Chen Changwen
Chen Changwen | |
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陳長文 | |
| Secretary of Straits Exchange Foundation | |
| In office 1990s–1990s | |
| President of Red Cross Society of the Republic of China | |
| In office 1980s–1980s | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) |
| Party | Kuomintang |
| Parent | Chen Shouren (father) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) University of British Columbia (LLM) Harvard University (LLM, SJD) |
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Chen Changwen (Chinese: 陳長文; pinyin: Chén Chángwén; born 1944) is a Taiwanese legal scholar who was the secretary of the Straits Exchange Foundation and the president of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China.[1][2][3] Chen was chairman and chief executive officer of Lee and Li, one of Taiwan's largest law firms, and currently serves as senior partner.[4]
Biography
[edit]Chen was born in 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan, the fourth child of Chen Shou-ren (Chinese: 陳壽人), a soldier who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. His family to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War in 1949 during the Great Retreat. In October 1949, Chen Shouren was transferred to Sichuan and was appointed chief of staff of the 69th army. Later, he died in Qionglai.
Chen Changwen was raised in Taipei. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from National Taiwan University in 1967, then pursued graduate studies in Canada, where he earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of British Columbia in 1969. His LL.M. thesis was titled, "The problems of micro-states in international law".[5]
After receiving his master's degree, Chen went to the United States to attend Harvard University, earning a second LL.M. in 1970 and then a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in 1972, both from Harvard Law School.[6] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "China and the law of consular relations".[7]
In the 1980s, Chen served as the president of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China. In the early 1990s, Chen was appointed the secretary of the Straits Exchange Foundation.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 陈长文与马英九对谈 脱口而出"笨中之笨马'总统'". Ifeng.com (in Chinese). 30 October 2013.
- ^ 图文：理律法律事务所所长陈长文. Sina (in Chinese). 6 November 2012.
- ^ 陈长文再吁"倒阁""蓝委"痛批. Sina (in Chinese). 2013.
- ^ History of Lee and Li
- ^ UBC Law
- ^ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Dissertation: China and the law of consular relations" (SJD Thesis). Harvard University. 1972. Retrieved 6 September 2025 – via Harvard Library.
- ^ "金门协议"亲历者重返金门 陈长文：风雨故人来. Sina (in Chinese). 21 September 2010.