Chang Guan-chung

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Chang Guan-chung (traditional Chinese: 張冠群; simplified Chinese: 张冠群; pinyin: Zhāng Guānqún) is a Taiwanese engineer and general officer of the Republic of China Army (ROCA). He was the Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments from 28 April 2017 to 1 July 2021.

Chang Guan-chung
張冠群
General Chang Guan-chung
Vice Minister (Armaments), Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China
In office 28 April 2017 – 1 July 2021
Minister	Feng Shih-kuan Yen Teh-fa
Preceded by	Cheng Te-mei
Succeeded by	Wang Shin-lung
Personal details
Born	Taiwan
Education	National Defense University (BS) National Cheng Kung University (MS) Cornell University (PhD)
Military service
Branch/service	Republic of China Army (ROCA)
Years of service	1981-
Rank	General

Education

Chang graduated from National Defense University with a bachelor's degree in 1981 then earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from National Cheng Kung University. He then earned his Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering from Cornell University in the United States.

National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology

In February 2017, Chang, as the President of National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, signed a memorandum with the Ministry of National Defense in Taichung to develop next-generation advanced jet trainers in Taiwan in which the development program will be completed by 2026.^[1]

Ministry of National Defense

Chang took office as the Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments on 28 April 2017.^[2][3] He is the first academic to serve in this post.^[4] He was the opening speaker at U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2018 in Maryland where he spoke on the need for Taiwan to balance foreign and domestic defense suppliers.^[5] Chen stepped down from his position at the Ministry of National Defense on 1 July 2021 to work in the Presidential Office as a military strategy adviser, and was awarded the Order of the Cloud and Banner.^[6][7]