Yang Cheng-wu
Yang Cheng-wu (Chinese: 楊鎮浯; pinyin: Yáng Zhènwú; born 26 June 1972) is a Kinmenese politician. He is the Magistrate of Kinmen County. He won the 2018 municipality election of the Republic of China. The municipality election for magistrate was held on 24 November 2018. He took office on 25 December 2018.[1]
Yang Cheng-wu | |
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楊鎮浯 | |
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| Chairman of Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation | |
| Assumed office 30 June 2023 | |
| Manager-General | Wu Fang-ming |
| Preceded by | Huang Hsiang-chun |
| Magistrate of Kinmen County | |
| In office 25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Fu-hai |
| Succeeded by | Chen Fu-hai |
| Member of Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2016 – 25 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Yang Ying-hsiung |
| Succeeded by | Chen Yu-chen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1972 |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Education | Master's degree |
| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University University of Westminster |
Education
Yang has a bachelor's degree in economics from the Chinese Culture University. He also has a master's degree in business adminstration from the University of Westminster, United Kingdom.[2]
Political career
Legislative Yuan
Yang became a Legislative Yuan member after winning the 2016 general election. He represents the Kinmen County Constituency. He is the ninth Legislative Yuan member for Kinmen.[1]
Yang asked for Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare and Ministry of Transportation and Communications to better cooperate with each other. This was in August 2017. He want the ministries to cooperate in the building of a helipad. He also wants them to cooperate to buy a helicopter. This will allow Kinmen residents to get medical treatment in Taiwan.[3]
In October 2017, Yang participated in a local Kinmen referendum. The referendum is on whether to build a casino in Kinmen. He oppose the building of the casino. He also supported the referendum results. The result is not to build the casino.[4]
On 5 August 2018, Yang attended a ceremony to mark the first day of operation of a pipeline. The pipeline is from Mainland China to Kinmen. It allowed Kinmen to import water from Mainland China.[5]
2018 Kinmen County magistrate election
| 2018 Kuomintang Kinmen County magistrate primary results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Result |
| Yang Cheng-wu | Called In | Walkover |
On 24 November 2018, Yang won the Kinmen County magistrate election. He defeated incumbent Chen Fu-hai.
| 2018 Kinmen County mayoral results[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Yang Cheng-wu |  Kuomintang
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23,520 | 47.48% | 
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| 2 | Hung Chih-heng (洪志恒) | Kinmen Gaoliang Party | 832 | 1.69% | |
| 3 | Wang Cheng-hua (汪承樺) | UNESCO budget e-league | 403 | 0.82% | |
| 4 | Chen Fu-hai | .svg){kind=icon} Independent
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22,719 | 46.15% | |
| 5 | Hsieh Yi-zhen (謝宜璋) | Independent
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1,389 | 2.82% | |
| 6 | Hong Ho-cheng (洪和成) | Independent
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366 | 0.74% | |
| Total voters | 117,913 | ||||
| Valid votes | 49,229 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 1,190 | ||||
| Voter turnout | 41.75% | ||||
Magistracy
Yang held his first official visit to Mainland China just about two month after he became magistrate. This visit is to help the Kinmen development. He led a group of officials from various departments of the county government to Quanzhou and Xiamen in Fujian. This is to promote the tourism and products of Kinmen.[7]
On 12 August 2019, Yang, Penghu county Magistrate Lai Feng-wei and Lienchiang county Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying visited Beijing. They met with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi requesting Mainland China government to stop banning Mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties. They were banned from travel as cross-strait relations were poor. The mainland government lifted the ban on 20 September 2019.[8]
In late April 2020, Yang visited Wuqiu for the first time as magistrate. He stayed overnight on the island.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yen, William (24 November 2018). Kuomintang reclaims Kinmen County seat. Focus Taiwan. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201811240016.aspx. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ "Yang, Cheng-Wu". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Wu, Cheng-ting; Chung, Jake. "Kinmen to get medivac helicopter". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/08/06/2003676025. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ↑ Wu, Cheng-ting; Liu, Li-jen (29 October 2018). "Kinmen nixes casino development". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/10/29/2003681240. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ Lu, Yi-hsuan (6 August 2018). "Kinmen starts importing Chinese water". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/06/2003698048. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Local Elections". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ↑ Huang, Huei-min; Wang, Flor (31 January 2019). Kinmen magistrate touts efforts to improve livelihoods. Focus Taiwan. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201901310009.aspx. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ↑ China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties. Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3778261. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ Tsai Chia-Chen 蔡家蓁 (28 April 2020). 楊鎮浯上任首度訪視烏坵 Longstay感受偏鄉的不便. [[:zh:聯合新聞網|]] (in 中文（台灣）). Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.