Chi-ming Hou (Chinese: 侯繼明, 3 December 1924 – 22 August 1991) was an American economist.
Hou was born on December 3, 1924, in Zhili (now Hebei), Republic of China.
[citation needed] Since 1956, he has successively served a faculty, Charles A. Dana Professor, Head of Economics Department, Director of Division Social Superior at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
Hou's representative work is Foreign Investment Economic Development in China 1840-1937,[1] he has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.
[citation needed] In addition, he worked with Sho-Chieh Tsiang and Tzong-Shian Yu to study Taiwan's industrial upgrading,[2] and has also cooperated with Lin Chuan and others to study the feasibility of establishing public and railway transportation funds in Taiwan.