Photo: 美国之音记者 张永泰拍摄 / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Chiau Wen-yan has one of the most quietly impressive résumés I have come across: urban planner, architect, legislator, and a professor of marine affairs at National Taiwan Ocean University. He clearly understands the land, the sea, and the city as one connected system, which is rare. Taking Penn-trained expertise and pouring it into both academia and the messy arena of real politics takes serious conviction; plenty of scholars prefer to theorize from a safe distance. For an island nation like Taiwan, someone who can actually speak to coastal and ocean policy is invaluable. He is the unglamorous kind of figure who quietly holds the foundations together.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chiau Wen-Yan
- Name (Japanese)
- 邱文彦
- Reading
- きゅう・ぶんげん
- Born
- July 17, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Taiwan, United States
- Occupation
- university teacher / politician
2. Background
- University
- University of Pennsylvania
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%82%B1%E6%96%87%E5%BD%A6
Frequently asked questions
When was Chiau Wen-Yan born?
Born July 17, 1953 (age 73).
Where is Chiau Wen-Yan from?
Chiau Wen-Yan is from Taiwan, United States.
What does Chiau Wen-Yan do?
Chiau Wen-Yan works as university teacher, politician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.