Hsieh Sam-chung
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Hsieh Sam-chung | |
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謝森中 | |
| Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China | |
| In office 1 June 1989 – 31 May 1994 | |
| President | Lee Teng-hui |
| Preceded by | Chang Chi-cheng |
| Succeeded by | Liang Kuo-shu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1919 |
| Died | 24 April 2004 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Xie Yanxi |
| Education | National Central University (BA, MA) University of Minnesota (PhD) |
Hsieh Sam-chung (Chinese: 謝森中; pinyin: Xiè Sēnzhōng; 13 November 1919 – 24 April 2004) was a Taiwanese economist who served as the 13th Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China.
Hsieh was born in Mei County, Guangdong, to a Hakka Chinese family. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in agricultural economics from National Central University in Nanking. He completed doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota in 1957.[1] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Rice and sugarcane competition on paddy land in Central Taiwan".[2]
From 1951 to 1965, he served in the Department of Agriculture in Taiwan. Later, he moved to the Philippines to serve as a founding director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where he also served as a visiting professor at the University of the Philippines. At the ADB, he helped advance the Green Revolution.[3] After returning to Taiwan, he held various positions, finally becoming the president of the Central Bank of the Republic of China in 1989.
