Chang Guan-chung

Chang Guan-chung is a general officer of the Republic of China Army (ROCA) in Taiwan. He is the Vice Minister of National Defense for Armaments, taking office on 28 April 2017. He is the first academic to serve in this post.

Education
Chang obtained his doctoral degree in aeronautical engineering from Cornell University in the United States.

National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
In February 2017, Chang, as the President of National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, signed a memorandum with the Ministry of National Defense in Taichung to develop next-generation advanced jet trainers in Taiwan in which the development program will be completed by 2026.

He was the opening speaker at U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2018 in Maryland where he spoke on the need for Taiwan to balance foreign and domestic defense suppliers.