Background
Li, Kwoh-Ting was born on January 28, 1910 in Nanking, China. Son of Pai-Lou and Liu-Chen (Liu) Li.
(Since the Communists gained control of mainland China 40 ...)
Since the Communists gained control of mainland China 40 years ago, Taiwan has transformed itself from an embattled and impoverished island to one of the world's leading trading nations today, with a massive balance of payments surplus. The achievement is all the more remarkable as the country has scarcely any natural resources and has had to maintain an expensive defence capability, unlike Japan. How has this been achieved? In the 40 lectures and articles by Dr K.T. Li, the architect of the transforamtion, an insight is gained of a philosophy, neither Communist nor Capitalist, which has guided the economic decision-making. Thus Taiwan, in evolving from a rural to a highly industrialized economy, was able to introduce a major land reform without a revolution and reduce the gap in income between the rich and poor . Government planning has played a major role in guiding the development without stifling the initiative of the entrepreneur. The lectures and articles are grouped into seven themes: National Economic Development and Planning; Regional Economic Development; International Economic Co-operation; Industrial and Technological Development; Agricultural Development; Economic Development and Social Change; and Research on Mainland China's Economy.
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李國鼎, 李国鼎
Senior advisor to President of Taiwan
Li, Kwoh-Ting was born on January 28, 1910 in Nanking, China. Son of Pai-Lou and Liu-Chen (Liu) Li.
Doctor Economics (honorary), Sung Kyun Kwan University, South Korea, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), National Central University, Republican of China, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maryland, Baltimore, 1989.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), National Chiao-Tung University, Republican of China, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Chung-Yuan University, Republican of China, 1990. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Boston University, 1990.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Chinese University Hong Kong, 1991.
President, Taiwan Shipbldg. Corporation, Keelung, Taiwan, 1951-1953;
member, Industrial Development Commission, Taipei, Taiwan, 1953-1958;
secretary-general, Council for United States Aid, Taipei, 1958-1963;
vice chairman, Council for International Economics Cooperative and Development, 1963-1973;
minister of economics affairs, Taipei, 1965-1969;
minister of finance, Taipei, 1969-1976;
minister without portfolio, Executive Yuan, Taipei, 1976-1988;
senior adviser to the president, President' General’ s Office, Taipei, since 1988. Member international county Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, since 1988.
Member of advisory board Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York City, 1988-1991. Member internat.adv. board East-West Center, Hawaii, 1990-1992. President's adviser Chinese U.Hong Kong, 1991-1993, Hong Kong U. Science and Technology, 1991-1995.
(Since the Communists gained control of mainland China 40 ...)
Married Pearl S. Sung, December 15, 1937. 1 child, Yung Chang.