Mai Chao-cheng (; 1941/1942 – 6 March 2019) was a Taiwanese economist. He was a distinguished professor of

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students ...

and served as an advisor to President

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. He was elected an academician of

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in 1994.

Biography

Mai studied at

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

, where he earned his

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in 1966 and his

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in 1970. He continued his studies in the United States, earning another

from the

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in 1973 and his Ph.D. in economics from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

in 1976. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Aspects of plant location theory under conditions of uncertainty". After returning to Taiwan, he taught at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

from 1976–80, and was a joint appointment professor at

from 1979 to 1999. He was a visiting scholar at

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from 1981-82. Mai served as Director of Sun Yat-sen Institute for Social Sciences of

from 1987–93, and as President of

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from 1996 to 2002. He was also Distinguished Chair Professor in the Department of Industrial Economics of

. He was elected an academician of Academia Sinica in 1994. During the

1997 Asian financial crisis The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East Asia, East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide eco ...

, Mai analyzed the financial situation of Taiwan and proposed policy measures to minimize economic impact of the crisis. In 2000, he was appointed a policy advisor to

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. Mai died on 6 March 2019, aged 77.

References

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