1. Kuan Chung-ming is a Taiwanese economist and econometrician.
14 Facts About Kuan Chung-ming
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Kuan Chung-ming was the last minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2013 to 2014 and served as the first minister of the succeeding government agency, the National Development Council, from 2014 to 2015.
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Kuan Chung-ming was formerly the President of National Taiwan University from 2019 to 2023 and is a Chair Professor in the Department of Finance of National Taiwan University.
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Kuan Chung-ming graduated from the Experimental Elementary School of National Chengchi University in 1968, Dahua High School in 1971, and Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School in 1974.
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Kuan Chung-ming attended Chinese Culture University for undergraduate studies and graduated with his bachelor's degree in economics in 1978.
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Kuan Chung-ming added that the business regulations have been relaxed in Taiwan but not as much as what have been done in other countries.
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Kuan Chung-ming resigned his post as National Development Council head in January 2015.
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Kuan Chung-ming had attempted to resign in a month prior but was persuaded to stay at the time.
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On 5 January 2018, Kuan Chung-ming was elected to succeed Yang Pan-chyr as president of National Taiwan University.
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Shortly after his election, Kuan Chung-ming stated that he would work to help NTU establish international partnerships with other institutions and attract more international students by offering more dual-degree programs.
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Tsai was a member of the NTU presidential search committee, but neither he or Kuan Chung-ming had publicly declared that they both served on the board of Taiwan Mobile.
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Wu's successor Yeh Jiunn-rong announced on 24 December 2018 that Kuan Chung-ming's appointment had been approved.
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Kuan Chung-ming was inaugurated as president of National Taiwan University on 8 January 2019.
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The probe found that Kuan Chung-ming wrote for the publication from 2010 to 2016, which overlapped with his tenure as a government minister between February 2012 and February 2015.