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Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)

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Jurisdiction
  
Taiwan (ROC)

Parent agency
  
Executive Yuan

Headquarters
  
Zhongzheng, Taipei

Website
  
www.moea.gov.tw


Formed
  
June 1931 (as National Economic Council) December 1937 (as MOEA)

Ministers responsible
  
Lee Chih-kung, Minister Shen Jong-chin, Deputy Minister Yang Wei-fuu, Wang Mei-hua, Vice Ministers

The Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (MOEA; Chinese: 中華民國經濟部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Jīngjìbù) is the ministry of the Taiwan responsible for formulating policy and laws for industry and trade, foreign direct investment, energy, minerals, measurement standards, intellectual property, state-owned enterprises. The ministry is a cabinet level government agency of the Executive Yuan.

Contents

The executive agency promotes industrial and economic policies which allows economic activity and growth, increased employment and investments in sector which are critical to Taiwan's economy. Taiwan's main exports are electronics, computers, telecommunications equipment, industrial design services and creative industries/culture.

History

MOEA was initially established in June 1931 as National Economic Council by the Executive Yuan. In December 1931, the council was merged with other organizations to create the Ministry of Basic Industries. In December 1937, the ministry was reorganized as the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The MOEA continued to function in Taiwan since 1949 after the Kuomintang was defeated on the mainland during the Chinese Civil War.

Structure

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is very important in the management of Taiwan's economy. It manages a number of statutory bodies and state owned enterprises.

Staff units

The internal structure of the MOEA:

  • Department of Mines
  • Department of Commerce
  • International Cooperation Department
  • Department of Investment Services
  • Department of Industrial Technology
  • Department of Statistics
  • Central Region Office
  • Southern Taiwan Joint Services Center
  • Office of Trade Negotiations

    • Administrative agencies

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs is responsible for the entire Taiwanese economy. It has a number of statutory administrative agencies reporting under it. They are:

  • Industrial Development Bureau
  • Central Region Branch
  • Southern Region Branch
  • Bureau of Foreign Trade
  • Taiwan Intellectual Property Office
  • Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
  • Keelung Branch
  • Hsinchu Branch
  • Taichung Branch
  • Tainan Branch
  • Kaohsiung Branch
  • Hualien Branch
  • Bureau of Energy
  • Water Resources Agency
  • Small and Medium Enterprise Administration
  • Export Processing Zone Administration
  • Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone
  • Taichung Export Processing Zone
  • Chungkang Export Processing Zone
  • Pingtung Export Processing Zone
  • Central Geological Survey
  • State-owned Enterprises Commission
  • Investment Commission
  • International Trade Commission
  • Bureau of Mines

    • National corporations

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs have a number of state owned enterprises reporting to it. They are:

  • Taiwan Sugar Corporation
  • Taiwan Power Company
  • CPC Corporation
  • Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
  • Taiwan Water Corporation

    • List of ministers

  • 1928: H. H. Kung
  • 1931: Chen Kung-po (陳公博) [Chen Gongbo]
  • 1935: Wu T’ing-chang (吳鼎昌) [Wu Dingchang]
  • 1937: Ch’eng T’ien-ku (程天固) [Cheng Tiangu]
  • 1938: Wang Wen-ho (翁文灝) [Weng Wenhao]
  • 1946: Wang Yun-wu
  • 1948: Chen Chi-tien (陳啟天) [Chen Qitian]
  • 1948–1949:Liu Wei-chi (劉維熾)
  • 1949: Sun Yue-chi (孫越琦) [Sun Yueqi]
  • 1949–1950: Liu Hang-chen (劉航琛) [Liu Hangchen]
  • 1950: Yen Chia-kan
  • 1950–1952: Cheng Tao-ju (鄭道儒) [Zheng Daoru]
  • 1952–1954: T. K. Chang (張茲闓) [Zhang Zikai]
  • 1954–1955: Yin Chung-jung (尹仲容) [Yin Zhongrong]
  • 1955–1958: Kiang Piao (江杓) [Jiang Biao]
  • 1958–1965: Yang Gi-tzeng (楊繼曾) [Yang Jizeng]
  • 1965–1969: Li Kwoh-ting
  • 1969†: Tao Sheng-yang (陶聲洋) [Tao Shengyang]
  • 1969–1978: Sun Yun-suan
  • 1978–1981: Chang Kwang-shih (張光世) [Zhang Guangshi]
  • 1981–1984: Chao Yao-tung
  • 1984–1985: Hsu Li-teh
  • 1985–1988: Lee Ta-hai
  • 1988–1990: Chen Li-an
  • 1990–1993: Vincent Siew
  • 1993–1996: Chiang Pin-kun
  • 1996–2000: Wang Chih-kang (王志剛) [Wang Zhigang]
  • 2000–2002: Lin Hsin-i
  • 2002: Christine Tsung (宗才怡) [Zong Caiyi]
  • 2002–2004: Lin Yi-fu (林義夫)
  • 2004–2006: Ho Mei-yueh
  • 2006: Morgan Hwang (黃營杉) [Huang Yingshan]
  • 2006–2008: Steve Chen (陳瑞隆) [Chen Ruilong]
  • 2008–2009: Yiin Chii-ming
  • 2009–2013: Shih Yen-shiang
  • 2013–2014: Chang Chia-juch
  • 2014: Woody Duh
  • 2014–2016: John Deng
  • 2016–: Chih-Kung Lee (incumbent)

    • † Died in office.

    Transportation

    The MOEA building is accessible by walking distance West of Guting Station of the Taipei Metro on the Orange Line.

    References

    Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan) Wikipedia
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