Wu Rong-i explained

Wu Rong-i
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Office1:Senior Advisor to the President
Term Start1:9 November 2016
Term End1:20 May 2024
President1:Tsai Ing-wen
Term Start2:26 January 2006
Term End2:July 2006
President2:Chen Shui-bian
Office3:21st Vice Premier of Taiwan
Premier3:Frank Hsieh
Term Start3:1 February 2005
Term End3:25 January 2006
Predecessor3:Yeh Chu-lan
Successor3:Tsai Ing-wen
Office4:National Policy Advisor to the President
Term Start4:20 May 2001
Term End4:1 February 2005
President4:Chen Shui-bian
Birth Place:Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Children:Wu Chih-chung
Nationality:Taiwan
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:NTU (BA, MA)
KU Leuven (MSc, PhD)

Wu Rong-i (; born 15 December 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan from 2005 to 2006.[1] He also served as Chairman of Taiwania Capital Management Corporation, the investment arm of Taiwan.

Education

In 1962 and 1965, Wu received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the National Taiwan University. Subsequently, in 1967 he went to the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium where he obtained an M.Sc. degree in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1971, both in economical sciences.

Work

From 1992 to 1993, Wu served as Commissioner and Member of the Fair Trade Commission. He became Director and President of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research from 1993 until 2005, and from 2005 onwards he was Deputy Prime Minister (Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan. From 2001 to 2005, Wu was President and Chairman of Taiwan Stock Exchange. He has also served as Chairman of Taiwan Brain Trust and Taiwan Futures Exchange, and as Advisor to the Taiwan delegation to the APEC Ministerial and Leaders' Meetings.

Cross-strait relations

In October 2005, Wu said that Chinese unification is highly unlikely to happen during his lifetime unless Beijing uses force. However, he considers mainland 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 in Shanghai in which attended by officials from the Chinese Communist Party, Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, Wu proposed the idea that Taiwan and mainland China represent an "allegiance of brotherhood".[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 19 February 2005 . Wu Rong-i becomes vice premier . 2014-08-22 . .
  2. Web site: Taiwan's Wu Won't See Unification With China 'In His Lifetime' - Bloomberg . 2014-08-22 . .
  3. Web site: 25 October 2013 . China can only develop with peace . 2014-08-22 . .