Wang Shih-chieh also known as Wang Shijie (; 10 March 1891 – 21 April 1981) was a Chinese politician and scholar of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

in service to the

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.徐主編（2007）、79頁。劉国銘主編（2005）、143頁。 He signed the message of goodwill on behalf of the Government of China to the Constitutional Assembly of India at its inaugural meeting on the 9th of December 1946.

Early life and family origins

Wang was born in 1891 in

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Prefecture,

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Province during the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

Biography

Wang Shijie retreated with the Nationalists to Taiwan in 1949. After arriving in Taiwan, he remained active in politics including representing China before the

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prior to 1972. He was president of

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...

from 1962 to 1970. His daughter is

Wang Chiu-Hwa Wang Chiu-Hwa (; 8 August 1925 – 14 June 2021) was a Taiwanese architect noted for her work with libraries in Taiwan. Due to the many libraries she designed and the fact she pioneered the earliest modern university library in Taiwan, Wang was ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Shijie Members of the Kuomintang People of the Chinese Civil War Chinese anti-communists 1891 births 1981 deaths Presidents of Wuhan University Chinese Civil War refugees Taiwanese people from Hubei Ministers of science and technology of the Republic of China Education ministers of the Republic of China Foreign ministers of the Republic of China