Original title: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd has been promoted to senior deputy general manager for less than 4 years.

According to foreign media reports, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's board of directors recently approved the adjustment plan of the company's senior executives again, and another deputy general manager was promoted to senior deputy general manager, but unlike the previous senior deputy general manager, the newly promoted one has a much shorter tenure and has joined Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd for less than four years.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's most recent board of directors met on Tuesday, according to the official website. At this meeting, the board approved Zhang Xiaoqiang, deputy general manager of business development, to be promoted to senior deputy general manager of business development.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, who has a PhD in electronic engineering from Duke University, joined Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd in November 2016 and has been in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd for less than four years, according to Zhang's website.

Most of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's core management staff are doctoral graduates from prestigious American universities, but among the current 23 core management personnel and 5 subsidiary CEO or general managers, Zhang Xiaoqiang has served for a relatively short time. Many other executives have been in office for more than 20 years. At present, 3 have been in office since Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd was founded in 1987 and have served for more than 33 years.

Compared with the previous senior deputy general manager who was promoted, Zhang Xiaoqiang's tenure at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is also much shorter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's last promotion to senior deputy general manager was Hou Yongqing, senior deputy general manager of technology development and technology research. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in the United States. He joined Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd in 1997 and served in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd for nearly 20 years longer than the newly promoted Zhang Xiaoqiang.

Although he has not been a member of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd for a long time, Zhang Xiaoqiang has outstanding ability in integrated circuits and has a very glamorous resume.

Before joining Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, Zhang Xiaoqiang worked for chip giant Intel Corp for a long time. He was vice president and circuit technical director of Intel Corp Technology and Manufacturing Group. He led the research and development of Intel Corp's embedded storage technology from 90nm to 10nm. In 2005, Zhang Xiaoqiang was elected academician of Intel Corp, holding 50 US patents, higher than 44 of Hou Yongqing, who was promoted before him.

After Zhang Xiaoqiang was promoted to senior deputy general manager, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's senior deputy general manager increased to nine. The other eight are he Limei, Luo Weiren, Rick Cassidy, Qin Yongpei, Mi Yujie, Lin Jinkun, Wang Jianguang and Hou Yongqing.