| Agency Name: | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia 馬來西亞台北經濟文化辦事處 |
| Nativename: | Pejabat Ekonomi dan Kebudayaan Taipei |
| Formed: | 1974 (as Far East Travel and Trade Centre) 1988 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre) 1992 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia) |
| Headquarters: | Kuala Lumpur |
| Chief1 Name: | Anne Hung |
| Chief1 Position: | Representative[1] |
| Website: | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia |
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia (Malay: Pejabat Ekonomi dan Kebudayaan Taipei) is the representative office of Taiwan in Malaysia, which functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.
Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Centre in Taipei.[2]
The office was established in 1974 as the Far East Travel and Trade Centre.[3] Until that year, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, had a Consulate-General in Kuala Lumpur.[4] This had previously been established as a Consulate in 1964, before being upgraded to a Consulate-General five years later.[5]
However, this was closed after Malaysia established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.[6] The office was upgraded in 1988, and renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre.[7] It adopted its present name in 1992.