# Chen Chien-liang

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{{Short description|Taiwanese economist (born 1963)}}
{{for|the Taiwanese track cyclist|Chen Chien-liang (cyclist)}}
{{family name hatnote|[Chen](/source/Chen_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Chen Chien-liang
| native_name         = {{no bold|陳建良}}
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| office1             = Deputy Minister of [National Development Council](/source/National_Development_Council_(Taiwan)) of the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China)
| minister1           = [Kuan Chung-ming](/source/Kuan_Chung-ming)
| term_start1         = 22 January 2014
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = ''Position established''
| successor1          = [Lin Huan](/source/Lin_Huan)
| office2             = Deputy Minister of [Council for Economic Planning and Development](/source/Council_for_Economic_Planning_and_Development) of the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China)
| minister2           = [Kuan Chung-ming](/source/Kuan_Chung-ming)
| term_start2         = 2013
| term_end2           = 21 January 2014
| predecessor2        = [Wu Ming-ji](/source/Wu_Ming-ji)
| successor2          = Position abolished
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|November 19, 1963}}
| birth_place         = [Tainan](/source/Tainan), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
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| signature           = 
| education           = {{no wrap|[National Chengchi University](/source/National_Chengchi_University)}} ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts), [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))<br>[University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts), [PhD](/source/PhD))
}}

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

==Early life and education==
Chen was born on November 19, 1963, in [Tainan](/source/Tainan).<ref name=":0" /> He graduated from [National Chengchi University](/source/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](/source/Master_of_Arts) (M.A.) in 1995 and his [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in economics from the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles), in 1995 under economics professors [Arnold Harberger](/source/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>

==See also==
* [National Development Council (Republic of China)](/source/National_Development_Council_(Republic_of_China))

==References==
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