| Agency Name: | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco 駐舊金山臺北經濟文化辦事處 |
| Formed: | 1 March 1979 (as the San Francisco Office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs) |
| Headquarters: | 555 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California |
| Chief1 Position: | Director-General[1] |
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco (TECO-San Francisco,) represents the interests of Taiwan in the western United States, functioning as a de facto consulate. The mission is located in the Financial District in San Francisco. It also oversees Cultural Centers in Chinatown, San Francisco and Milpitas, California. The mission serves Northern California, Nevada and Utah.[2] [3]
Following the signing of the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China which resulted in the United States terminating diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, the consulate of the Republic of China in San Francisco was closed on 28 February 1979. On 1 March 1979, the Coordination Council for North American Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China established the San Francisco Office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs. On 30 April 1992, it was renamed the San Francisco Office of the North American Affairs Coordinating Committee before it was finally renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco on 10 October 1992.[4] [5]
Since August 2020, the office is headed by a director-general, currently Ming-Chi Scott Lai, who previously served as director-general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston.[6]