Koo Chen-fu

Koo Chen-fu
辜振甫
Koo Chen-fu in 1969
Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation
In office 21 November 1990 – 3 January 2005
Deputy	Johnnason Liu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Johnnason Liu (acting) Chang Chun-hsiung
Personal details
Born	(1917-01-06)6 January 1917 Taihoku Chō, Japanese Taiwan
Died	3 January 2005(2005-01-03) (aged 87) Taipei, Taiwan
Citizenship	Republic of China
Children	Chester Koo, Leslie Koo
Alma mater	Taihoku Imperial University
Occupation	Businessman, diplomat, film producer

Koo Chen-fu (Chinese: 辜振甫; pinyin: Gū Zhènfǔ; Wade–Giles: Ku Chen-fu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko͘ Chín-hú, 6 January 1917 – 3 January 2005), also known as C.F. Koo, was a Taiwanese businessman, diplomat, and film producer. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his death. As a chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Koo arranged the first direct talks between Taiwan and mainland China since 1949 and served as Taiwan's negotiator in both the 1993 and 1998 Wang-Koo summit.

He was also a film producer and produced a number of Taiwanese films between 1973 and 1982, such as Love, Love, Love (1974), Eight Hundred Heroes (1975), Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977), The Coldest Winter in Peking (1981), and Attack Force Z (1982).^[1]