Yeh Ching-chuan

Yeh Ching-chuan
Yeh Ching-chuan
葉金川
	Yang Chih-liang
Personal details
Born	29 June 1950 (age 73); Dadaocheng, Datong, Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	National Taiwan University; Harvard University

Yeh Ching-chuan (Chinese: 葉金川; pinyin: Yè Jīnchuān; born 29 June 1950) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Upon graduation from

Harvard School of Public Health in 1981.^[1]

Political career

Yeh served as deputy mayor of Taipei under

2009 flu pandemic reached Taiwan.^[4]^[5] Before it abated, Yeh resigned his position on 3 August to run for the Hualien County magistracy, but lost a primary to Tu Li-hua.^[6]^[7]

In 2014, he was selected to lead a committee that explored possible changes to the

National Health Insurance program.^[8] Yeh later chaired the Taiwan Blood Services Foundation, resigning the position in 2017.^[9]^[10]

References

^ "2012 Alumni Award of Merit: Ching-Chuan Yeh, MPH '81". Harvard University. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Chuang, Jimmy (16 January 2005). "Ma stays put to deal with furor over comatose girl". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Mo, Yan-chih (20 April 2008). "Ma picks top Presidential Office aides". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Chuang, Jimmy (21 May 2009). "Taiwan reports first case of A(H1N1) flu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Chuang, Jimmy (26 May 2009). "CDC confirms first domestic flu case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Mo, Yan-chih (27 July 2009). "ANALYSIS: Ma facing challenges with KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Hsu, Jenny W.; Mo, Yan-chih; Wang, Flora (2 September 2009). "Yeh's loss shows lack of confidence in Ma, DPP says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Hsu, Stacy (4 October 2014). "Health insurance proposals panned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Wu, Liang-yi; Chung, Jake (10 March 2016). "Donated blood not used for plasma as bags are too small". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ Chang, Ming-hsuan; Ku, Chuan; Low, Y. F. (12 January 2017). "Chairman of Taiwan Blood Services Foundation resigns". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 January 2017.