Hsieh Shih-chien

Nationality Republic of ChinaAlma materSoochow UniversityEmployerChina Airlines

Hsieh Shih-chien (Chinese: 謝世謙; pinyin: Xiè Shìqiān; born c. 1952) is a Taiwanese airline executive.

Hsieh was born around 1952.^[1] After graduating from the Department of Economics at Soochow University,^[2][3] Hsieh began working for China Airlines (CAL) in the 1970s.^[4] He began as an entry-level employee within the airline's financial department,^[2][5] and was later assigned to CAL offices in and Kaohsiung and Taipei,^[6][7] as well as overseas in Indonesia and Australia.^[2][6] Prior to his appointment as president of China Airlines in June 2016, Hsieh led Taiwan Air Cargo Terminals Limited as chairman.^[8][9] While serving as president of China Airlines, Hsieh concurrently served as chairman of CAL's subsidiary Mandarin Airlines.^[10][11] In his capacity as president of China Airlines, Hsieh led negotiations with the China Airlines Employees Union in 2016,^[12] and the Taoyuan Union of Pilots throughout 2019,^[13][14] to end strikes.^[15][16] Hsieh succeeded Ho Nuan-hsuan as chairman of China Airlines in April 2019.^[2][4] Following reports of cigarette smuggling into Taiwan on China Airlines flights,^[17] legislator Huang Kuo-chang suggested that Hsieh resign his position with the airline.^[18]

In June 2020, Hsieh stated that although pay cuts for China Airlines employees and executives were in effect from April due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the airline would not resort to layoffs when the salary reductions expired in July.^[19][20]

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