| Hsia Te-yu | |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese |
| Office1: | Minister of Atomic Energy Council of the Republic of China |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2000 |
| Term End1: | 6 March 2001 |
| Predecessor1: | Hu Chin-piao |
| Successor1: | Hu Chin-piao |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Hsia Te-yu is a Taiwanese nuclear engineer who led the Atomic Energy Council from May 2000 to March 2001.
Hsia earned a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and had worked for the Atomic Energy Council for over a decade prior to accepting an appointment to lead the AEC. At the time of his promotion, Hsia was head researcher at the AEC's Institute of Nuclear Energy Research.[1] Hsia, a Kuomintang member,[2] took office with the Tang Fei minority cabinet on 20 May 2000.[1] He was supportive of the use of nuclear energy, though many others in the Executive Yuan were not.[3] [4] Much of Hsia's tenure was spent discussing the status of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant.[5] [6] [7] In March 2001, Hsia left office and was succeeded by Hu Chin-piao.[8]