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AIT 5/11日發布,美國主管亞太經合會(APEC) 事務的資深官員王曉岷(Robert S. Wang)11日至17日訪問台灣。
AIT表示,訪台期間,王曉岷將與台灣官員和商界領袖會面,就今年亞太經合會的議程交換意見,並討論雙邊經貿議題。王曉岷在5月12日當天,將出席美國在台協會與台灣經濟部能源局合辦的「亞洲地區新世代電力研討會」。這場研討會將為期兩天,來自美國、台灣、和本區域內其他經濟體的數十名能源專家都將與會,就「智慧」電網、太陽能、風能等主題交換意見。
王曉岷於2013年8月就任美國國務院主管亞太經合會事務的資深官員。身為美國國務院的職業外交官,王曉岷曾於2011年1月至2013年8月擔任美國駐北京公使,並在2006年8月至2009年9月擔任美國在台協會副處長。他在2009年9月至2010年12月也曾在美國戰略暨國際研究中心(CSIS)費和中國研究講座擔任客座研究員。
而同一時間,美國在台協會(AIT)主席薄瑞光(Raymond F. Burghardt)5月10日至15日來台進行例行訪問。2015/05/1
U.S. Senior Official for APEC to Visit Taiwan May 11-17
Robert S. Wang, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), is scheduled to visit Taiwan from May 11-17, 2015.
During his visit to Taiwan, Dr. Wang will meet with Taiwan officials and business leaders to exchange views on this year’s APEC agenda and other trade and economic matters of mutual concern. On May 12, Wang will deliver the keynote address at the AIT – Bureau of Energy co-hosted “Next Generation Power in Asia” energy conference. This two-day conference on “smart” electrical grids, solar power, and wind power will feature the participation of several dozen energy experts from the United States, Taiwan, and other economies in the region.
Dr. Wang assumed the role of U.S. Senior Official for APEC in August 2013. He is a career Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State. Previously, Dr. Wang was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from January 2011 to August 2013, and was Deputy Director of the American Institute in Taiwan from August 2006 to September 2009. He was a visiting fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from September 2009 to December 2010.
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