巴哈伊教, The Bahá'í Faith in Taiwan began after the religion entered areas of China and nearby Japan. The first Bahá'ís arrived in Taiwan in 1949 and the first of these to have become a Bahá'í was Mr. Jerome Chu in 1945 while visiting the United States. By May 1955 there were eighteen Bahá'ís in six localities across Taiwan. The first Local Spiritual Assembly in Taiwan was elected in in 1956. The National Spiritual Assembly was first elected in 1967 when there were local assemblies in Taipei, Tainan, Hualien, and Pingtung. Circa 2006 the Bahá'ís showed up in the national census with 16,000 members and 13 assemblies.
Early days
Far East
The Bahá'í Faith entered the region of the Far East, in Hong Kong, in the 1870's, during the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Japan in 1912, there was no Bahá'í contact with the island until 1949. Between 1895 and 1945, until ending with World War II, and then there was the period of the Chinese Civil War.
Beginning in Taiwan
Four Bahá'ís arrived in Taiwan in 1949 as part of the wave of refugees of Chiang Kai-Shek's retreat from the mainland: Jerone Chu, Yan Hsu-chang, Chien Tien-lee, and Gellan Wang. The first Bahá'í in Taiwan and arrived in Taiwan in 1954 at port Keelung where they found there was already a community of ten Bahá'ís spread among some of the cities of Taiwan: Taipei , Tainan , Tao-yuan, Tsoying and Chiayi. Mrs. Suleimani was from a Bahá'í family from who left in 1923. In December 1997 Bahá'ís were invited to participate in a local exhibit of religions. In 2001 Bahá'ís from Taiwan attended the opening of the . In 2004, the Taiwanese Baha'i community organizes 20 regular children's classes, attracting some 200 children.
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