台灣新經濟簡訊Vol.8 No.7

Taiwan New Economy Newsletter

2010年5月，是馬英九總統就職2週年的日子；正值此時，也是台灣經濟面臨巨大轉型的關鍵時刻，台灣大學財務金融系教授劉憶如銜命接任行政院經建會主任委員。劉憶如是美國芝加哥大學的經濟學博士，曾任教於多所國際著名大學，擔任日本大和總研首席經濟顧問、中國信託首席經濟顧問等職務，也曾擔任2屆專業立法委員，專注於財經政策，並多次以專家身分接受政府延攬及諮詢。

Setting out Taiwan's economic vision May 2010 mar ked the second anniversary in office for the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou. It was just at this time—a key period in Taiwan's economic development , when the island was facing huge challenges of transition—that Prof Christina Liu of the Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, was appointed minister to head the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD). Dr. Liu holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago and has taught at a number of prominent international universities. She has served as global chief economic adviser to Japan's Daiwa Institute of Research and chief economic adviser to the Chinatrust Financial Holding Company, among other positions; she also served two terms as legislator in the Legislative Yuan, taking a special interest in financial and economic policy, and has been recruited and consulted by the government as an expert on many occasions. Now, shouldering the heavy burden of steering Taiwan toward its new economic vision, she has set her sights not only on the goal of continued economic development but also on broad-based growth to be enjoyed by all of the island's people.