Ting Yuan-chin (Chinese: 丁原進; pinyin: Dīng Yuánjìn; 5 February 1939 – 29 April 2009) was a Taiwanese police officer. Ting was raised in Rizhao, Shandong, and graduated from what became Central Police University. Ting was successively assigned to the Hsinchu County, Yilan County, and Miaoli County police departments, and held administrative posts within the National Police Agency prior to his promotion to chief of the Taipei City Police Department in 1996 while Chen Shui-bian was mayor. Appointed director-general of the National Police Agency after Yao Kao-chiao stepped down in the aftermath of the murder of Pai Hsiao-yen, Ting assumed the role in September 1997, and faced the Alexander family hostage crisis in November 1997. In January 2000, Ting participated in discussions that led to the