Taipei 101 launched the world's first skyscraper New Year's Eve fireworks display in 2005.
Taipei 101 in Taiwan staged its first major New Year's Eve fireworks display at the end of 2004, welcoming 2005. Fireworks were fired from the building's exterior, creating a display designed around its distinctive stacked form. The event helped establish Taipei 101 as an international symbol of Taiwan's capital and a major destination for New Year's celebrations.
Taipei 101 stood 508 meters tall when completed and was officially the world's tallest building from 2004 until 2010, when Dubai's Burj Khalifa surpassed it. Its height and unusual architecture made it particularly suited to a building-based fireworks spectacle.
The date can cause confusion: reports may describe the display as “the 2005 fireworks,” meaning the celebration welcoming 2005, although the fireworks occurred on December 31, 2004. Later editions became annual televised events.