Ken C.K. Chen

Education：

June 2007: Master, Dept. of Public Administration, Ming-Chuang University

June 1984: Bachelor of Science, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Tamkang University

Experienced：

March 2020 –

Director, Taipei Customs, Customs Administration, MOF

July 2019 – March 2020

Deputy Director, Kaohsiung Customs, Customs Administration, MOF

January 2018 – July 2019

Deputy Director, Taichung Customs, Customs Administration, MOF

August 2016 – January 2018

Chief Secretary, Customs Administration, MOF

August 2015 – August 2016

Director, Department of Planning, Customs Administration, MOF

January 2010 – August 2015

Counsellor – Taiwan Mission to the WTO

In charge of Trade Facilitation Negotiation; Customs related issues; Balance of Payment Restriction, and ‘Trade, Debt and Finance’ issues

August 2008 – January 2010

Assistant Director-General, Department of Customs Administration, MOF

March 1998 – August 2008

Specialist and Section Chief, Department of Customs Administration, MOF

September 1982 – January 1997

Department of Customs Valuation, Inspectorate General of Customs, MOF

Experiences:

Facilitator for WTO Trade Facilitation Needs Assessment 2013-2014

Invited by the WTO as Customs Expert to facilitate the TF Self-Assessment of Needs and Priorities of WTO Members: Viet Nam (April 2013), GCC/Oman (January 2014), and Tanzania (March 2014)

Chairman of the Committee on Rules of Origin, 2014

Fulfilled the first implementation of Bali Ministerial Decision on ‘Review and Report of Preferential ROO for the LDCs’

Alternate Member of the WTO Pension Plan Management Board, 2012-2015

Special Awards：

September 2016 and December 1991, respectively

Awarded as one of the Model Civil Servants of the Year, Ministry of Finance