Chan-Yuan is Professor at the Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and Visiting Professor at SARChI, University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He has studied and worked across Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea. He has consulted widely on industrial analysis and technology policy for various organizations, including UNCTAD, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, the Ministry of Science and
Technology in Malaysia, and UNIID-SEA in the Philippines. Chan-Yuan has published extensively on topics such as technology catch-up in the semiconductor industry, innovation systems, analysis of the high-tech industry, and governance issues in middle-income economies. His book titled "Experimental Learning, Inclusive Growth, and Industrialized Economies in Asia: Lessons from South Korea and Taiwan" was published by Palgrave Macmillan in August 2022.