Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)

Ministry of Economic Affairs
經濟部; Jīngjìbù (Mandarin); Kîn-chi Phu (Hakka)
	Logo of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
	Seal of the Ministry of Economic Affairs; (經濟部印)
Agency overview
Formed	June 1931 (as National Economic Council); December 1937 (as MOEA)
Jurisdiction	Taiwan
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei
Minister responsible	J.W. Kuo;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Tseng Wen-sheng; Chen Chern-chyi; Lin Chuan-neng;
Website	www.moea.gov.tw

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA; Chinese: 經濟部; pinyin: Jīngjìbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Keng-chè-pō͘) is the ministry of the Republic of China (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.

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.^[2]

History

Former Ministry of Economic Affairs building in Nanjing.

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.^[3]

Staff units

The internal structure of the MOEA:

Department of General Planning
Department of Industrial Technology
Department of Investment Promotion
Department of Investment Review
Department of State-owned Enterprise Affairs
Department of Economic Legal Affairs
Department of General Affairs
Department of Personnel
Department of Civil Service Ethics
Department of Accounting
Department of Statistics
Department of Information Management

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 Administration
Administration of Commerce
Small and Medium Enterprise Administration
International Trade Administration
Energy Administration
Water Resources Agency
Intellectual Property Office
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
- Keelung Branch
- Hsinchu Branch
- Taichung Branch
- Tainan Branch
- Kaohsiung Branch
- Hualien Branch
Bureau of Industrial Parks
- Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone
- Taichung Export Processing Zone
- Chungkang Export Processing Zone
- Pingtung Export Processing Zone
Geological Survey and Mining Management Agency (formerly the Central Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines)

National corporations

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

Overseas offices

Country	City	Name of office
Canada	Ottawa	Ottawa Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada
Colombia	Bogota	Bogota, D.C. Division Economica, Oficina Comercial de Taipei, Bogota, D.C., Republica de Colombia
Switzerland	Bern	Bern Economic Division, Delegation Culturelle et Economique de Taipei
United States	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C. Economic Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

List of ministers

Pre-1947 Constitution

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

Post-1947 Constitution

Political Party: Chinese Youth Party Kuomintang Non-partisan/unknown

No.	Name	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	Cabinet
1	Chen Chi-tien (陳啟天)	6 July 1948	27 December 1948	174	Chinese Youth Party	Weng Wenhao Sun Fo
2	Liu Wei-chi (劉維熾)	27 December 1948	1 April 1949	95	Kuomintang	Sun Fo He Yingqin
3	Sun Yue-chi (孫越琦)	1 April 1949	16 June 1949	76		He Yingqin Yan Xishan
4	Liu Hang-chen (劉航琛)	16 June 1949	10 February 1950	239		Yan Xishan
5	Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦)	10 February 1950	16 March 1950	34	Kuomintang	Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I
6	Cheng Tao-ju (鄭道儒)	16 March 1950	7 May 1952	783		Chen Cheng I
7	T. K. Chang (張茲闓)	7 May 1952	1 June 1954	938		Chen Cheng I
8	Yin Chung-jung (尹仲容)	1 June 1954	1 December 1955	365	Kuomintang	Yu Hung-chun
9	Kiang Piao (江杓)	1 December 1955	26 March 1958	846		Yu Hung-chun
10	Yang Gi-tzeng (楊繼曾)	26 March 1958	25 January 1965	2497		Yu Hung-chun Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan
11	Li Kwoh-ting (李國鼎)	25 January 1965	4 July 1969	1621	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
12	Tao Sheng-yang (陶聲洋)	4 July 1969	28 September 1969†	86	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
13	Sun Yun-suan (孫運璿)	11 October 1969	1 June 1978	3155	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
14	Chang Kwang-shih (張光世)	1 June 1978	1 December 1981	1279	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
15	Chao Yao-tung (趙耀東)	1 December 1981	1 June 1984	913	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
16	Hsu Li-teh (徐立德)	1 June 1984	20 March 1985	292	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua
17	Lee Ta-hai (李達海)	20 March 1985	22 July 1988	1220	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua
18	Chen Li-an (陳履安)	22 July 1988	1 June 1990	679	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan
19	Vincent Siew (蕭萬長)	1 June 1990	27 February 1993	1002	Kuomintang	Hau Pei-tsun
20	Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤)	27 February 1993	10 June 1996	1199	Kuomintang	Lien Chan
21	Wang Chih-kang (王志剛)	10 June 1996	20 May 2000	1440	Kuomintang	Lien Chan Vincent Siew
22	Lin Hsin-i (林信義)	20 May 2000	1 February 2002	622	Independent	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I
23	Christine Tsung (宗才怡)	1 February 2002	1 March 2002	28		Yu Shyi-kun
24	Lin Yi-fu (林義夫)	21 March 2002	20 May 2004	791	Kuomintang	Yu Shyi-kun
25	Ho Mei-yueh (何美玥)	20 May 2004	25 January 2006	615		Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh
26	Morgan Hwang (黃營杉)	25 January 2006	9 August 2006	196		Su Tseng-chang I
27	Steve Chen (陳瑞隆)	9 August 2006	20 May 2008	650		Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II
28	Yiin Chii-ming (尹啟銘)	20 May 2008	10 September 2009	478	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan
29	Shih Yen-shiang (施顏祥)	10 September 2009	18 February 2013	1257		Wu Den-yih Sean Chen
30	Chang Chia-juch (張家祝)	18 February 2013	15 August 2014	543	Kuomintang	Jiang Yi-huah
31	Woody Duh (杜紫軍)	16 August 2014	10 December 2014	116	Independent	Jiang Yi-huah
32	John Deng (鄧振中)	10 December 2014	20 May 2016	527	Independent	Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
33	Chih-Kung Lee (李世光)	20 May 2016	15 August 2017	452		Lin Chuan
34	Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津)	8 September 2017^[4]	19 June 2020	1015	Independent	William Lai Su Tseng-chang II
35	Wang Mei-hua (王美花)	19 June 2020	20 May 2024	1431	Independent	Su Tseng-chang II Chen Chien-jen
36	J.W. Kuo (郭智輝)	20 May 2024	Incumbent	187	Independent	Cho Jung-tai

† Died in office.

Access

The MOEA building is accessible by walking distance West of Guting Station of the Taipei Metro on the Orange Line.^[5]

References

^ "Ministry of Economic Affairs,R.O.C. - History". Moea.gov.tw. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
^ [1] Archived August 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Ministry of Economic Affairs,R.O.C. - Organization". Moea.gov.tw. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
^ Shen acted as minister after Lee's resignation.
^ "經濟部". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

External links

[1] "Ministry of Economic Affairs,R.O.C. - History". Moea.gov.tw. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

[2] [1] Archived August 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Ministry of Economic Affairs,R.O.C. - Organization". Moea.gov.tw. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

[4] Shen acted as minister after Lee's resignation.

[5] "經濟部". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

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