Wu Rong-i

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Wu.

Wu Rong-i
吳榮義
Official portrait, 2016
Senior Advisor to the President
In office 9 November 2016 – 20 May 2024
President	Tsai Ing-wen
In office 26 January 2006 – July 2006
President	Chen Shui-bian
21st Vice Premier of Taiwan
In office 1 February 2005 – 25 January 2006
Premier	Frank Hsieh
Preceded by	Yeh Chu-lan
Succeeded by	Tsai Ing-wen
National Policy Advisor to the President
In office 20 May 2001 – 1 February 2005
President	Chen Shui-bian
Personal details
Born	15 December 1939 (1939-12-15) (age 84) Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Independent
Children	Wu Chih-chung
Alma mater	NTU (BA, MA) KU Leuven (MSc, PhD)

Wu Rong-i (Chinese: 吳榮義; pinyin: Wú Róngyì; born 15 December 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan from 2005 to 2006. He also served as Chairman of Taiwania Capital Management Corporation, the investment arm of Taiwan.

Education

In 1962 and 1965, Wu received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the National Taiwan University. Subsequently, in 1967 he went to the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium where he obtained an M.Sc. degree in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1971, both in economical sciences.

Work

Official portrait as Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan, 2005

From 1992 to 1993, Wu served as Commissioner and Member of the Fair Trade Commission. He became Director and President of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research from 1993 until 2005, and from 2005 onwards he was Deputy Prime Minister (Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan. From 2001 to 2005, Wu was President and Chairman of Taiwan Stock Exchange. He has also served as Chairman of Taiwan Brain Trust and Taiwan Futures Exchange, and as Advisor to the Taiwan delegation to the APEC Ministerial and Leaders' Meetings.

Cross-strait relations

In October 2005, Wu said that Chinese unification is highly unlikely to happen during his lifetime unless Beijing uses force. However, he considers mainland China a big brother, and wishes to take the opportunity for Taiwanese to invest in the mainland and have peaceful relations with them.

In early October 2013 during the cross-strait peace forum in Shanghai in which attended by officials from the Chinese Communist Party, Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, Wu proposed the idea that Taiwan and mainland China represent an "allegiance of brotherhood".

See also

• List of vice premiers of the Republic of China
• Notable Alumni of Catholic University of Leuven