Wang Chih-kang

Wang Chih-kang 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 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".