Yang Shih-chien (Chinese: 楊世緘; born c. 1944) is a Taiwanese politician.
Yang earned a masters of electrical engineering and a doctorate from Northwestern University.[1]
Yang is a member of the Kuomintang.[2] He was director-general of the Industrial Development Bureau prior to serving as political deputy minister of economic affairs from 1992 through 1994.[3][4] Yang then led the Hsinchu Science Park Administration.[1] In 1996, Yang was named a minister without portfolio.[1] Following his retirement from politics in 2000,[5] Yang founded the Global Strategic Investment Fund in March 2001.[6] The Taiwan Solidarity Union suspected Yang of working in China, and disclosed the allegations in 2002.[7] Subsequently, Yang's Global Strategic Investment Fund was fined by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.[6][8] In 2010, Yang became the chairman of the China Prosper Investment and Management Company, based in Tianjin.[5] Yang later served as national policy adviser to President Ma Ying-jeou.[9]
Yang is a nephew of Rong Yiren, who served as vice president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 1998.[5]