Wu Rong-i | |
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吳榮義 | |
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| In office 9 November 2016 – 20 May 2024 | |
| President | Tsai Ing-wen |
| In office 26 January 2006 – July 2006 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| 21stVice Premier of Taiwan | |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 25 January 2006 | |
| Premier | Frank Hsieh |
| Preceded by | Yeh Chu-lan |
| Succeeded by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| National Policy Advisor to the President | |
| In office 20 May 2001 – 1 February 2005 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1939 (1939-12-15) (age 85) Yanchao,Kaohsiung,Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | Wu Chih-chung |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA,MA) KU Leuven (MSc,PhD) |
Wu Rong-i (Chinese:吳榮義;pinyin:Wú Róngyì; born 15 December 1939) is aTaiwanese politician who served as theVice Premier of Taiwan from 2005 to 2006.[1] He also served as Chairman of Taiwania Capital Management Corporation, the investment arm of Taiwan.
In 1962 and 1965, Wu received hisB.A. andM.A. degrees in economics from theNational Taiwan University. Subsequently, in 1967 he went to theCatholic University of Leuven inBelgium where he obtained anM.Sc. degree in 1968 and aPh.D. in 1971, both in economical sciences.[citation needed]
From 1992 to 1993, Wu served as Commissioner and Member of theFair Trade Commission. He became Director and President of theTaiwan Institute of Economic Research from 1993 until 2005, and from 2005 onwards he wasDeputy Prime Minister (Vice Premier of theExecutive Yuan) ofTaiwan. From 2001 to 2005, Wu was President and Chairman ofTaiwan Stock Exchange. He has also served as Chairman of Taiwan Brain Trust andTaiwan Futures Exchange, and as Advisor to the Taiwan delegation to theAPEC Ministerial and Leaders' Meetings.[citation needed]
In October 2005, Wu said thatChinese unification is highly unlikely to happen during his lifetime unlessBeijing uses force. However, he considersmainland China a big brother, and wishes to take the opportunity for Taiwanese to invest in the mainland and have peaceful relations with them.[2]
In early October 2013 during the cross-strait peace forum inShanghai in which attended by officials from theChinese Communist Party,Pan-Blue Coalition andPan-Green Coalition, Wu proposed the idea that Taiwan and mainland China represent an "allegiance of brotherhood".[3]
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