Steve Ruey-Long Chen

Steve Ruey-Long Chen
Deputy Minister of Trade, Chinese Taipei

Date of Birth:    June 15, 1948
Place of Birth:  Chiayi, Taiwan, Republic of China
Marital Status:  Married

Education:
National Chung-Hsing University, 1970 (Economics)

Professional Experience:
1973 - 1974      Staff Member and Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
1974 -1979       Assistant Commercial Attaché, Far East Trade Service, Inc., Belgium Branch Office, Brussels, Belgium
1979 -1981       Assistant Commercial Attaché, BOFT, MOEA, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
1981 -1983       Vice President, Chin Yung Ho Enterprises Co., Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
1983 - 1987      Acting Director/Third Dept., BOFT, MOEA, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
1987 -1996       Director, Taipei Trade Office, Zurich, Switzerland
1993 -1996       Representative, Representation of the Separate Customs, Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
                           Matsu to WTO, Geneva, Switzeralnd
1996 -1997       Deputy Director General, BOFT, MOEA, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
1997 - 2000      Director General, BOFT, MOEA, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
2000 - 2002      Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
2002 -                Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC