Jurisdiction Australia | ||
Formed 1988 (as Taiwan Marketing Services)
1991 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) Headquarters Barton, Canberra, Canberra Agency executive William Lin, Representative (acting) Website Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia | ||
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia (TECO; Chinese: 駐澳大利亞代表處; pinyin: Zhù Àodàlìyǎ Dàibiǎo Chù) represents interests of Taiwan in Australia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.
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The Office is headed by a Representative, currently David Lee.
Its head office is in Canberra, but it also has branch offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
It was established in 1988 as the "Taiwan Marketing Service" office, before becoming the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in 1991, along with the "Far East Trading Company" offices in Sydney and Melbourne, established in 1979. An unofficial organisation known as the Australia-Free China Society, headed by New South Wales MP Douglas Darby, also represented Taiwan in Australia from 1974.
It is counterpart in Taiwan is the Australian Office in Taipei, formerly the Australian Commerce and Industry Office.