Wang Chih-kang

Not to be confused with Wang Zhigang.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).

Wang Chih-kang
王志剛
File:2010 Shanghai Expo Taipei Preview TAITRA CKWang.jpg Wang in October 2009
Chairman of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2019
Preceded by	Chiang Pin-kung
Chairman of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council
In office 2 July 2008 – September 2014
Preceded by	Hsu Chih-jen
Succeeded by	Francis Liang
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 10 June 1996 – 19 May 2000
Preceded by	Chiang Pin-kung
Succeeded by	Lin Hsin-i
Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission
In office 27 January 1992 – 9 June 1996
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chao Yang-ching
Personal details
Born	(1942-09-07) 7 September 1942 Anxin, Hebei, China
Nationality	Republic of China
Party	Kuomintang
Education	National Taiwan University (BS) Texas A&M University (MBA, PhD)

Wang Chih-kang (Chinese: 王志剛; born 7 September 1942) is a Taiwanese politician.

Wang was the first chairman of the Fair Trade Commission between 1992 and 1996. He then served as Ministry of Economic Affairs until 2000. From July 2008 to September 2014, Wang led the Taiwan External Trade Development Council. In January 2019, Wang was appointed chairman of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research. Wang has also served on the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang.

Education

Wang graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics in 1967. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in 1975 and his Ph.D. in marketing in 1978, both from Texas A&M University. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The effect of foreign economic, political and cultural environment on consumers' willingness to buy foreign products".