| Yang Chin-long | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 楊金龍 |
| Office: | 17th Governor of the Central Bank |
| President: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Premier: | William Lai Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen |
| Deputy: | Chen Nan-kuang, Yen Tzung-ta |
| Term Start: | 26 February 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Perng Fai-nan |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwan |
| Party: | Independent |
| Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University University of Birmingham |
Yang Chin-long (; born 5 June 1953) is a Taiwanese economist and the current Governor of the Central Bank of Taiwan.
Yang received a master's degree from National Chengchi University and earned a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Birmingham.[1] [2] In 1989, Yang began working for the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).[3] Yang was named deputy governor of Taiwan's central bank in 2008.[1] After Perng Fai-nan announced that he would retire upon the conclusion of his fifth term, Yang, Shea Jia-dong, and Richard Koo were considered candidates to succeed him.[4] On 1 February, Yang was appointed as the new Central Bank governor.[5] [6]
Yang was listed in the Central Banker Report Card 2019, a list of the top central bankers compiled by Global Finance. In his first appearance on the list, he was given an A-grade.[7]