Chang Hsien-yao

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Chang Hsien-yao
張顯耀
Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 September 2013
Minister Wang Yu-chi
Political Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
February 2012 – 2 September 2013
Minister Wang Yu-chi
Succeeded by Wu Mei-hung
Personal details
Born 6 November 1963 (1963-11-06) (age 50)
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang[2]
Alma mater Central Police University
Tamkang University
Université de Paris I

Chang Hsien-yao or Vincent Chang[3] (Chinese: 張顯耀; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎnyào) is a politician in the Republic of China. He currently serves as the Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan.[4]

Early life

Chang studied in Université de Paris I in France from Kuomintang scholarship.

Early career

Upon graduation, he returned to Taiwan and worked at the National Security Council. Chang had been teaching at Taiwanese universities as assistant professor at Nanhua University, Central Police University and Chinese Culture University.[5]

Political career

In 2000, he joined People First Party and ever since had been working closely with the party Chairman, James Soong.[6]

ROC Mainland Affairs Council Political Deputy Ministry

Cross-strait reciprocal representative offices

In mid April 2013, Chang said that the ROC government is making the preparation for both sides across the Taiwan Strait to establish representative offices on each side by the end of 2013 after a draft bill was approved at the ROC cabinet meeting. Branch office of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) will be established in Taiwan, while branch office of Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) will be established in Mainland China, although no timetable has been set for the establishment.[7]

ARATS officers in Taiwan later will enjoy some certain degree of special rights which would not fall under ROC jurisdiction and granted some privileges in the discretion of ROC Cabinet. The bill is the base in which both sides sustain an equal and reciprocal relationship, Chang added. However, he also emphasized that ARATS branch office in Taiwan will never be the same like PRC Liaison Office in Hong Kong because Taiwan-Mainland China relations is completely different than Hong Kong-Mainland China relations.[8]

Cross-strait service trade

In end of June 2013, Chang joined a delegation led by Lin Join-sane, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), to visit Shanghai from Taiwan for the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement signing. The Taiwanese delegation includes Cho Shih-chao, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs and Kao Koong-lian, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Straits Exchange Foundation.[9][10]

The cross-strait service trade agreement was signed on 21 June 2013 which consists of four chapters and twenty four articles. Under the agreement, 64 Taiwanese industries will be opened to Chinese Mainland investments, ranging from transportation, tourism and traditional Chinese medicine sectors. Meanwhile 80 Chinese Mainland industries will be opened to Taiwanese investments, ranging from finance, retail, electronics, publishing and travel sectors.[11][12] Chang said that the signing of the trade will make Taiwan and Mainland China the most stable market in the world and serves as a path for Taiwan towards the membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Investment from Mainland China will also help Taiwan become more competitive.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&s=3CBD91B3BA05E008
  2. ↑ http://www.ly.gov.tw/en/03_leg/legIntro.action?lgno=00059&stage=7
  3. ↑ http://www.amcham.com.tw/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2153&pop=1&page=0
  4. ↑ http://www.mac.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=49527&ctNode=5904&mp=3
  5. ↑ http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&s=3CBD91B3BA05E008
  6. ↑ http://www.amcham.com.tw/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2153&pop=1&page=0
  7. ↑ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/04/12/375824/No-schedule.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/04/12/2003559413
  9. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/06/21/2003565314
  10. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPHJPv2trKk
  11. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/06/22/2003565371
  12. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/06/23/2003565441
  13. ↑ http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130808000141&cid=1101
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