Wang Chih-kang (; born 7 September 1942) is a Taiwanese Mainlander politician. Wang holds a doctorate from

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. Wang was the first chairman of the Fair Trade Commission between 1992 and 1996. He then served as Ministry of Economic Affairs until 2000. From July 2008 to September 2014, Wang led the

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. In January 2019, Wang was appointed chairman of the

Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, ) is an incorporated non-profit research institute in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. History Established on 1 September 1976, it was the first independent academic research institute in Taiwan. ...

. Wang has also served on the Central Standing Committee of the

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