Chang Ching-sen
Taiwanese engineer and politician (born 1959)
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Chang Ching-sen (Chinese: 張景森; pinyin: Zhāng Jǐngsēn; born 8 October 1959) is a Taiwanese civil engineer and politician. He is known for his advocacy to resolve the North-South divide in Taiwan.[1][2]
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(as Governor of Fujian Province to 1 January 2019)
William Lai
Hope Su
(as Director of the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center from 1 January 2019)
Chang Ching-sen | |
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| 張景森 | |
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| Director of the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established (as Governor of Fujian Province to 1 January 2019) |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2016 | |
| Premier | Lin Chuan William Lai Hope Su |
| Governor of Fujian Province | |
| In office 20 May 2016 – 1 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Chu-chia |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (as Director of the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center from 1 January 2019) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1959 (age 66) |
| Party | Independent |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS, PhD) |
Early life and education
Chang graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1982 and earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the university in 1991. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Modern Urban Planning in Taiwan: A Political, Historical, and Economic Study (1895-1988)".[3]
Political career
In the mid-2000s, Chang was the vice chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development.[4] He served as an advisor to Ko Wen-je's 2014 Taipei mayoral campaign.[5][6] He was named a policy advisor to Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 presidential bid.[7] After Tsai won, her designated premier Lin Chuan named Chang to the cabinet as a minister without portfolio on 7 April 2016.[8] Three weeks before he took office on 20 May, Chang made controversial comments on Facebook about an urban renewal project in Shilin District.[9] He apologized via Facebook two days after making the post,[10] but later chose to deactivate his account on the social media platform.[11]
Cross-strait relations
In September 2016 Chang made an unofficial statement that Mainland Chinese tourists are Taiwan's most needed friends, and to the Taiwanese that there is a difference between the Mainland Chinese people and the Mainland Chinese government.[12]
