Hwang Jung-chiou (Chinese: 黃重球; pinyin: Huáng Zhòngqiú; born 10 October 1952) was the chairman of Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), the state-owned electric power utility company of the Republic of China, from 2012 until 2016.
[4] Previously, he had served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China from 2009 to 2012.
Hwang obtained his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Chung Yuan Christian University in 1975.
[5] Hwang was appointed as the chairman of Taipower in May 2012 due to public outcry over the hikes of electricity and fuel rates in that year.
[2] Speaking in February 2013 regarding the controversial Longmen Nuclear Power Plant construction in Gongliao, New Taipei, Hwang said that Taipower had already asked geologists to evaluate any possible condition so that Taipower can deal with the issues seriously.