Richard Chen holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Tatung University in Taiwan and is currently the Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai. Previously he has held various posts at the Taiwan Government’s overseas offices in Houston, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Fiji.
Taiwan’s economic interaction with India has gained momentum in recent years with several bilateral agreements on agriculture, investments, industrial and customs cooperation, among others. Mr. Chen and his colleagues of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai will continue to work with counterparts of the state and city governments in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala to further strengthen economic and cultural exchanges between India and Taiwan, and to facilitate the investment of Taiwanese companies in those states.