| Hou Ching-shan | |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
| Minister1: | David Lee |
| Deputy1: | Wu Chih-chung |
| 1Blankname1: | Vice |
| 1Namedata1: | Lee Chen-jan |
| Term Start1: | 28 December 2015 |
| Term End1: | April 2018 |
| Successor1: | Kelly Hsieh |
| Office2: | ROC Representative to Spain |
| Term Start2: | 2010 |
| Term End2: | 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Simon Ko[1] |
| Office3: | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
| Minister3: | James C. F. Huang Francisco Ou Timothy Yang |
| Term Start3: | 2006 |
| Term End3: | 2010 |
| Office4: | ROC Ambassador to El Salvador |
| Term Start4: | 2005 |
| Term End4: | 2006 |
| Office5: | ROC Deputy Representative to Uruguay |
| 1Blankname5: | Representative |
| Term Start5: | 1994 |
| Term End5: | 2001 |
| Birth Date: | 12 July 1950 |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Education: | Fu Jen Catholic University (BA) Complutense University of Madrid (MA, PhD) |
Hou Ching-shan or Javier Ching-Shan Hou (born 12 July 1950)[2] is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015–2018.[3]
Hou obtained his bachelor's degree in Spanish language and literature from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1972, and his master's in literature and philology and doctorate in philology from Complutense University of Madrid in Spain in 1975 and 1978, respectively.
Hou and delegates accompanied President Chen Shui-bian for an official visit to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua in August 2007.[4]
After São Tomé and Príncipe cut diplomatic relation with the ROC on 21 December 2016, Hou said that ROC relation with one of its other diplomatic ally is in yellow caution light, but he declined to comment which country it was.[5]