C. Y. Cyrus Chu (Chinese: 朱敬一; pinyin: Zhū Jìngyī; born 29 October 1955) is a Taiwanese economist and politician. He holds a Bachelor of Law (Department of Business) from National Taiwan University (1978) and PhD in economics from the University of Michigan (1985). He joined the Department of Business Administration and Economics at National Taiwan University thereafter and was promoted to Professor in 1989. He has published 2 monographs on demography and family economics, respectively, both published by Oxford University Press, and more than 100 professional articles in journals including American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. He was Vice President of Academia Sinica (2000–2003) and Chairman of Board at (2008-2011), and has been a Distinguished Research Fellow at the