The Republic of China (Taiwan) joined APEC in 1991 together with Mainland China and British Hong Kong.[1]

The heads of government of all Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Member Economies meet annually in a summit called "APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting" rotating in location among APEC's Member Economies. However, due to the nature of the Economic Forum of APEC and One China Policy, the President of the Republic of China is not allowed to appear in APEC and President of the Republic of China appoints a special envoy every year to attend APEC Meeting under the name Chinese Taipei.

Year Representative President Capacity as Representative Other official office(s) held Former official office(s) held
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[1] National Policy Advisor (1988–1991)
1996
1997
1998 Chiang Pin-kung Chairman for Economic Planning Development Minister without Portfolio Minister of Economic Affairs (1993–1996)
1999
2000 Perng Fai-nan Chen Shui-bian Representative of the Economic Leader Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
2001 none, boycott[2]
2002 Yuan-Tseh Lee Chen Shui-bian Representative of the Economic Leader President, Academia Sinica National Policy Advisor (1991–1994)
2003
2004
2005 Lin Hsin-i[3] Senior Advisor to the President Chairman, ITRI Vice Premier (2002–2004); Minister of Economic Affairs (2000–2002)
2006 Morris Chang
2007 Stan Shih[4]
2008 Lien Chan Ma Ying-jeou Representative of the Economic Leader[2] Vice President (1996–2000), Premier (1993–1997)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Vincent Siew[3][4] Vice President (2008–2012), Premier (1997–2000)
2014
2015
2016 James Soong[5] Tsai Ing-wen Senior Advisor to the President Governor of Taiwan Province (1993–1998)
2017
2018 Morris Chang Founder, chairman and CEO, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

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Notes

  1. ^ Leadership in semi-governmental organizations are classified here as "official offices."
  2. ^ President Chen Shui-bian had appointed former Vice President Li Yuan-zu as his envoy, but the PRC, which was hosting the summit, objected to his choice and the Chinese Taipei delegation decided to boycott.
  3. ^ President Chen's original choice of Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng was rejected by the host South Korea. Chen also applied to attend personally but was denied his request.
  4. ^ President Chen's original choice of former Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen was rejected by Australia because of her alleged involvement in formulating the "One Country on Each Side" theory.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "apec-paper-2". club.ntu.edu.tw.
  2. ^ "Conditions not right for APEC attendance: Ma - The China Post". www.chinapost.com.tw. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The China Post". The China Post.
  4. ^ "Taiwan's Ex-VP Siew readies for APEC leaders' summit, 3 November 2014". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Soong to represent president at APEC leaders' summit - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 6 October 2016.

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