Yang Shih-chien

Yang Shih-chien (Chinese: 楊世緘; born c. 1944) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Yang earned a masters of electrical engineering and a doctorate from Northwestern University.[1]

Career

Yang is a member of the Kuomintang.[2] He was director-general of the Industrial Development Bureau prior to serving as political deputy minister of economic affairs from 1992 through 1994.[3][4] Yang then led the Hsinchu Science Park Administration.[1] In 1996, Yang was named a minister without portfolio.[1] Following his retirement from politics in 2000,[5] Yang founded the Global Strategic Investment Fund in March 2001.[6] The Taiwan Solidarity Union suspected Yang of working in China, and disclosed the allegations in 2002.[7] Subsequently, Yang's Global Strategic Investment Fund was fined by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.[6][8] In 2010, Yang became the chairman of the China Prosper Investment and Management Company, based in Tianjin.[5] Yang later served as national policy adviser to President Ma Ying-jeou.[9]

Personal life

Yang is a nephew of Rong Yiren, who served as vice president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 1998.[5]

References
  1. "The New Cabinet". Free China Review. 1 August 1996.
  2. Tsering Namgyal (18 March 2001). "Asia starts again from scratch". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. "Automate Or Stagnate". Free China Review. 1 November 1991. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "A GATT-Fly in The Rice Bowl". Free China Review. 1 April 1994. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. Chen, George; Hung, Faith (24 March 2010). "Taiwan ex-govt official now private equity boss in China". Reuters. Retrieved 20 June 2020. Republished as: "Ex-MOEA official heads Chinese fund manager". Taipei Times. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  6. Chen, Kevin (31 December 2002). "Former officials face fines". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. Lin, Miao-Jung; Low, Stephanie (13 March 2002). "TSU names 11 as security threats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  8. Huang, Joyce (19 January 2003). "MOEA levies fines on 4 companies for investing in China". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "EDITORIAL: Action must be taken on tax evasion". Taipei Times. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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