Kristy HSU Tsun-Tzu

07/03/2007

Kristy Hsu is an associate research fellow at the Chinese Taipei WTO Center, Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research in Chinese Taipei. Before she joined the Center in August 2003, she was the Executive Secretary of Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center, and served as the APEC Gender Focal Point of Chinese Taipei from 1998 to 2003.

She was the author of the issue paper “Women and Industrial Science and Technology” presented at the 1^st APEC Ministerial Meeting on Women, October 17-18, 1998, Manila, the Philippines, and the issue paper “Women Entrepreneurship” presented at the 2^nd APEC Ministerial Meeting on Women, September 17-18, 2002, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Kristy Hsu has been working on academic fields such as international affairs and organizations, including UN, APEC, WTO, OECD and etc., international trade policy and economic law, gender issues and entrepreneurship, trade and development issues and etc.She has represented Chinese Taipei NGOs in various international activities such as meetings of the UN Committee of Status of Women (CSW), WTO, APEC and OECD, to share her research findings and observations on, among others, gender issues in relation to trade/economic and development policy.

Currently she is adviser to the Trade and Development Committee, National Confederation of Industries, Chinese Taipei, and Chinese Taipei Women Film/Video Association.She was adviser to the National Youth Council of Executive Yuan, Chinese Taipei, Institute of Information Industry of Chinese Taipei, and chairperson of Gender and IST Committee, Chinese Taipei Union of Women’s Association and etc.

Education:

·LLM, Department of Law, Soochow University, Chinese Taipei

·B.A., Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Chinese Taipei University, Chinese Taipei

Past Experiences (related to gender issues):

·05/06 ~ present: Adviser, Trade and Development Committee, Chinese National Federation of Industries

·03/06 ~ present: Supervisor, Chinese Taipei Women Film/Video Association

·2004 ~ 2005: Adviser, Institute for Information Industry, Chinese Taipei

·1998 ~ 2003: Chinese Taipei Gender Focal Point for APEC-AGGI and WLN

·2002 ~ 2003: Adviser, National Youth Commission, Chinese Taipei

·2001 ~ 2003: Chairperson, Gender and Technology Committee, National Union of Women’s Associations, Chinese Taipei.

Specializations:International Organizations, International Economic Law, International Trade Policy, Regional Development, Gender and Trade Issues.