Wu Rong-i
Taiwanese politician
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| Intro | Taiwanese politician | |
| Places | Taiwan | |
| is | Politician Economist | |
| Work field | Finance Politics | |
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| Birth | 15 December 1939, Yanchao District | |
| Age | 85 years |
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Biography
Wu Rong-i (Chinese: 吳榮義; pinyin: Wú Róngyì; born 15 December 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Vice Premier in 2005–2006.
Education
Wu obtained his doctoral degree in economics from Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
Cross-strait relations
In October 2005, Wu said that Chinese reunification is highly unlikely to happen during his lifetime unless Beijing uses force. However, he considers Mainland China as a big brother, and wish to take the opportunity for Taiwanese to invest in the mainland and have peaceful relation with them.
In early October 2013 during the cross-strait peace forum in Shanghai in which attended by officials from the Communist Party of China, Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, Wu proposed the idea that Taiwan and Mainland China represent an "allegiance of brotherhood".