The Guang Hua Digital Plaza ( Chinese : 光華數位新天地 or 光華商場 ) is a six-story, indoor technological and electronics market located in Taipei , Taiwan . It is located at the intersection of the Zhongzheng and Da'an Districts.
13-548: Guang Hua Market was established by the Taipei City Government in April 1973 as a retailer market, using the space beneath the old Guanghua Bridge. Originally, the market specialized in old books, giving it the nickname "old books street" ( 舊書街 ). Within a decade, however, electronics retailers gained presence in the market and surrounding streets. Due to underground railroad construction in 1992, Guang Hua Market
26-687: Is reserved for repair shops, education classes, and offices. The basement floor is parking. The market attracts tens of thousands of visitors each day. It is located on the corner of Xinsheng North Road ( 新生北路 ) and Civic Boulevard ( 市民大道 ) and is accessible from the Guanghua Bazaar bus stop and the MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station . The surrounding area and streets are also full of shops selling electronics. Large companies, including Microsoft and Intel , regularly unveil products at Guang Hua Digital Plaza. In 2010,
39-527: The Executive Yuan building in 1957. The Republic of China government was forced to retreat to Taiwan in 1949, and Taipei became the nation's seat of government. In 1967, Taipei's status was upgraded to a cabinet-level municipality. Its service thus grew much bigger with the large increase of population. Taipei's city hall could only accommodate around 1,000 employees, and many other units were scattered in various rented offices. In order to carry
52-540: The Linus Media Group posted a YouTube video to the Linus Tech Tips channel documenting his visit to Guang Hua Digital Plaza, where he had a PC setup worth NT$ 170,000 built. In the video, Sebastian also praised the price given the quality of the build and its careful packaging and donated it to a passerby student outside of the plaza. As of July 2024, the video has garnered over 5.2 million views and
65-549: The mayor of Taipei and the vice mayor. Taipei City Hall is accessible within walking distance South of Taipei City Hall Station of Taipei Metro . 25°02′15″N 121°33′50″E / 25.0375°N 121.5638°E / 25.0375; 121.5638 Taihoku Prefecture Taihoku Prefecture (臺北州; Taihoku-shū ) was an administrative division of Taiwan created in 1920, during Japanese rule . The prefecture consisted of modern-day Keelung , New Taipei City , Taipei and Yilan County . Its government office, which
78-518: The Taipei municipal government sought bids to build a new mall on the parking lots around Guang Hua Plaza. The city announced that the building should be located at the intersection of Civic Boulevard and Jinshan South Road, have a total of 21 floors (15 aboveground, six below); and occupy a total floor space of 2678 ping , or 8,850 square metres (95,300 sq ft). The park will also include hotel rooms, offices, and restaurants. On April 27, 2010,
91-594: The build-operate-transfer (BOT) project was awarded to the Hon Hai Group , beating out four other bidders. The new building opened in May 2015 as Syntrend Creative Park , featuring a technology exhibition center, digital entertainment zone, and business cultivation center. Taipei City Government The Taipei City Government is the municipal government of Taipei . Taipei was known as Taihoku during Japan's rule of Taiwan , which started in 1895. Initially,
104-514: The city government jobs effectively, a new Taipei City Hall was opened in 1994 in the Xinyi District . The old city hall building became the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and the campus of Jian Cheng Junior High School [ zh ] . There are 5 internal administrative branches, 22 departments, 7 offices, 4 committees, and 2 public corporations, under the head of the city,
117-672: The city was directly controlled by the Governor-General of Taiwan . In 1920, Japan reorganized the system of local government in Taiwan . As part of this, the Taihoku City Government was established within Taihoku Prefecture . The city government was initially housed in buildings belonging to Huashan Elementary School [ zh ] . In 1940, a new city hall was opened on the same site. It
130-440: Was featured on FTV News . The Guang Hua Digital Plaza building today consists of six stories above ground and one story below ground. The first story above ground is an exhibition space for electronic products. The second and third stories are the new locations for the 196 vendors of the original Guang Hua Market. The fourth and fifth stories are the new locations for the vendors of Xining Guozhai Electronics Market. The sixth floor
143-431: Was moved to a temporary location at the corner of Jinshan North Road and Civic Boulevard . The temporary building consisted of five warehouse-like halls, providing a total of 196 retail stores. Not soon after market moved into its temporary location, construction began on the current six-story Guang Hua Digital Plaza building, which has been its current location since July 2008. In 2024, tech YouTuber Linus Sebastian of
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#1732766254637156-575: Was moved to an underground location at the corner of Bade Road and Xinsheng South Road . By this time, the area became known for electronics, with many new stores opening, and the establishment of other electronic markets such as the International Electronics Market ( 國際電子廣場 ), Contemporary Life Market ( 現代生活廣場 ), and Sanpu Market ( 三普廣場 ). In 2006 due to the demolition of the Guanghua Bridge, Guang Hua Market
169-486: Was three- to four-stories tall and built in a modernist style. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Taipei became a provincial municipality and the capital of Taiwan Province . Its city hall was established in the former campus of Jian Cheng Elementary School [ zh ] . The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan. It became
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