2024/04/14-2024/04/20
4/13
士林地院李姓法官因不堪工作壓力自戕，凸顯法官長年來面對案件量益增、管考卻趨嚴的問題，全國法官串聯哀悼，是台灣史上首次法官集體哀悼活動。
法官界批評司法院長許宗力任內，法官人力增加百分比敬陪末座，甚至出現要他辭職負責聲音。
April 13:
A judge from the Taipei Shilin District Court committed suicide due to work pressure, highlighting the long-standing problem of judges facing increasing caseloads and stricter evaluations. In response, judges across Taiwan expressed their condolences, marking the first collective mourning event for judges in Taiwan.
The judge community criticized President Hsu Tsung-li of the Judicial Yuan for failing to adequately address the increasing judge workloads and even called for his resignation.
4/16
準行政院長卓榮泰公布財經閣員名單，多人來自產業界，企業界多表肯定。但經濟部長郭智輝任崇越董事長時，曾違反證券交易法獲判有罪；崇越去年還被彭博社點名，替中國大陸設晶圓廠，仍引發爭議。
April 16:
Premier-designate Cho Jung-tai announced economic and financial cabinet members, many of whom come from industry. However, there is controversy surrounding the appointment of J.W. Kuo as Minister of Economic Affairs. Kuo was previously found guilty of violating the Securities and Exchange Act while serving as chairman of TOPCO Scientific Company; the company was also named by Bloomberg last year for setting up wafer fabs in mainland China, raising concerns.
4/16
準總統賴清德的國安團隊人事尚未正式公布。但蔡總統接見訪賓，介紹與會者時，提前證實總統府秘書長林佳龍將接任外交部長，外交部長吳釗燮將轉任國安會秘書長。此舉被解讀是在展示自己未來在外交領域仍有強大影響力。黨政人士解釋，蔡總統以為兩項人事已公布，認知上誤會。
April 16:
The personnel appointments for President-elect William Lai's national security team have not been officially announced. However, during a meeting with visitors, President Tsai Ing-wen inadvertently confirmed that Secretary-General Lin Chia-lung of the Office of the President will serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs; current Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will serve as secretary-general of the National Security Council. This move is seen as a demonstration of President Tsai's continued influence in foreign policy.
According to party and government officials, President Tsai misunderstood that the two personnel appointments had been announced.
4/16
潛艦國造專案小組召集人黃曙光向蔡英文總統請辭。黃發表聲明，請辭是身心俱疲，與他人無關，更無關任何政治因素。在黃發布聲明後，總統府未有進一步回應。國防部長邱國正受訪表示，專案小組不會解編，進度也不受影響。
April 16:
Huang Shu-kuang, the head of the indigenous submarine construction project, submitted his resignation to President Tsai. In his resignation statement, Huang cited physical and mental exhaustion as the reason for his resignation, emphasizing that it was unrelated to political factors. The Office of the President has yet to respond, but the Ministry of National Defense stated that the project team will not be disbanded, and progress will continue unaffected.
4/18
台電15日先後發生四部重要發電機組密集跳機，北台灣差點大停電，台電用三倍價緊急向用電大戶買電。雖然台電稱已解決問題，不過桃園市仍連續三天大停電，累積影響逾3萬用戶。在野立委表示，才四月電力已不足，今夏缺電恐更嚴重，再次呼籲賴政府思考核二、核三延役。
April 18:
The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) experienced multiple critical generator failures on April 15, nearly causing a large-scale power outage in northern Taiwan. Taipower urgently purchased electricity at three times the normal price from major consumers to prevent blackouts. Although Taoyuan City has been experiencing consecutive three-day power outages, affecting more than 30,000, Taipower claims to have resolved the issues. Opposition lawmakers warn that the power shortage may worsen this summer, urging the government to reconsider extending the operation of the second and third nuclear power plants.
4/18
台積電舉行法說會，儘管下修全年半導體產值預估，但台積電總裁魏哲家釋出AI伺服器和AI加速器等需求非常強勁的消息。至2028年AI相關晶片成長動能都將以50%的年複合成長率增加，屆時將占台積公司營收超過20%。
April 18:
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held its investors conference. Despite revising down its annual semiconductor output estimate, TSMC President C. C. Wei cited news about the strong demand for AI servers and AI accelerators. By 2028, the growth momentum of AI-related chips will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 50 percent and will account for more than 20 percent of TSMC's revenue by then.
4/19
中國民航局突宣布啟用M503銜接航線，國台辦稱此舉緩解航班增長壓力，對兩岸同胞都有利。同日，商務部宣布認定原產於台灣的「聚碳酸酯」存在傾銷，即起對被調查產品徵收最高22.4%反傾銷稅。我方隨即提出抗議。學者分析，賴就職之前，北京還會持續對台施壓。
April 19:
Mainland China's Civil Aviation Administration unexpectedly announced the activation of the M508 connecting route. The Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the mainland's State Council stated that this move would alleviate flight growth pressure and benefit people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. On the same day, the mainland's Ministry of Commerce determined that "polycarbonate" originating from Taiwan will be subject to anti-dumping duties of up to 22.4 percent. Taiwan promptly lodged a protest. According to scholars, Beijing will continue to exert pressure on Taiwan before Lai's inauguration.
4/19
美國中央情報局局長William Burns出席Forum on Leadership-The Call of Freedom，演說中提到，中國國家主席習近平已下定決心在政治生涯內控制台灣，美國政府必須非常嚴肅看待他的野心。
April 19:
During his speech at the Forum on Leadership: The Call of Freedom, Director William Burns of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) mentioned that Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to control Taiwan during his political career. The United States must take his ambitions seriously.
4/21
美國眾議院取得跨黨派支持，通過總額950億美元援助以色列、烏克蘭和台灣的包裹法案，接下來將交付參議院於23日表決。
眾院以385票對34票的投票結果，通過81.2億美元的Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental bill，其中包括向台灣和其他主要盟友提供20億美元軍事資金、用以補充向台灣和區域夥伴提供的國防物資和服務的19億美元。
April 21:
The United States House of Representatives passed a $95 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan with bipartisan support. The package will be sent to the Senate for a vote on April 23.
The House voted 385 to 34 to pass the $8.12 billion Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental bill, which includes $2 billion in military funding for Taiwan and other major allies to supplement the $1.9 billion defense supplies and services provided to Taiwan and regional partners.