Hsieh Sam-chung

Hsieh Sam-chung
謝森中
Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China
In office
1 June 1989 – 31 May 1994
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byChang Chi-cheng
Succeeded byLiang Kuo-shu
Personal details
Born(1919-11-13)13 November 1919
Mei County, Guangdong
Died24 April 2004(2004-04-24) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
SpouseXie Yanxi
EducationNational Central University (BA, MA)
University of Minnesota (PhD)

Hsieh Sam-chung (Chinese: 謝森中; pinyin: Xiè Sēnzhōng; 13 November 1919 – 24 April 2004) was a Taiwanese economist who served as the 13th Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China.

Biography

Hsieh was born in Mei County, Guangdong, to a Hakka Chinese family. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in agricultural economics from National Central University in Nanking. He completed doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota in 1957.[1] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Rice and sugarcane competition on paddy land in Central Taiwan".[2]

From 1951 to 1965, he served in the Department of Agriculture in Taiwan. Later, he moved to the Philippines to serve as a founding director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where he also served as a visiting professor at the University of the Philippines. At the ADB, he helped advance the Green Revolution.[3] After returning to Taiwan, he held various positions, finally becoming the president of the Central Bank of the Republic of China in 1989.

Legacy

Following Hsieh's death, his family endowed the Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture series at Stanford University,[4] and donated his personal archive to Stanford University Libraries' Special Collections.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hseih Sam-Chung 谢森中". University of Minnesota China Center. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Catalog of UMI doctoral and master's theses". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Lessons of History: The Rise and Fall of Technology in Chinese History with Professor Yasheng Huang". Lessons of History: The Rise and Fall of Technology in Chinese History. Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Dr. Sam-Chung Hsieh Memorial Lecture". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Hsieh (Sam Chung) Papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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