Dr. Chi-Huey Wong was re-appointed Academia Sinica President on July 13, 2011 by Republic of China’s President Ying-Jeou Ma. His term will span from October 19, 2011 to October 18, 2016. At a ceremony on October 18, 2011, President Wong announced his vision as well as internal leadership changes. Along with incumbent Vice President Academician Fan-Sen Wang (Division of Humanities and Social Sciences), Academician Shie-Ming Peng (Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) and Academician Chien-Jen Chen (Division of Life Sciences) were appointed as Vice President during his second term.

At the ceremony, which took place at the Center of Academic Activities, President Wong emphasized that, with the solid foundation established previously the institution will continue to pursue academic excellence and become a world-class research academy involved in cutting edge research in sciences and humanities and nurturing future academic leaders. Future efforts will include: improving Taiwan's academic environment and regulatory system to attract and cultivate more innovative researchers; bridging the gap between academic research and innovative development; building the National Biotechnology Research Park to aid the rise of Taiwan's biotech economy; promoting international cooperation; advocating academic ethics and self-discipline to avoid conflicts of interest; and pursuing sustainability science to harmonize natural resources and the development of human society.

During the ceremony, President Wong thanked outgoing Vice Presidents Chao-Han Liu (Academician since 1998 and Vice President 2006-2011) and Andrew H.-J. Wang (Academician since 2000 and Vice President 2006-2011) for their hard work and contributions to Academia Sinica.

Outgoing Vice President Liu contributed considerably to promoting international cooperation and cultivating a high-level talent pool at Academia Sinica. During his vice presidency, he built up close and friendly relationships between Academia Sinica and many international and domestic institutions. He expanded the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), and set up charters with eight domestic universities to create interdisciplinary degree programs. In the future, Academician Liu will continue to chair Academia Sinica's sustainability science center and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, International Centre of Excellence (IRDR-ICoE) for the International Council for Science (ICSU) to integrate global natural disaster research and countermeasures.

Outgoing Vice President Andrew H.-J. Wang helped map out academic directions and raise the quality of academic research during his term as vice president. His recent outstanding research on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus garnered considerable international attention. In the future, Academician Wang will continue to serve as President of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (2011-2013) and as a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Biological Chemistry at Academia Sinica. In addition to chairing the National Research Program on Biopharmaceuticals he is expected to play an important role in establishing the National Biotechnology Research Park for Academia Sinica and promote biochemistry and molecular biology research, education and application in the Asia and Oceania region. He will focus particularly on interdisciplinary cooperative research on global warming, sustainability, economic issues, and the wealth gap.

Incumbent Vice President Fan-Sen Wang (Academician since 2004 and Vice President from 2010) specializes in the Chinese philosophical, intellectual and cultural history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Modern China. Vice President Wang has gained recognition for establishing several digital archive databases and opening the archives for free use by the global academic community. He has also deepened research into the Ming and Qing dynasties at Academia Sinica. Among his many appointments Vice President Wang previously served as the Director-General, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council (2000-2002), Director of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (2003-2009), and he won the Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for The Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (1998-2003) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK in 2005. He is now a Member of the Advisory Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences Development, National Science Council (2003-), a Member of Council of Academic Review and Evaluation, Ministry of Education (2003-) and a Member of the Board of the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan) (2008-). In the future Vice President Wang will continue his role as vice president and help coordinate and integrate the research activities between humanities and sciences, and promote sustainable research and development.

Incoming Vice President Shie-Ming Peng (Academician since 1998) is an expert in inorganic chemistry and crystallography. He is noted for his work in the synthesis and structure of transition metal complexes. He has been a Professor of Chemistry at National Taiwan University since 1980. Previously he served as Acting Director of the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica (1985-1987), Executive Secretary of the Central Academic Advisory Committee and Special Assistant to the President of Academia Sinica, Chairman of Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (1987-1990), a visiting faculty member at the National Institute for Molecular Science, Japan (1991), and Vice President of National Taiwan University (1999-2002). His academic honors include: Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1983), National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1997), TWAS Award in Chemistry (2002) and Member of TWAS (2003), French-Taiwan Scientific Prize (2008), Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK (2009), and the International Award, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (2011). Vice President Peng's rich academic and administrative experience at Academia Sinica and in Taiwan higher education is expected to be of great help in the promotion of cooperation between Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University and the other research universities, and also in the promotion of international research cooperation.

Incoming Vice President Chien-Jen Chen (Academician since 1998) is an expert in epidemiology, public health and preventive medicine. He is internationally well-known for his research on the health hazards of arsenic in drinking water and virus-related cancers. He won the respect of the people of Taiwan when he led Taiwan public health and medical specialists to successfully control outbreaks of several pandemic infectious diseases, such as SARS. He served as Director of the Institute of Epidemiology (1994-1997) and Dean of the School of Public Health, National Taiwan University (1999-2002), Minister of the Department of Health, Executive Yuan (2003-2005), Minister of the National Science Council, Executive Yuan (2006-2008). He is also a Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, USA (1993), an Outstanding Scholar of the Foundation for Outstanding Scholarship (1995-1999), a National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, ROC (1999-2002). He also received the Presidential Science Prize, ROC (2005) and Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques (2009). He was elected as a Member, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2005) and an Honorary Member, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (2007). Vice President Chen's experiences of policy-making in public health, science and technology are expected to contribute to Academia Sinica and to Taiwan's biotechnology development in the future.