Tseng Wen-sheng

曾文生Chairman of the Taiwan Power CompanyAssumed office
8 March 2022Preceded byYang Wei-fuuDeputy Minister of Economic AffairsIn office
10 April 2018 – 20 May 2024MinisterShen Jong-chin
Wang Mei-hua Personal detailsBorn (1969-10-20) 20 October 1969 (age 54)
Taoyuan, TaiwanNationalityTaiwanParentAlma materTaipei Municipal Jianguo High School
National Taiwan UniversityOccupationpolitician

Vincent Tseng Wen-sheng (Chinese: 曾文生; born 20 October 1969) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent deputy minister of Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the acting chairman of Taiwan Power Company.

Early life

Tseng Wen-sheng was born on 20 October 1969,^[1][2] raised in Taoyuan, attended Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School,^[1][3] and graduated from National Taiwan University's Department of Civil Engineering.^[2] His father Tseng Mao-hsing [zh] was active in the labor movement in Taiwan,^[4][5] and died in 2007.^[6][7]

Political career

Tseng was a senior executive officer of the National Youth Commission from May 2004 to February 2005, when he was named leader of the Democratic Progressive Party's Department of Youth Development. He remained in that role through September 2006, and returned to the National Youth Commission as a researcher in January 2007. In September 2008, he began working for the Kaohsiung City Government Urban Development Bureau. Tseng then became an adviser to the city government before taking a senior executive position within its Economic Development Bureau in December 2010.^[2] He also headed the office of the mayor, Chen Chu.^[8][9] In March 2013, Tseng was appointed director-general of the municipal Economic Development Bureau.^[2] During his tenure the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions occurred, and he commented on the economic impact of the blasts,^[10][11][12] as well as municipal ordinances considered in their aftermath.^[13] Tseng also attended a number of domestic and international economic forums.^[14][15][16]

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tseng was named deputy minister of economic affairs in April 2018.^[2][17] From this position, Tseng frequently commented on the actions of state-owned companies CPC Corporation, Taiwan^{[18][19][20][21][22]} and Taiwan Power Company,^{[23][24][25][26]} and feed-in tariffs for renewable energy,^{[27][28][29][30]} as well as specific renewable energy initiatives.^[31][32] Prior to the 2018 Taiwanese referendum, which included a question about reducing reliance on nuclear power, Tseng took part in a televised debate on nuclear power in Taiwan.^[33][34] Referendum results supported a slow annual reduction in production from thermal power plants, but opposed the governmental plan to phase out nuclear power by 2025.^[35][36] He took part in another debate about nuclear power before the 2021 Taiwanese referendum was held.^[37]

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