Hochen Tan (; born 6 December 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Transportation and Communications of the

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from 20 May 2016 until 16 July 2018. He is the elder brother of

Hocheng Hong Hocheng Hong () is a Taiwanese academic. He served as the Deputy Minister of the National Science Council of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014 and is the current president of National Tsing Hua University.http://president.web.nthu.edu.tw/bin ...

Education

Hochen obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from

National Chung Hsing University National Chung Hsing University (NCHU; ) is a research-led comprehensive university in South District, Taichung, Republic of China. Currently, NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a research-led un ...

in 1973, and his master's degree in urban and regional planning from

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...

in the

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in 1980.

Transportation and Communications Minister

2016 APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting

Hochen led a delegation from Taiwan to attend the

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Tourism Ministerial Meeting on 28–29 May 2016 in

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References

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