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Siew is the former chairman of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research ( Siew submitted his resignation June 24, 2007 after his KMT vice-presidential nomination ) and the incumbent Chairman of the Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation.

He resigned as KMT vice chairman and all other posts in the party before the December legislative elections.

He was criticised by the Pan-Blue Coalition for not taking a greater role in the Lien-Soong campaign and acting as convener for a private group of economic advisers for President Chen Shui-bian.