A name born of a Cold War evacuation.
Futai Elementary was established in 1965 specifically to educate the children of Nationalist Chinese troops and their dependents who had been evacuated from Phú Quốc Island (富國島), Vietnam, in 1953 under General Huang Jie, and who ultimately resettled in Zhongli. The school's name, "富台," combines characters from "富(國島)" — Phú Quốc Island — and "台(灣)" — Taiwan, directly encoding this Cold War-era history. The school marked its 60th anniversary in 2025. Its current campus site has since been earmarked for a new MRT Green Line extension station serving Zhongli, and the city plans to build a larger replacement campus — roughly three times the current size — before demolishing the old one.
富台國小創立於民國54年(1965年),專為安置民國42年(1953年)黃杰將軍率領自越南富國島撤退來台的國軍官兵及其眷屬子弟就學而設立。校名「富台」取自「富(國島)」與「台(灣)」二字,直接記錄了這段冷戰時期的特殊歷史。學校已於2025年歡慶一甲子校慶。目前校址因捷運綠線延伸段中壢站(G28)用地需求,市府規劃以「先建後拆」方式,於他處興建約三倍大的新校舍後遷校。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🇻🇳 A Name Born of Phú Quốc Island
校名源自富國島
"富台" fuses "富(國島)" — Phú Quốc Island, Vietnam — with "台(灣)" — Taiwan, directly commemorating the 1953 evacuation of Nationalist troops that General Huang Jie led to Zhongli.
🎉 60 Years and Counting
一甲子校慶
Futai Elementary celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2025, marking six decades of serving the descendants of one of Taiwan's more unusual Cold War migrant communities.
🚇 Making Way for the MRT
捷運綠線遷校
The current campus site has been earmarked for a new MRT Green Line station serving Zhongli; the city plans to build a new campus roughly three times larger before relocating the school.
A Cold War history, encoded in a name.
Futai Elementary's name is a direct, encoded link to one of the more unusual threads of Cold War-era Taiwan history: the 1953 evacuation of thousands of Chinese Nationalist soldiers and refugees from Phú Quốc Island off the coast of Vietnam, led by General Huang Jie. Many of those evacuees resettled in Zhongli, and the school was built specifically to educate their children — a piece of history most visitors would never guess from the name alone.
Find the school.
桃園市中壢區中山東路三段369號
No. 369, Sec. 3, Zhongshan E. Rd., Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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