Yang Chin-long

Yang Chin-long (Chinese: 楊金龍; pinyin: Yáng Jīnlóng; born 5 June 1953) is a Taiwanese economist and the current Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Chin-long
楊金龍
Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China
Assumed office
26 February 2018
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
DeputyChen Nan-kuang, Yen Tzung-ta
Preceded byPerng Fai-nan
Personal details
Born (1953-06-05) 5 June 1953
Pingtung County, Taiwan
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Birmingham

Yang received a master's degree from National Chengchi University and earned a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Birmingham.[1][2] In 1989, Yang began working for the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).[3] Yang was named deputy governor of Taiwan's central bank in 2008.[1] After Perng Fai-nan announced that he would retire upon the conclusion of his fifth term, Yang, Shea Jia-dong, and Richard Koo were considered candidates to succeed him.[4] On 1 February, Yang was appointed as the new Central Bank governor.[5][6]

Yang was listed in the Central Banker Report Card 2019, a list of the top central bankers compiled by Global Finance. In his first appearance on the list, he was given an A-grade.[7]

References
  1. Lin, Judy (23 February 2008). "Central bank plans to shuffle officials". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. Hsu, Crystal (28 January 2018). "Deputy said to be next central bank head". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. "Hinted central bank head gets cross-caucus nod". Taipei Times. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. Hsu, Crystal (26 October 2017). "Central bank Governor reaffirms his retirement". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. Lin, Miaojung (31 January 2018). "Taiwan Appoints Yang Chin-long as New Central Bank Governor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. Ko, Chuan; Huang, Frances (1 February 2018). "New Taiwan central bank governor named (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. Liao, Yu-yang; Huang, Frances (9 August 2019). "Central Bank chief receives top-tier title". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2019.


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