Chiou Jiunn-rong

Chiou Jiunn-rong is a Taiwanese economist. He was the deputy minister of the National Development Council in 2017–2018.

Education Chiou earned his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. in economics from National Taiwan University in 1989, 1991, and 1995, respectively. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Research and Development, Technology Transfer, Insufficient Information and Direct Investment of Multinational Manufacturers" (Chinese: 研究發展、技術移轉、訊息不充分與跨國廠商的直接投資).

Academic career After receiving his doctorate, Chiou became a professor of industrial economics at Tamkang University, where he was an associate professor from August 1995 to July 2000, department chair from August 1998 to July 2000, and then a full professor from August 2000 to July 2003. On 28 January 2018, Choiu was appointed as one of the ten members of New Southbound Policy task force. On 8 July 2018, Chiou tendered his resignation from the council after caught taking a photo of a woman's legs at Ximen MRT station a day earlier.