Chen Chwen-jing

Chen Chwen-jing (; born January 2, 1956), also known by his English name Jonathan Chen, is a Taiwanese civil engineer and academic. He served as the Deputy Minister of the Interior between March 2014 to May 2016, and previously served in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 2013 to 2014.

Early life and education Chen was born on January 2, 1956, in Kaohsiung. After graduating from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School in 1974, he studied agricultural engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU) and received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1979. He then completed two years of military service in the Republic of China Army as a second lieutenant platoon commander in the engineering corps and later earned a master's degree from Soochow University.

ROC Transportation and Communications Political Deputy Ministry

Taiwan HSR explosive device discovery incident Commenting on the criticism on the slow evacuation during the discovery of explosive device inside Taiwan High Speed Rail on 12 April 2013, speaking at Legislative Yuan in mid April 2013, Chen responded that the MOTC will review evacuation measures for Taiwan railways systems.

Stopover by Mainland Chinese in Taiwan Speaking in early February 2014 at a forum on economics and finance legislation, Chen said that negotiating with Mainland China to allow Mainland Chinese to transit stop in Taiwan heading to a third destination will be a very important issues on cross-strait transportation, especially after the establishment of three links in 2008 between the two sides. The current obstacle is that the Chinese mainland government requires their own people to have an entry permit to enter Taiwan, even for just a transfer.

Personal life Chen is married to Chen Hsiang-lin, a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University.