Development
The rise of Eastern District in becoming the business district of Taipei only happened in the last decade. The development of Taipei during the Qing Dynasty was limited to the area of Taipei Prefecture (bordered by ZhongHua Rd., ZhongShan S. Rd., AiGuo W. Rd. and ZhongXiao W. Rd.). During Japanese rule, the development of a downtown was only extended eastward to the Horikawa Drainage Channel (present day Shinsheng North and South Road).
The situation changed in the early 1940s when the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan with 2 million people. After that, because many colleges and universities were located in Taipei City and its suburbs, people from central or southern Taiwan came to Taipei to study or work. These factors lead to a sharp increase in population, causing overpopulation in the Western District. Furthermore, the Tamsui River hindered the expansion of Taipei City to develop in a westerly direction. These factors resulted in the development of Eastern District.
When the jurisdiction of Taipei City changed to fall under the central government in 1967, in order to allow mass development of the city, the city government launched the first four-year public construction project and constructed the main thoroughfares to the suburbs. ZhongXiao E. Rd. was the main thoroughfare leading to the Eastern District. The construction of ZhongXiao E. Rd. Sections 3 and 4 to the lead to the rise in development of the Eastern District. These factors led to the Eastern District overtaking the Western District to be the new business center of Taipei. The development of the Xinyi Planned District and the opening of the MRT Wenshan Line and MRT Nangang Line rapidly boosted the development of the Eastern District.
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