H.E. Hsiao Bi-khim is the 16th Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Hsiao Bi-khim was born in Kobe, Japan in 1971. She has a diverse international background encompassing Japan, Taiwan, and the United States, which has shaped her approach to diplomacy.

After graduating from junior high school in Tainan, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim and her family moved to the US, where she went on to earn a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College in 1993. She later earned an M.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, specializing in international relations.

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim began her political career as program coordinator for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s US mission in 1995, becoming deputy director of its Department of International Affairs the following year, and director from 1997 to 2006.

Starting in 2001, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim served as a representative at-large for the DPP, working to promote transport infrastructure and agriculture in Hualien, while also focusing on issues related to gender equality, diplomacy, and human rights.

In 2020, she served as senior advisor to the National Security Council, and in July of the same year, was appointed as representative of Taiwan to the United States. She returned to Taiwan in 2023 to run in the 16th-term presidential elections, and was successfully elected as 16th-term vice president