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Vincent Siew
Koo Chen-fu
Chiang Pin-kung
Perng Fai-nan
Yuan T. Lee
Lin Hsin-i
Morris Chang
Stan Shih
Lien Chan
James Soong
The Republic of China (Taiwan) joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 1991 together with mainland China and British Hong Kong. [1]
The heads of government of all APEC member economies meet annually in a summit called the "APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting", rotating in location among APEC's member economies. However, owing to the nature of the Economic Forum of APEC and the One China policy, the president of the Republic of China is not allowed to appear in APEC and thus appoints a special envoy every year to attend the APEC meeting under the name Chinese Taipei.
| Year | Representative | President | Capacity as representative | Other official office(s) held | Former official office(s) held |
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| 1993 | Vincent Siew | Lee Teng-hui | Chairman for Economic Planning Development | Minister without Portfolio | Minister of Economic Affairs (1990–1993) |
| 1994 | |||||
| 1995 | Koo Chen-fu | Senior Advisor to the President | Chairman, SEF | National Policy Advisor (1988–1991) | |
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| 1998 | Chiang Pin-kung | Chairman for Economic Planning Development | Minister without Portfolio | Minister of Economic Affairs (1993–1996) | |
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| 2000 | Perng Fai-nan | Chen Shui-bian | Representative of the Economic Leader | Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
| 2001 | none, boycott | ||||
| 2002 | Yuan T. Lee | Chen Shui-bian | Representative of the Economic Leader | President, Academia Sinica | National Policy Advisor (1991–1994) |
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| 2005 | Lin Hsin-i | Senior Advisor to the President | Chairman, ITRI | Vice Premier (2002–2004); Minister of Economic Affairs (2000–2002) | |
| 2006 | Morris Chang | ||||
| 2007 | Stan Shih | ||||
| 2008 | Lien Chan | Ma Ying-jeou | Representative of the Economic Leader [2] | Vice President (1996–2000), Premier (1993–1997) | |
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| 2013 | Vincent Siew [3] [4] | Vice President (2008–2012), Premier (1997–2000) | |||
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| 2016 | James Soong [5] | Tsai Ing-wen | Senior Advisor to the President | Governor of Taiwan Province (1993–1998) | |
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| 2018 | Morris Chang | Founder, chairman and CEO, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) | |||
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| 2024 | Lin Hsin-i | Lai Ching-te | Senior Advisor to the President | ||
James Soong Chu-yu is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected Governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 and 1998. He was a candidate in the 2000 presidential election, which he lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Following the success of ASEAN's series of post-ministerial conferences launched in the mid-1980s, APEC started in 1989, in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional trade blocs in other parts of the world; it aimed to establish new markets for agricultural products and raw materials beyond Europe. Headquartered in Singapore, APEC is recognized as one of the highest-level multilateral blocs and oldest forums in the Asia-Pacific region, and exerts significant global influence.
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South Korean–Taiwan relations
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Taiwan:
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Vanessa Shih is a Taiwanese diplomat who began serving as the representative of the Republic of China to Brunei in 2022. She served as representative to Austria between 2016 and 2020. She previously led the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore from 2009 to 2012, when she was named vice minister of foreign affairs. As vice minister Shih advocated for the United Nations to allow the Republic of China to have participation of some forms within the UN.
APEC United States 2011 was a series of political meetings around the United States between the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation during 2011. It culminated in the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 12–13, 2011. The United States last hosted an APEC summit at the 1993 summit in Seattle. President Barack Obama, a Honolulu native, and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the other leaders and spouses.
APEC China 2001 was a series of economic and political meetings between the 21 member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum held in the People's Republic of China during 2001. Various meetings were held across the country, with leaders from all the member countries meeting 20–21 October 2001 in Shanghai.
APEC Mexico 2002 was a series of political meetings held around Mexico between the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation during 2002. Leaders from all member countries met from 26–27 October 2002 in Los Cabos. Counter-terrorism efforts were major topics on the agenda of APEC Mexico 2002. The APEC summit attempted to present a new opportunity for Asian investors and commercial agents to discover Mexico as a profitable frontier in the future.
APEC Papua New Guinea 2018 was the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Papua New Guinea.
APEC Chile 2019 would have been an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) series of meetings in Chile. The meetings were supposed to take place in Santiago and focus on the digital economy, regional connectivity, and women's role in economic growth.
APEC Malaysia 2020 was the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Malaysia from December 2019 until November 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the meetings were held virtually, including the culminating Economic Leaders' Meeting.
APEC New Zealand 2021 was the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in New Zealand from December 2020 until November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the second consecutive year that all of the meetings were held virtually, including the culminating Economic Leaders' Meeting.
