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王瑞杰(Heng Swee Keat)

王瑞杰(Heng Swee Keat)

新加坡共和国副总理兼经济政策统筹部长

  王瑞杰先生是现任副总理兼经济政策统筹部长,以及淡滨尼集选区国会议员。

  王瑞杰先生也担任未来经济理事会主席,该理事会由劳资政三方组成,旨在提升本地员工的技能和促进产业转型,以推动我国的经济重组,为国人创造更好的职业前景。他也带领团队制定和落实技能发展、创新与生产力、以及企业国际化等方面的国家策略。

  王瑞杰先生同时是国立研究基金会主席,该基金会负责制定新加坡的研究、创新及企业策略方向。在他的领导下,基金会也致力于促进研究、创新及企业计划和产业转型目标的进一步融合。

  王瑞杰先生也曾于2011年至2015年期间出任教育部长。2012年,他负责领导“我们的新加坡对话会”,以倾听各阶层的心声。这项为期一年的活动共吸引超过4万7000名新加坡人参与。王瑞杰先生于2015年至2021年出任财政部长期间,共推出10个国家预算案,并在2020年首次连续推出5个预算案,帮助受冠病疫情影响的国人和企业渡过难关。

  王瑞杰先生于2011年5月踏入政坛前,是新加坡金融管理局局长。他也曾出任贸易及工业部常任秘书和贸易发展局局长,并于1997年至2000年期间担任时任内阁资政李光耀的首席私人秘书。鉴于他为新加坡公共服务所做出的卓越贡献,王瑞杰先生于2001年和2010年分别获颁公共行政金奖章和功绩奖章。

  王瑞杰先生拥有英国剑桥大学经济学硕士学位和哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院公共行政硕士学位。

  Mr Heng Swee Keat is Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.

  Mr Heng chairs the tripartite Future Economy Council which oversees the on-going restructuring of Singapore’s economy, through upgrading the skills of workers and transformation of industry, to create better career prospects for Singaporeans. He leads a team to oversee the design and implementation of national strategies in areas such as skills and capabilities development, innovation and productivity as well as the internationalisation of companies.

  He is also the Chairman of the National Research Foundation, which sets the direction for Singapore's research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) strategies. Mr Heng is overseeing the closer integration of Singapore’s RIE and industry transformation efforts.

  Mr Heng served as Minister for Education from 2011 to 2015. He also led the year-long Our Singapore Conversation from 2012 that helped to engage more than 47,000 Singaporeans from all walks of life through dialogues.

  He also served as Minister for Finance from 2015 to 2021, overseeing ten national Budgets including an unprecedented five Budgets to support Singaporeans and businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

  Mr Heng has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University. He also holds a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.■