Christine Tsung

Christine Tsung
宗才怡
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 1 February 2002 – 20 March 2002
Deputy	Yiin Chii-ming
Preceded by	Lin Hsin-i
Succeeded by	Lin Yi-fu
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 68–69) Nanjing, Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	University of Missouri

Christine Tsung (Chinese: 宗才怡; born 1948) is a Taiwanese business executive and politician.

Tsung earned an MBA from the University of Missouri and worked in the United States prior to joining China Airlines in 2000 as president of the company. In December 2001, China Airlines and Delta Air Lines signed a marketing agreement.Yu Shyi-kun offered her a position as Minister of Economic Affairs in January 2002, which Tsung initially turned down. She succeeded Lin Hsin-i as the first female economics minister in Taiwanese history on 1 February 2002, only to resign on 20 March. During her short tenure as head of the economics ministry, Tsung was widely ridiculed during interpellation sessions.

Shortly after leaving the Executive Yuan, Tsung became chairwoman of the Grand Hotel in Taipei. She was replaced by Chang Shuo-lao in 2008.

Tsung is married to banker Jerome Chen.

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