Sun Lih-chyun

Sun Lih-chyun
孫立群
Sun in 2014
3rd Spokesperson of the Executive Yuan
In office
7 February 2014 – 20 May 2016
Prime MinisterJiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Simon Chang
Preceded byCheng Li-wun
Succeeded byTung Chen-yuan
Vice Chair of the Fair Trade Commission
In office
February 2013[1] – 7 February 2014[2]
ChairpersonWu Shiow-ming
Personal details
Born21 October 1961 (1961-10-21) (age 63)
Political partyKuomintang
EducationSoochow University (BA)
Michigan State University (MA, PhD)

Sun Lih-chyun (Chinese: 孫立群; pinyin: Sūn Lìqún; born 21 October 1961) is a Taiwanese economist who served as the spokesperson of the Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016 and vice chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission from 2013 to 2014.[3][4][5][6]

Education

Sun graduated from Soochow University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1984. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in economics in 1988 and his Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 1993, both from Michigan State University.[7] His doctoral dissertation, completed under economist John Hoehn, was titled, "Correcting for Self-Selection Bias in Contingent Valuation".[8]

Early career

Sun was an adjunct associate professor in the department of economics of National Chung Hsing University in 1993–1994. He then became the associate professor of the department of agriculture economics of National Taiwan University.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Lih-Chyun Sun - 台灣 | LinkedIn". tw.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ^ "King to be security affairs chief: source - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. ^ "FAIR TRADE COMMISSION". ftc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  4. ^ "New Cabinet spokesperson, Sun Li-chyun, is formally announced to the public - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  5. ^ "Sun Lih-chyun named Executive Yuan Spokesperson(Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Press Releases)". ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  6. ^ "行政院全球資訊網".
  7. ^ "Sun Lih-chyun as Taiwan's new Cabinet spokesman|Politics|News|WantChinaTimes.com". wantchinatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  8. ^ "Ph.D. Dissertations Written by AFRE Graduates". Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  9. ^ "行政院全球資訊網".