Chen Chien-liang

{{Short description|Taiwanese economist (born 1963)}} {{for|the Taiwanese track cyclist|Chen Chien-liang (cyclist)}} {{family name hatnote|Chen|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Chen Chien-liang | native_name = {{no bold|陳建良}} | image = | caption = | office1 = Deputy Minister of National Development Council of the Republic of China | minister1 = Kuan Chung-ming | term_start1 = 22 January 2014 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | successor1 = Lin Huan | office2 = Deputy Minister of Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Republic of China | minister2 = Kuan Chung-ming | term_start2 = 2013 | term_end2 = 21 January 2014 | predecessor2 = Wu Ming-ji | successor2 = Position abolished | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|November 19, 1963}} | birth_place = Tainan, Taiwan | party = | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = {{no wrap|National Chengchi University}} (BA, MA)<br>University of California, Los Angeles (MA, PhD) }}

'''Chen Chien-liang''' ({{lang-zh|t=陳建良|p=Chén Jiànliáng}}; born November 19, 1963) is a Taiwanese economist. He was the deputy minister of the National Development Council of the Executive Yuan since 22 January 2014.

==Early life and education== Chen was born on November 19, 1963, in Tainan.<ref name=":0" /> He graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1987 and a master's degree in economics in 1989. He then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in 1995 and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1995 under economics professors Arnold Harberger and Duncan Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.ncnu.edu.tw/node/271|title=Professor Chien-Liang Chen (陳建良)|website=National Chi Nan University|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Household consumption and saving behavior: evidence from Taiwanese household surveys".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Household consumption and saving behavior: Evidence from Taiwanese household surveys - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/587d84776a2e4d48316b7605fb8eec64/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}}</ref>

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