Shen Jong-chin

In this article, the surname is Shen.

Shen Jong-chin
沈榮津
Official portrait, 2020
Senior Advisor to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 February 2023
President	Tsai Ing-wen Lai Ching-te
Chairman of Taiwan Financial Holdings Group
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 February 2023
Preceded by	Joseph Lyu
38th Vice Premier of Taiwan
In office 19 June 2020 – 30 January 2023
Premier	Su Tseng-chang
Preceded by	Chen Chi-mai
Succeeded by	Cheng Wen-tsan
34th Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 8 September 2017 – 19 June 2020 Acting: 16 August 2017 - 8 September 2017
Premier	Lin Chuan William Lai Su Tseng-chang
Deputy	See list Kung Ming-hsin Tseng Wen-sheng Wang Mei-hua
Vice	See list Yang Wei-fuu Wang Mei-hua Lin Chuan-neng
Preceded by	Lee Chih-kung
Succeeded by	Wang Mei-hua
Administrative Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 20 May 2016 – 15 August 2017
Minister	Lee Chih-kung
Vice	Yang Wei-fuu
Succeeded by	Kung Ming-hsin
Vice Minister of Economic Affairs
In office February 2014 – 20 May 2016
Minister	Chang Chia-juch Woody Duh
Deputy	See list Woody Duh Cho Shih-chao
Preceded by	Woody Duh
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-27) July 27, 1951 (age 73) Sinying, Tainan, Taiwan
Political party	Independent
Education	Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology (BS) National Taipei University of Technology (MS)

Shen Jong-chin (traditional Chinese: 沈榮津; simplified Chinese: 沈荣津; pinyin: Shěn Róngjīn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sím Êng-tin; born 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Vice Premier of Taiwan from 19 June 2020 to 30 January 2023.

Education

Shen obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology and master's degree in commerce automation and management from National Taipei University of Technology.[1]

Political career

Shen led the Export Processing Zone Administration prior to heading the Industrial Development Bureau in 2012, succeeding Woody Duh.[2] Shen became vice minister of economic affairs in 2014, again replacing Duh.[3] He took office as deputy minister of economic affairs on 20 May 2016, with the Lin Chuan cabinet.[4] He served as acting minister following the resignation of Lee Chih-kung in August 2017, and was retained by premier Lai Ching-te.[5]

Anti-China movement in Vietnam

Responding to the destruction of Taiwanese companies operating in Vietnam due to the anti-China movement because of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation oil exploration in the disputed territories in South China Sea, Shen led a delegation to Vietnam to assist Taiwanese business people in the country in mid May 2014. They visited Bình Dương and Đồng Nai Provinces. The riot led to the damage of 224 Taiwanese companies and suspension of 1,100 Taiwanese enterprises.[6]

Vice premiership

On 19 June 2020, Shen was appointed vice premier, succeeding Chen Chi-mai, who had resigned to contest in the 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election.[7][8]

References

1. "您所輸入的網址並不存在！".
2. Liao, George (6 June 2012). "IDB director vows to reshape industry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
3. "Labor council head to run new labor ministry". Taipei Times. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
4. Li, Lauly (20 May 2016). "Economic affairs minister shares hopes for exports". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
5. Lu, Hsin-hui; Liu, Claudia; Hsu, Elizabeth (6 September 2017). "Premier-designate confirms several new Cabinet faces". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
6. "Foreign ministry denies that David Lin has resigned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
7. Wang, Cheng-chung; Hsu, Elizabeth. "Economics Minister Shen Jong-chin appointed as vice premier". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
8. Lin, Sean (20 June 2020). "The Executive Yuan names Shen Jong-chin as vice premier". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Lee Chih-kung	Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China 2017–2020	Succeeded by Wang Mei-hua
Preceded by Chen Chi-mai	Vice Premier of the Republic of China 2020–2023	Succeeded by Cheng Wen-tsan