Wu Rong-i

Wu Rong-i (Chinese: 吳榮義; pinyin: Wú Róngyì; born 15 December 1939) is a Taiwanese politician. Wu was the Vice Premier in 2005–2006.[1], and now serves as senior advisor to Tsai Ing-wen, current President of Taiwan, and as Chairman of Taiwania Capital Management Corporation, the investment arm of Taiwan.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Rong-i
吳榮義
Wu in May 2010
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office 1 February 2005 – 25 January 2006
Premier	Frank Hsieh
Preceded by	Yeh Chu-lan
Succeeded by	Tsai Ing-wen
Personal details
Born	15 December 1939 (1939-12-15) (age 80) Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan (Republic of China)
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Catholic University of Leuven

Education

In 1962 and 1965, Wu received his B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the National Taiwan University. Afterward, he obtained his doctoral degree in economics from Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Work

From 1992 to 1993, Wu served as Commissioner and Member of the Fair Trade Commission (Taiwan). He became Director and President of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research from 1993 until 2005, and from 2005 onwards he was 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 reunification is highly unlikely to happen during his lifetime unless Beijing uses force. However, he considers Mainland China as a big brother, and wish to take the opportunity for Taiwanese to invest in the mainland and have peaceful relation with them.[2]

In early October 2013 during the cross-strait peace forum in Shanghai in which attended by officials from the Communist Party of China, Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, Wu proposed the idea that Taiwan and Mainland China represent an "allegiance of brotherhood".[3]

See also

• List of vice premiers of the Republic of China
• Notable Alumni of Catholic University of Leuven

References

1. "Wu Rong-i becomes vice premier - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
2. "Taiwan's Wu Won't See Unification With China `In His Lifetime' - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
3. "China can only develop with peace - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.