Andrew Hsia

Andrew Hsia (Chinese: 夏立言; pinyin: Xià Lìyán; born 24 December 1950) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who is a vice chairman of the Kuomintang.

He was minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from February 2015 to May 2016, and was chairman of the Association of Foreign Relations (AFR) from 2017 to 2022.

He was involved in the joint development of Morotai Island of North Maluku province and an industrial park in Jakarta.

[14][15][16] The position had been vacated for more than 2 months since 1 August 2013 when then-Deputy Minister of National Defense Andrew Yang was promoted to the Minister position after the resignation of then-Minister of National Defense Kao Hua-chu due to the death scandal of army corporal Hung Chung-chiu.

[17] As vice chair of the KMT, Hsia visited the People's Republic of China in February and met with Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office, and Wang Huning, fourth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

[18] In December 2023, Hsia led a KMT delegation to mainland China as a "mission to maintain contacts."