro) |
GTV |
Gala Television |
GWh |
Gigawatt hours |
ha |
hectare (1 ha = 100 x 100 m; 100 ha = 1 km²) |
HAC |
Hakka Affairs Council |
HAT |
Harbour Acceptance Test |
HB |
Highway Bureau |
HCDS |
Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems |
HHS |
US Department of Health and Human Service |
Hi-GEM |
Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials Research Center |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HKSAR |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
HKETCO |
Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office |
HPA |
Health Promotion Administration |
HQ |
headquarters |
HRNTT |
Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan |
HSP |
Hsinchu Science Park |
HTC |
High Tech Computer Corp. < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
HURC |
National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAIS |
Industry Academia Innovation School |
IATA |
International Air Transport Association |
IBMI |
Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICBC |
International Commercial Bank of China |
ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
ICCS |
International Center for Cultural Studies |
ICDF |
International Cooperation and Development Fund |
ICDT |
International Committee for a Democratic Taiwan |
iCeiRA |
International Center of Excellence in Intelligent Robotics and Automation Research |
ICERD |
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
ICESCR |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
ICRT |
International Community Radio Taipei |
ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
IDA |
Industrial Development Administration |
IDB |
Industrial Development Bureau |
IDEAS |
Innovative DigiTech-Enabled Applications & Services Institute |
IDF |
Indigenous Defense Fighter |
IDIA |
Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs |
IDS |
Indigenous Defense Submarine |
i. e. |
id est = that is / that means / which means / in other words |
IECDF |
International Economic Cooperation Development Fund |
IEK |
Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center |
IEP |
International Environmental Partnership |
IES |
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica |
IESP |
Patriot International Engineering Services Program |
IEVPO |
Intelligent Electric Vehicle Promotion Office |
IfA |
Institut für Asienkunde |
IFU |
Interfaith Union |
III |
Institute for Information Industry |
ILOSH |
Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
incl. |
including |
Ind. |
Independent (= without political party affiliation/wudangji 無黨籍) |
INDSR |
Institute for National Defense and Security Research |
INER |
Institute of Nuclear Energy Research |
INPR |
Institute for National Policy Research |
IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
IOI |
International Ombudsman Institute |
IOT |
Institute of Transportation |
IoT |
Internet of Things |
IPETCA |
Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement |
ISBN |
International Standard Book Number |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISU |
I-Shou University |
IT |
Information Technology |
ITAS |
Institute for Taiwan-American Studies |
ITC |
International Trade Commission |
ITRC |
Instrument Technology Research Center |
ITRI |
Industrial Technology Research Institute |
ITSC |
International Taiwan Studies Center |
IWF |
International Weightlifting Federation |
Jan. |
January |
JCCIC |
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |
JCRR |
Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JODE |
Joint Optical Disk Enforcement Taskforce |
JRF |
Judicial Reform Foundation |
JTEA |
Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association |
kg |
kilogram(s) |
km |
kilometer(s) |
km² |
square kilometer(s) |
KMT |
Kuomintang / "Chinese Nationalist Party" |
kWh |
kilowatt hour |
KYMCO |
Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. |
LAF |
Legal Aid Foundation |
LAITO |
Living Arts International Taiwan Office |
LAWAC |
Los Angeles World Affairs Council |
LCEB |
Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau |
LDP |
Liberal Democratic Party |
LeCosPa |
Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics |
LegCo |
Legislative Council [HKSAR] |
LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
LGBT |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender |
LN |
League of Nations |
LNG |
Liquid Natural Gas |
LNY |
Lunar New Year |
LSE |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
LY |
Legislative Yuan |
LYNA |
Legislative Yuan New Alliance |
m |
meter(s) |
M. A. |
Magister Artium / Master of Arts |
MAAG |
Military Assistance and Advisory Group |
MAB |
Medical Affairs Bureau < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
MAC |
Mainland Affairs Council |
MAGIC |
Molecular and Genetic Imaging Core |
MALE |
medium-altitude long-endurance |
MCFAP |
Military, Civil, and Faculty Alliance Party |
MCU |
Ming Chuan University |
MDIC |
Medical Device Innovation Center |
MIB |
Military Intelligence Bureau |
MIC |
Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute |
MJAC |
MOJ Agency of Corrections |
MJIB |
MOJ Investigation Bureau |
MKT |
Minkuotang/"Republican Party" |
mm |
millimeter(s) |
MNA |
Military News Agency |
MND |
Ministry of National Defense |
MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
MOC |
Ministry of Culture |
MOCS |
Ministry of Civil Service |
MODA |
Ministry of Digital Affairs |
MOE |
Ministry of Education |
MOEA |
Ministry of Economic Affairs |
MOENV |
Ministry of Environment |
MOEX |
Ministry of Examination |
MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
MOFA |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
MOH |
Ministry of Health |
MOHW |
Ministry of Health and Welfare |
MOI |
Ministry of the Interior |
MOJ |
Ministry of Justice |
MOL |
Ministry of Labor |
MOST |
Ministry of Science and Technology |
MOTC |
Ministry of Transportation and Communications |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MPB |
Maritime and Port Bureau |
MPS |
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols (zhuyin fuhao 注音符號) |
MPTC |
Military Police Training Center |
MST |
Mountain Standard Time [Denver, ...] |
Mt. |
Mount |
MTAC |
Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission |
MTC |
Mandarin Training Center |
MTECCC |
Moscow-Taipei Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission |
MW |
megawatt |
N |
north |
NA |
National Assembly |
N/A |
not available (buxiang 不詳 / 不祥) |
NAA |
National Archives Administration |
NACPU |
National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification |
NACS |
National Academy of Civil Service |
NAER |
National Academy for Educational Research |
NAMR |
National Academy of Marine Research |
NAO |
National Audit Office |
NARI |
National Atomic Energy Research Institute |
NARL |
National Applied Research Laboratories |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASC |
National Airborne Service Corps |
NATMA |
North American Taiwanese Medical Association |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NATPA |
North America Taiwanese Professors' Association |
NATWA |
National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations |
NATWA |
North America Taiwanese Women's Association |
NBCD |
National Bureau of Controlled Drugs |
NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
NCA |
National Cultural Association |
NCAF |
National Culture and Arts Foundation |
NCC |
National Communications Commission |
NCCSC |
National Communications and Cyber Security Center |
NCCST |
National Center for Cyber Security Technology |
NCCU |
National Chengchi University |
NCDR |
National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction |
NCFTA |
National Center for Traditional Arts |
NCHC |
National Center for High-performance Computing |
NCHU |
National Chung Hsing University |
NCKU |
National Cheng Kung University |
NCL |
National Central Library |
NCLF |
Nylon Cheng Liberty Foundation |
NCLF.MM |
Nylon Cheng Liberty Foundation ∙ Memorial Museum |
NCO |
Non-commissioned Officer |
NCPFS |
National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports |
NCREE |
National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering |
NCSC |
Neurobiology & Cognitive Science Center |
NCSI |
National Civil Service Institute |
NCSIST |
National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology |
NCTS |
National Center for Theoretical Sciences |
NCTU |
National Chiao Tung University |
NCU |
National Central University |
NCUE |
National Changhua University of Education |
NDC |
National Development Council |
NDF |
National Development Fund |
NDHU |
National Dong Hwa University |
NDL |
National Nano Device Laboratories |
NDMC |
National Defense Medical Center |
NDPPC |
National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission |
NDRC |
National Development and Reform Commission [PRC] |
NDU |
National Defense University |
NERA |
National Environmental Research Academy |
NFA |
National Fire Agency < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
NFB |
Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau |
NFF |
New Frontier Foundation |
NFU |
National Formosa University |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
NHCC |
National Health Command Center |
NHI |
National Health Insurance |
NHIA |
National Health Insurance Administration |
NHIT |
National Huwei Institute of Technology |
NHRC |
National Human Rights Commission |
NHRI |
National Health Research Institutes |
NHRM |
National Human Rights Museum |
NHSA |
National Health Service Alliance |
NHUST |
National Huwei University of Science and Technology |
NIA |
National Immigration Agency |
NICI |
National Information and Communications Initiative Committee |
NICS |
National Institute of Cyber Security |
NICST |
National Information and Communications Security Taskforce |
NLAC |
National Laboratory Animal Center |
NLPI |
National Library of Public Information |
NLSC |
National Land Surveying and Mapping Center |
NMH |
National Museum of History |
NMMBA |
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium |
NMMST |
National Museum of Marine Science & Technology |
NMNS |
National Museum of Natural Science |
NMP |
National Museum of Prehistory |
NMTH |
National Museum of Taiwan History |
NMTL |
National Museum of Taiwan Literature |
NNAAP |
National Nuclear Abolition Action Platform |
Nov. |
November |
NP |
New Party |
NPA |
National Police Agency |
NPA |
National Property Administration |
NPAC |
National Performing Arts Center |
NPC |
Nan Ya Plastics Corp. |
NPC |
National People's Congress [PRC] |
NPCSC |
National People's Congress Standing Committee [PRC] |
NPF |
National Policy Foundation |
NPM |
National Palace Museum |
NPMSB |
National Palace Museum Southern Branch |
NPP |
New Power Party |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NPSU |
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union |
NPUST |
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology |
NQS |
National Quarantine Service |
NRICM |
National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine |
NSB |
National Security Bureau |
NSC |
National Science Council |
NSC |
Nuclear Safety Commission |
NSEP |
National Security Education Program |
NSO |
National Symphony Orchestra |
NSP |
New Southbound Policy |
NSPO |
National Space Organization |
NSRRC |
National Synchotron Radiation Research Center |
NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
NSTM |
National Science and Technology Museum |
NSTS |
National Society of Taiwan Studies [PRC] |
NSYSU |
National Sun Yat-sen University |
NTA |
National Treasury Administration |
NTCH |
National Theater and Concert Hall |
NTCRI |
National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute |
NTHU |
National Tsing Hua University |
NTL |
National Taiwan Library |
NTM |
National Taiwan Museum |
NTMoFA |
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts |
NTNU |
National Taiwan Normal University |
NTOU |
National Taiwan Ocean University |
NT$ |
New Taiwan Dollar |
NTSEC |
National Taiwan Science Education Center |
NTSO |
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra |
NTTU |
National Taitung University |
NTU |
National Taiwan University |
NTUA |
National Taiwan University of Arts |
NTUST |
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
NTUT |
National Taipei University of Technology |
NUC |
National Unification Council |
NWL |
National Women's League of the ROC |
NYC |
National Youth Commission |
NYCU |
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University |
NYIT |
National Yunlin Institute of Technology |
NYMU |
National Yang-Ming University |
NYPI |
National Yunlin Polytechnic Institute |
OAC |
Ocean Affairs Council |
OCA |
Ocean Conservation Administration |
OCAC |
Overseas Community Affairs Council |
OCLC |
Online Computer Library Center, Inc. |
Oct. |
October |
OFS |
Office of Food Safety < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
OIC |
Office of International Cooperation |
OSHA |
Occupational Health and Safety Administration |
OSOCA |
One Side One Country Alliance |
OTN |
Office of Trade Negotiations |
OTND |
Organization for Taiwanese National Declaration |
PAC-3 |
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 |
PARLACEN |
Parlamento Centroamericano |
PBS |
Public Broadcasting Service |
PCA |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
PCC |
Public Construction Commission |
PCRM |
Planning Commission for the Recovery of the Mainland |
PCT |
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
PERDC |
Physical Education Research and Development Center |
PEUP |
Pan-Pacific E.P. Union Party |
PFC |
Private First Class |
PFP |
People First Party |
PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy (can also be abbreviated as "Ph. D.") |
PLA |
People's Liberation Army [PRC] |
p.m. |
post meridiem |
PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
POHSR |
Provisional Engineering Office of High Speed Rail |
POTUS |
President of the United States |
POW |
Prisoner of War |
PPUP |
Peace Pigeon Union Party |
PRC |
People's Republic of China |
PSPF |
Public Service Pension Fund |
PSPFSB |
Public Service Pension Fund Supervisory Board |
PST |
Pacific Standard Time [San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, ...] |
PTS |
Public Television Service |
PU |
Providence University |
PWR |
Pressurized Water Reactor |
QR |
Quick Response |
QRC |
Quality Research Center |
RBMP |
Research Center for Biotechnology and Medicine Policy |
RCEC |
Research Center for Environmental Changes |
R&D |
Research and Development |
RCPET |
Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing |
RDEC |
Research, Development and Evaluation Commission |
RECA |
Resource Circulation Administration |
RICFAT |
Research Center on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Assistive Technology |
ROC |
Republic of China |
ROCMA |
ROC Military Academy |
ROCMP |
ROC Military Police |
ROTC |
Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
RRB |
Railway Reconstruction Bureau |
RRC |
Referendum Review Committee |
RRC |
Regulatory Reform Center |
RSPRC |
Risk Society and Policy Research Center |
RTI |
Radio Taiwan International |
S |
south |
s.a. |
see above |
SAC |
Sports Affairs Council |
SAF |
Singapore Armed Forces |
SAR |
Special Administrative Region [PRC] |
SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SAT |
Sea Acceptance Test |
SATCC |
Sino-Africa Technical Cooperation Committee |
SCMP |
South China Morning Post |
SCS |
South China Sea |
SDCC |
Submarine Development Center of CSBC |
SEC |
Special Education Center |
SEC |
State-owned Enterprise Commission |
SEF |
Straits Exchange Foundation |
Sept. |
September |
SFAA |
Social and Family Affairs Administration |
SFPT |
San Francisco Peace Treaty |
SICA |
Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana |
SID |
Special Investigation Division |
SKN |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
SME |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
SMEA |
Small and Medium Enterprise Administration |
SMESA |
Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration |
SNSI |
Smart Network System Institute |
SNSO |
Safeguarding National Security Ordinance [PRC / HKSAR] |
SOCC |
Satellite Operations and Control Center |
SOE |
State-owned Enterprise |
SRBM |
Short-Range Ballistic Missile |
SRRC |
Synchotron Radiation Research Center |
STAG |
Science and Technology Advisory Group |
STC |
Senate Taiwan Caucus |
STLI |
Science & Technology Law Institute |
STP |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
STPI |
Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center |
STS |
Center for Science, Technology and Society |
STSP |
Southern Taiwan Science Park |
STU |
Special Tactical Unit |
SUT |
Surface and Underwater Target |
SVG |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
SWCB |
Soil and Water Conservation Bureau |
TAA-USA |
Taiwanese Association of America |
TAC |
Taiwan Aerospace Corporation |
TAC |
Taiwan Alkali Company < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
TACT |
Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal Ltd. |
TACTRI |
Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute |
TAEDP |
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty |
TAEF |
Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation |
TAFC |
Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers |
TAHR |
Taiwan Association for Human Rights |
TAICCA |
Taiwan Creative Content Agency |
TAIEX |
Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (= Taiwan Weighted) |
TAIP |
Taiwan Independence Party (jianguodang 建國黨) |
TAIPEI |
Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative |
TAISE |
Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy |
TAITRA |
Taiwan External Trade Development Council |
TAIUNA |
Taiwan United Nations Alliance |
TALCO |
Taiwan Aluminum Corporation |
TALPs |
Taipei Association of Licensed Prostitutes |
TAMCO |
Taiwan Asset Management Corporation |
TANEEB |
Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau |
TANFB |
Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau |
TAO |
Taiwan Affairs Office [PRC] |
TAPA |
Taiwan Action Party Alliance |
TAPCPR |
Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights |
TARI |
Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute |
TASA |
Taiwan Space Agency |
TASS |
Taiwan Association for Strategic Simulation |
TAUP |
Taiwan Association of University Professors |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
TBA |
Taipei Bar Association |
TBRI |
Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute |
TBRS |
Tea and Beverage Research Station |
TBS |
Taiwan Broadcasting System |
TBT |
Taiwan Brain Trust |
TCCA |
Taiwan Creative Content Agency |
TCCIP |
Taiwan Climate Change Projection Information and Adaptation Knowledge Platform |
TCCNA |
Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of North America |
TCF |
Taiwan Competitiveness Forum |
TCG |
Taiwan Civil Government |
TCM |
Traditional Chinese Medicine |
TCSB |
Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau |
TCU |
Tzu Chi University |
TCUS |
Taiwan Comprehensive University System |
TCUSA |
Taiwan Council for U. S. Affairs |
TDA |
Taiwan Defense Alliance |
TDAL |
Taiwan Digital Asset Library |
TDC |
Taiwan Design Center |
TDCC |
Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation |
TDI |
Toluene Diisocyanate |
TDP |
Technology Development Program |
TDRI |
Taiwan Design Research Institute |
TEC |
Taidah Entrepreneurship Center |
TECO |
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office |
TECRO |
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office |
TECROJ |
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan |
TEIWC |
Tang Eng Iron Works Co., Ltd. |
TESRI |
Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute |
TETA |
Taiwan East Turkistan Association |
TFA |
Taiwan Forever Association |
TFA |
Taiwan Friends Association |
TFAI |
Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute |
TFB |
Taiwan Forestry Bureau |
TFC |
Taiwan Fertilizer Company |
TFCC |
Taipei Financial Center Corporation |
TFD |
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy |
TFDA |
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration |
TFH |
Taiwan Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. |
TFI |
Taiwan Film Institute |
TFOT |
Taiwan Friends of Tibet |
TFRI |
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute |
TGC |
Taiwan Garrison Command |
TGEEA |
Taiwan Gender Equity Education Association |
THEC |
Taiwan–Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council |
THSRC |
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation |
TIAC |
Taoyuan International Airport Corp. Ltd. |
TIAS |
Taoyuan International Airport Services |
TIER |
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research |
TIFA |
Trade and Investment Framework Agreement |
TIMA |
Tzu Chi International Medical Association |
TIP |
Taiwan Independence Party (Taiwan dulidang 台灣獨立黨) |
TIPC |
Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Ltd. |
TIPO |
Intellectual Property Office |
TIRA |
Taiwan Independence Reformation Association |
TIRA |
Taiwan Independence Revolutionary Army |
TiSA |
Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement |
TISSC |
Taiwan Integrated Shareholder Service Company |
TITA |
International Trade Administration |
TITV |
Taiwan Indigenous Television |
TIWA |
Taiwan International Workers' Association |
TJBCC |
Taiwan Joanna Briggs Institute Collaborating Centre |
TJC |
Transitional Justice Commission |
TJPO |
Taiwan-Japan Industrial Collaboration Promotion Office |
TJU |
Taiwan Jianguo Union |
TKU |
Tamkang University < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
THU |
Tunghai University |
TLRI |
Livestock Research Institute |
TMC |
Taipei Medical College |
TMECCC |
Taipei-Moscow Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission |
TMMIC |
Taiwan Metal Mining Corporation |
TMMC |
Taiwan Machinery Manufacturing Corporation |
TMU |
Taipei Medical University |
TNA |
Taiwan Nation Alliance |
TNA |
TransAsia Airways |
TNC |
Taiwan New Constitution Foundation |
TNCF |
Taiwan New Century Foundation |
TOPEP |
Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party |
TORI |
Taiwan Ocean Research Institute |
TPA |
Taiwan Provincial Assembly |
TPC |
Taiwan Power Company |
TPCB |
Taiwan Parliamentary Coalition for Blockchain |
TPCC |
Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council |
TPCMS |
Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society |
TPD |
Taiwan Politics Database |
TPG |
Taiwan Provincial Government |
TPOF |
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation |
TPP |
Taiwan People's Party |
TPPC |
Taiwan Plant Protection Center |
TR |
Taiwan Review |
TRA |
Taiwan Railways Administration |
TRA |
Taiwan Relations Act |
TRANPS |
The Research Association of National Peace-Security in Taiwan |
TRC |
Taiwan Railway Corporation Ltd. |
TRDC |
Telecommunication Research and Development Center |
TRES |
Tea Research and Extension Station |
TRI |
Taiwan Research Institute |
TRUPO |
Taipei Railway Underground Project Office |
TSBC |
Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation |
TSC |
Taiwan Sugar Corporation |
TSCD |
Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. |
TSCF |
Taiwan State-Creating Forum |
TSE |
Taipei School of Economics and Political Science |
TSEC |
Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation |
TSI |
Taiwan Startup Institute |
TSIPS |
Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station |
TSMC |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company |
TSP |
Taiwan Statebuilding Party |
TSPC |
Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center |
TSRI |
Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute |
TSTA |
Taiwan Strait Tourism Association |
TSU |
Taiwan Solidarity Union |
TSU |
Taiwan Space Union |
TT |
Taiwan Today |
TTC |
Telecom Technology Center |
TTF |
Thinking Taiwan Foundation |
TTFRI |
Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute |
TTIA |
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport |
TTL |
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation |
TTSB |
Taiwan Transportation Safety Board |
TTSN |
Taiwan Telemetered Seismographic Network |
TV |
television |
TVA |
Taiwan Visitors Association |
TVGH |
Taipei Veterans General Hospital |
TVO |
Taiwan Volcano Observatory – Tatun |
TWC |
Taiwan Water Corporation |
TWCC |
Taiwan Computing Cloud |
TW-DIDA |
Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association |
TWNIC |
Taiwan Network Information Center |
TWRF |
Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation |
TWSE |
Taiwan Stock Exchange |
TYDARES |
Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station |
TYDU |
Taiwan Young Democratic Union |
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UDN |
United Daily News |
UFWD |
United Front Work Department |
UK |
United Kingdom (≈ Great Britain) |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
URDS |
Urban and Regional Development Statistics |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
US |
United States |
USA |
United States of America |
USC |
Shih Chien University |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
USIS |
United States Information Service |
USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
USPACOM |
United States Pacific Command |
USPS |
United States Postal Service |
USS |
United States Ship < TOP 🔴 HOME > |
US$ |
United States Dollars |
USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (= Soviet Union) |
UST |
University System of Taiwan |
USTDC |
United States Taiwan Defense Command |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time [London, Greenwich, ...] |
VAC |
Veterans Affairs Council |
VACRS |
Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen |
VOA |
Voice of America |
VOC |
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie ("United East India Company") |
VP |
Vice President |
VRI |
Veterinary Research Institute |
W |
west |
WACL |
World Anti-Communist League |
WDA |
Workforce Development Agency |
WFTA |
World Federation of Taiwanese Associations |
WHA |
World Health Assembly |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WLFD |
World League for Freedom and Democracy |
w/o |
without |
WRA |
Water Resources Agency |
WTC |
World Taiwanese Congress |
WTF |
Wonderful Taiwan Forum |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WUFI |
World United Formosans for Independence |
WWSSN |
World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network |
WWII |
World War Two |
YDA |
Youth Development Administration |
YMCTU |
see NYCU! |
YZU |
Yuan Ze University |
1C2S |
One Country, Two Systems |
9DL |
Nine-Dash Line |