The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD; ) was a

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for drafting overall plans for national economic development in

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. It also assessed development projects, proposals and programmes submitted to the

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. It also coordinated the economic policy making activities of ministries and agencies and the monitoring the implementation of development projects, measures and programmes. The CEPD acted in an advisory role to the central government in formulating economic policies. The chairperson reported to the Minister and three Vice Ministers and one Secretary-General. The members of the council included bureaucrats from other agencies. They included: * Minister without portfolio, Executive Yuan * Governor of the

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* Minister of Economic Affairs * Minister of Transportation and Communications * Chairman of the

Council of Agriculture The Council of Agriculture (COA, ) is the official government body in the Republic of China ( Taiwan) under the Executive Yuan in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. CAO is ...

* Secretary General of the

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of the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan * Chairman of

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, Executive Yuan * Chairperson of the

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History

The agency was established in 1948 as the Council for United States Aid (CUSA) which was established as part of the Sino-American Economic Aid Agreement signed between the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...

and the

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in the same year. In September 1963, CUSA was reformed as the Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development (CIECD) then as the Economic Planning Council (EPC) in 1973 to strengthen the planning and research functions of the Executive Yuan. In December 1977, the EPC was merged with the Finance and Economic Committee and reorganised as the CEPD to promote comprehensive national economic development. On 22 January 2014, CEPD was merged with Research, Development and Evaluation Commission to form the National Development Council.

Structure

The internal structure of the agency was as follows: *Department of Overall Planning *Department of Economic Research *Department of Sectoral Planning *Department of Manpower Planning *Department of Urban and Housing Development *Department of Financial Analysis *Department of Supervision and Evaluation *Department of General Affairs *Personnel Office *Government Ethics Office *Accounting Office *Center for Economic Deregulation and Innovation

Ministers

Council for United States Aid

* Weng Wenhao (4 June 1948 – 28 November 1948) * Sun Fo (28 November 1948 – 12 March 1949) * He Yingqin (12 March 1949 – 12 June 1949) * Yan Xishan (12 June 1949 – 15 March 1950) *

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(15 March 1950 – 1 June 1954) * Yu Hung-Chun (1 June 1954 – 22 August 1957) *

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(22 August 1957 – 15 July 1958) *

(15 July 1958 – September 1963)

Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development

(September 1963 – 21 December 1963) *

(21 December 1963 – 4 August 1969) *

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(4 August 1969 – 1 August 1973)

Economic Planning Council

* (1 August 1973 – 11 June 1976) * (11 June 1976 – 1 December 1977)

Council for Economic Planning and Development

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(1 December 1977 – 1 June 1984) *

Chao Yao-tung Chao Yao-tung (; 1916 – 20 August 2008) was a Taiwanese politician, and economist. In 1971, Chao helped founded China Steel. He was the Minister of Economic Affairs from 1981 to 1984. Chao then served as chairman of the Council for Economic ...

(1 June 1984 – 22 July 1988) * Fredrick Chien (22 July 1988 – 1 June 1990) * Shirley Kuo (1 June 1990 – 27 February 1993) *

Vincent Siew Vincent C. Siew or Siew Wan-chang (; born 3 January 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2008 to 2012. He was the first Taiwanese-born Premier of the Republic of China and former ...

(27 February 1993 – 14 December 1994) * Hsu Li-teh (15 December 1994 – 10 June 1996) * Chiang Pin-kung (10 June 1996 – 20 May 2000) * Chen Po-chih (20 May 2000 – 1 February 2002) * Lin Hsin-i (1 February 2002 – 20 May 2004) * Hu Sheng-cheng (20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007) *

Ho Mei-yueh Ho Mei-yueh (; born 9 January 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Ho studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University and technology management and business administration at National Chengchi University. Political career ...

(21 May 2007 – 20 May 2008) *

Chen Tain-jy Chen Tain-jy () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of National Development Council in 2016–2017. Academic career Chen obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1975 and doctoral ...

(20 May 2008 – 10 September 2009) *

Tsai Hsun-hsiung Tsai Hsun-hsiung (; born 23 June 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 1996 to 2000. Tsai was named the Governor of Taiwan Province in 2008 before being named the Minister of ...

(10 September 2009 – 19 May 2010) * Christina Liu (20 May 2010 – 6 February 2012) * Yiin Chii-ming (6 February 2012 – 17 February 2013) *

Kuan Chung-ming Kuan Chung-ming (; born 15 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and academic. He was the last minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2013 to 2014 and served as the first minister of the succeeding government agency, ...

(18 February 2013 – 21 January 2014)

References

External links

Council for Economic Planning and Development Official Website
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