About Yang Shih-chien
Yang Shih-chien was a politician and civil servant.
Yang Shih-chien (; born c. 1944) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education Yang earned a masters of electrical engineering and a doctorate from Northwestern University.
Career Yang is a member of the Kuomintang. He was director-general of the Industrial Development Bureau prior to serving as political deputy minister of economic affairs from 1992 through 1994. Yang then led the Hsinchu Science Park Administration. The Taiwan Solidarity Union suspected Yang of working in China, and disclosed the allegations in 2002. Subsequently, Yang's Global Strategic Investment Fund was fined by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In 2010, Yang became the chairman of the China Prosper Investment and Management Company, based in Tianjin. Yang later served as national policy adviser to President Ma Ying-jeou.
Personal life Yang is a nephew of Rong Yiren, who served as vice president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 1998.
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