Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association

The Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association (zh: 中琉文化经济协会) (jp: ちゅうりゅうぶんかけいざいきょうかい) is a cultural and economic exchange office operated by the Republic of China in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

History

The Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association was founded in 1958 by Fang Chih in an effort by the Republic of China to foster cultural and economic ties between the people of Taiwan and the people of Ryukyu-Okinawa.

In 2006, the association was incorporated into the TECO system though it retained its name.^[1]

In 2012, Chairwoman Tsai Hsueh-ni was presented with the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government in recognition of her social welfare exchange contributions between Japan and Taiwan.^[2]

List of Chairmen

Portrait	Name	Chairman From	Chairman Until	Title
	Fang Chih (zh: 方治)	1958	1988	Founder and President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association
Not Available	David Chang Hsi-cheh[3]	1988	?	President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association
Not Available	Tsai Hsueh-ni[4][5] (zh: 蔡雪泥)[6]	?	2015	President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association
Not Available	Xiè Guódòng (zh: 謝國棟)[7]	2015	Incumbent	President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association

References

1. Yu, Peter Kien-hong; Chow, Emily W; Kao, Shawn S F (2010). International Governance, Regimes, and Globalization: Case Studies from Beijing and Taipei (illustrated ed.). Lexington Books. p. 136. ISBN 0739143212. By the end of 2006, Taipei will change the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association (SRCEA), its private diplomatic representation in Okinawa, into the Naha Branch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan. Naha is the capital of Okinawa Prefecture. Taipei said it has never denied that Okinawa belongs to Japan.
2. "President Ma attends ceremony to congratulate National Policy Advisor Chao Tsai Hsueh-ni for awards received in Japan". president.gov.tw. Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2015. President Ma Ying-jeou attended a ceremony on the afternoon of May 11 to mark the Japanese Red Cross Society's award of a gold medal to National Policy Advisor Chao Tsai Hsueh-ni (蔡雪泥). The president also congratulated Ms. Tsai for being decorated by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. The president said these two awards are in recognition of the longstanding efforts and outstanding contributions by Ms. Tsai in the area of social welfare and in promoting exchanges between Taiwan and Japan.
3. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1988). Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Issues 191-200 (Digital, 2 March 2007 ed.). National Technical Information Service – via University of Michigan.
4. Wei, Yun-ling; Huang, Maia (5 June 2012). "Taiwanese woman to receive gold medal from Japanese Red Cross Society". taiwanembassy.org/. Tsai Hsueh-ni, president of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association, said Saturday that she will travel to Japan May 8 to receive the award, which will be conferred by Empress Michiko, honorary president of the association.
5. "Who's Who in the ROC I" (PDF). ey.gov.tw. Government of the ROC. 2013. p. 463. Retrieved 9 November 2015. TSAI, HSUEH-NI 蔡雪泥, Nat. Policy Adv. to the Pres. 09-; Bd. Chmn., Tsai Hsuen-ni Charitable Found.; Chairwoman, Kon Wen Cul. Ent.; Pres., Kon Wen Educ. Org.; Exec. Dir., Kon Wen Cul. Found.; b. Taipei Oct. 17, ’24; F; educ. Blessed Imelda Sch.; Hon. Dr. in Educ., U. of San Francisco, USA; Chairwoman, Sino-Ryukyu Cul. & Econ. Assn. & Sino-Ryukyu Women’s Assn.
6. "President Ma attends ceremony to congratulate National Policy Advisor Chao Tsai Hsueh-ni for awards received in Japan". president.gov.tw. Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2015. President Ma Ying-jeou attended a ceremony on the afternoon of May 11 to mark the Japanese Red Cross Society's award of a gold medal to National Policy Advisor Chao Tsai Hsueh-ni (蔡雪泥). The president also congratulated Ms. Tsai for being decorated by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. The president said these two awards are in recognition of the longstanding efforts and outstanding contributions by Ms. Tsai in the area of social welfare and in promoting exchanges between Taiwan and Japan.
7. "中琉協會(沖方)與中琉文化經濟協會(我方)聯合舉辦懇親會". mofa.gov.tw. Association of East Asian Relations. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. 沖繩縣對台民間交流窗口－中琉協會於本3月11日下午召開會員大會後，續於晚間與中琉文化經濟協會聯合舉辦懇親會，藉機介紹新任中琉文化經濟協會謝國棟理事長，計有浦崎唯昭副知事﹑中琉協會會員﹑縣內友台團體代表﹑旅沖僑領等近百人與會，場面熱絡﹑溫馨，駐那霸辦事處蘇啟誠處長受邀偕員參加。