Lin Chu-chia | |
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| 林祖嘉 | |
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| Minister ofNational Development Council of theRepublic of China | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Woody Duh |
| Succeeded by | Chen Tain-jy |
| Governor ofFujian Province | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 20 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Woody Duh |
| Succeeded by | Chang Ching-sen |
| Special Deputy Minister of theMainland Affairs Council of theRepublic of China | |
| In office 16 August 2014 – 31 January 2016 | |
| Minister | Wang Yu-chi Andrew Hsia |
| Preceded by | Chang Hsien-yao |
| Deputy Minister of theMainland Affairs Council of theRepublic of China | |
| In office 16 October 2012 – 16 August 2014 | |
| Minister | Wang Yu-chi |
| Succeeded by | Shih Hui-fen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Education | Tatung University (BA) National Chengchi University (MA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD) |
Lin Chu-chia orSteve Lin (Chinese:林祖嘉;pinyin:Lín Zǔjiā; born 1956) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He took junior positions at theMainland Affairs Council before his 2016 promotion to concurrent posts asNational Development Council head and Governor of Fujian Province.
Lin earned a bachelor's degree fromTatung University, then earned a master's degree in economics fromNational Chengchi University. He then went to the United States and earned aPh.D. in economics from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.
Lin had been appointed the special deputy minister of theMainland Affairs Council on 16 August 2012 was sworn in as deputy minister of theMainland Affairs Council on 29 November 2012.[1][2]
Speaking at a seminar inTaipei about future of China in November 2012 after the18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Lin said that the initiative forBeijing government to make reform determine the stability and harmony forcross-strait relations. Difference on the two sides should be dealt with mutual tolerance and understanding.Taipei government itself has the responsibility to share its 60-year experience ofdemocratization andeconomic development with Beijing.[3]
He further added that the MAC would conduct a thorough review on itsAct Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area and establish reciprocal representative office on each other's area to serve the needs of the people. The relations between the two sides is governed under ROC principle of 'one country, two areas' and also themutual non-recognition of each other's sovereignty and mutual non-denial of each other's governing authority.[4]
Regarding the possibility ofCCP general secretaryXi Jinping and Taiwanese presidentMa Ying-jeou meeting during the upcomingAPEC China 2014, Lin said that themainland China government is free to interpret such meeting as their domestic affairs.[5]
In early July 2013 during a conference at theROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended by foreign representatives and ambassadors, Lin said that theCross-Strait Service Trade Agreement signed on 21 June 2013 inShanghai was made in the interest of the interest of theTaiwanese people and that the MAC will continue the socialization with theLegislative Yuan, the public and Taiwanese doing business inmainland China to promote the pact's advantages. Lin was accompanied byDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsSimon Ko,Straits Exchange Foundation Deputy Secretary-GeneralMa Shaw-chang andVice Minister of Economic AffairsCho Shih-chao.[6]
Speaking atNational Chengchi University in end of March 2014 after theSunflower Student Movement, Lin said that Taiwan has signed closer economic cooperation withNew Zealand andSingapore, and plan to do more withIndia andIndonesia at the end of the year. Only by engaging closer economic cooperation with mainland China, Taiwan can move forward towardsTrans-Pacific Partnership.[7]
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