Chen Chwen-jing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Chwen-jing (Chinese: 陳純敬; pinyin: Chén Chúnjìng; born January 2, 1956), also known by his English name Jonathan Chen,^[3] is a Taiwanese civil engineer and academic. He served as the Deputy Minister of the Interior between March 2014 to May 2016, and previously served in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 2013 to 2014.^[4]

Chen Chwen-jing
陳純敬
Deputy Minister of the Interior
In office 8 March 2014 – 20 May 2016
Minister	Chen Wei-zen
Preceded by	Hsiao Chia-chi[1]
Succeeded by	Hua Ching-chun
Political Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
In office 18 February 2013 – 8 March 2014
Minister	Yeh Kuang-shih
Preceded by	Yeh Kuang-shih
Succeeded by	Chen Jian-yu
Deputy Minister of Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan
In office 20 May 2012 – 18 February 2013
Minister	Chern Jenn-chuan
Preceded by	Wu Kuo-an[2]
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-02) January 2, 1956 (age 69) Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Education	National Taiwan University (BS) Soochow University (MS) North Carolina State University (MS, PhD)

Early life and education

Chen was born on January 2, 1956, in Kaohsiung. After graduating from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School in 1974, he studied agricultural engineering at National Taiwan University (NTU) and received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1979. He then completed two years of military service in the Republic of China Army as a second lieutenant platoon commander in the engineering corps and later earned a master's degree from Soochow University.^[5]

Upon finishing his military service, Chen worked as a research assistant at the NTU Hydraulic Research Laboratory. In 1982, he went to complete graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in 1983 and his Ph.D. in construction management and civil engineering in 1987 from North Carolina State University. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Bridge management under a level of service concept providing optimum improvement action, time, and budget prediction," and was completed under professor David W. Johnston.^[5]

ROC Transportation and Communications Political Deputy Ministry

Taiwan HSR explosive device discovery incident

Commenting on the criticism on the slow evacuation during the discovery of explosive device inside Taiwan High Speed Rail on 12 April 2013, speaking at Legislative Yuan in mid April 2013, Chen responded that the MOTC will review evacuation measures for Taiwan railways systems.^[6]

Stopover by Mainland Chinese in Taiwan

Speaking in early February 2014 at a forum on economics and finance legislation, Chen said that negotiating with Mainland China to allow Mainland Chinese to transit stop in Taiwan heading to a third destination will be a very important issues on cross-strait transportation, especially after the establishment of three links in 2008 between the two sides. The current obstacle is that the Chinese mainland government requires their own people to have an entry permit to enter Taiwan, even for just a transfer.^[7]

Personal life

Chen is married to Chen Hsiang-lin, a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University.^[5]