Taipei 101 hosts Taiwan's best-known New Year's Eve fireworks display.
The fireworks are attached to and launched around the tower, creating a vertical spectacle visible across Taipei. The event is paired with a synchronized light show and countdown, making the building itself part of the celebration rather than merely a backdrop.
Taipei 101 opened in 2004 and was the world's tallest building until the completion of Dubai's Burj Khalifa in 2010. Its design includes a tuned mass damper, a large internal weight that helps reduce movement caused by wind and earthquakes; visitors can see it inside the tower.
The display has changed in scale and technology over the years, with some editions emphasizing environmental improvements and reduced smoke. Taipei 101 is sometimes described as Taiwan's tallest building, but the more precise and stable fact is that it was the world's tallest when it opened and remains Taiwan's signature skyscraper.