Kung Ming-hsin (; born 3 February 1964) is a Taiwanese economist and politician who has served as Minister of Economic Affairs since 2025. He previously served in other cabinet positions, including Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and minister of the National Development Council.
Early life and education Kung was born on February 3, 1964, in Taipei, Taiwan. He attended the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University.
After high school, Kung graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in statistics in 1986, obtained a master's degree in economics from National Taiwan University in 1989, and earned his Ph.D. in economics from National Chung Hsing University in 1997. His doctoral dissertation, completed under economist Chen Po-chih, was titled, "The Study of Growth Sources and Quality Increases of Taiwan's Manufacturing Industry" (我國製造業成長來源與出口品品質改善之實證研究).
Political career Kung was the vice president of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research while working with Tsai Ing-wen's incoming presidential administration. He was appointed in April 2016 to the Lin Chuan-led Executive Yuan as the deputy minister of National Development Council. Kung was named Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs on 8 September 2017. He served in that role through December 2018, after which he was appointed a minister without portfolio in charge of economic affairs.
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