Background
Mao was born on 4 October 1948, in Fenghua, Chekiang Province.
毛治國, 毛治国
economist university professor
Mao was born on 4 October 1948, in Fenghua, Chekiang Province.
He further his study in Master of Engineering in Community & Regional Development from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand in 1975, then his Doctor of Philosophy in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in United States in 1982.
Mao obtained his bachelor"s degree in civil engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan in 1971. In 2003-2006, he become the Chair Professor of the College of Management of National Chiao Tung University, and become the college"s Dean and Professor in 2006-2008. Mao"s first service at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications was as the Administrative Deputy Minister under President Lee Teng-hui from 1993 until 2000.
He served as the Minister of Transportation and Communications in the Republic of China under the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou from 2008 until 2013.
Speaking at the completion ceremony in Kinmen of the first cross-strait submarine communication cable linking Kinmen and Xiamen in August 2012, Mao said that the undersea cable will ease the construction of any future cross-strait cable projects.