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Sun Yun-suan | |
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| 孫運璿 | |
 Official portrait, 1978 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| In office 1 June 1984 – 15 February 2006 | |
| President | Chiang Ching-kuo Lee Teng-hui Chen Shui-bian |
| 10th Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 1 June 1978 – 24 February 1984 | |
| President | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Vice Premier | Hsu Ching-chung Chiu Chuang-huan |
| Preceded by | Hsu Ching-chung (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Chiu Chuang-huan (acting) |
| 13thMinister of Economic Affairs | |
| In office 1 October 1969 – 29 May 1978 | |
| Premier | Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo Hsu Ching-chung (acting) |
| Preceded by | Tao Shen-yang |
| Succeeded by | Chang Shih-kuang |
| 7thMinister of Transportation and Communications | |
| In office 29 November 1967 – 1 October 1969 | |
| Premier | Yen Chia-kan |
| Preceded by | Yi Shen |
| Succeeded by | Chang Chi-cheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1913-11-10)10 November 1913 |
| Died | 15 February 2006(2006-02-15) (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Hsin Hsin Cemetery,Keelung |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse | Yu Hui-hsuen |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Harbin Institute of Technology (BE) |
Sun Yun-suan (Chinese:孫運璿;pinyin:Sūn Yùnxuán; 10 November 1913 – 15 February 2006) was a Taiwanese engineer and politician. As minister of economic affairs from 1969 to 1978 andPremier of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1984, he was credited for overseeing theexport-driven industrialization ofTaiwan.[citation needed]
Born inPenglai,Shandong, he earned hisBachelor of Electrical Engineering from theHarbin Institute of Technology in 1934. From 1937 to 1940 he was an engineer at theNational Resources Commission and worked at a government-run power station inQinghai province, he earned fame and respect throughout China for disassembling and then transporting an electrical/power boiler, into Kuomintang territory in order to prevent the expensive equipment from falling into enemy Japanese hands. DuringWorld War II (from 1937 to 1945),[1] he was sent by the National Resources Commission to train in theUnited States as an engineer at theTennessee Valley Authority.
In 1946, he was sent to Taiwan (which had just been handed over to theNationalist Government fromJapan following the Allied victory inWorld War II) to work at theTaiwan Power Company, a public utility. Managing a staff of several hundred, Sun was able to get 80% of the power network in Taiwan (destroyed during the war) restored in five months. At Taiwan Power Company, he was Head Engineer of the Electrical and Mechanical Department from 1946 to 1950, Chief Engineer from 1950 to 1962, and Vice President from 1953 to 1962.
Due to his successes in Taiwan, theWorld Bank sent him toNigeria as head of theElectricity Corporation of Nigeria in 1964, which he served as CEO and General Manager until 1967. He increased Nigeria's power supply by 88%.
He returned to Taiwan and joined the ROC government asMinister of Communications in 1967. In 1969, he was transferred to become Minister of Economic Affairs and served until 30 May 1978 when he was promoted to Premier of the Republic of China.
He is credited as one of the chief architects of Taiwan's "economic miracle" that led Taiwan to become one of theEast Asian Tigers. It was during Sun's premiership theTen Infrastructure Projects, including theChiang Kai-shek International Airport, the Number 1 Nuclear Power Plant, and theSun Yat-sen National Expressway, were completed. Sun championed the establishment of high-technology industries that would later become the basis of the Taiwanese economy. He initiated the development of theIndustrial Technology Research Institute (that would later give rise to numerous major semiconductor companies such asTSMC) and theHsinchu Science-based Industrial Park which would serve as a major electronics and semiconductor manufacturing hub. Sun is also credited for transforming Taiwan's existing export industries, which were developed in the 1960s and centered on textiles, shoes, plastic toys, and agriculture, to the more sustainable fields of petrochemicals, machine tools, and electronics.
Sun was once regarded as heir apparent toChiang Ching-kuo, but he suffered astroke during alegislative interpellation session in 1984, ending his political career. Instead,Lee Teng-hui became Chiang's heir apparent and ultimate successor. Sun resigned as premier on 20 May 1984 and was appointed to the largely honorary position of senior advisor to thePresident of the Republic of China.
After his stroke, Sun became a major advocate of health issues such as the importance of monitoring high blood pressure for elderly people. He also campaigned againstsmoking.
Another stroke left him needing to use a wheelchair for mobility. Nevertheless, Sun remained politically active in his later years and campaigned on behalf of KMT presidential candidateLien Chan in the2004 presidential election.
He died at the age of 92 while hospitalized at theVeterans General Hospital inTaipei as a result ofmyocardial infarction andsepsis. Sun was accorded the honour of a State funeral due to his tremendous contributions and hard work and determination for Taiwan, which was held on February 25. Then-DPP PresidentChen Shui-bian also attended his funeral. Sun’s ashes were interred at theKeelung Hsin Hsin Cemetery.
When did World War II begin? Shanghai 1937: Where World War II Began answers that question in a way most audiences will find surprising. Americans might say December 7, 1941… The day the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. For Europeans, it was September 1, 1939… When Nazi Germany invaded Poland. But in China, people will tell you a different date. August 13, 1937.
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