Liu Cheng-ying

Liu Cheng-ying
Liu Cheng-ying
劉增應
Magistrate of Lienchiang County
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Deputy	Wang Chung-ming
Preceded by	Yang Sui-sheng
Succeeded by	Wang Chung-ming
Personal details
Born	24 August 1958 (age 65); Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	Master's degree
Alma mater	National Taiwan University

Liu Cheng-ying (

Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014 until 25 December 2022.^[1]^[2]

Education

Liu obtained his master's degree in preventive medicine from National Taiwan University.^[3]

Early careers

Liu had been a doctor and the director of Lienchiang County Hospital.^[3]

Magistrate of Lienchiang County

2014 Magistrate election campaign

During the campaign for the

Lienchiang Magistrate election held on 29 November 2014, defeating fellow KMT and incumbent Magistrate Yang Sui-sheng

.

2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Liu Cheng-ying	KMT	4,385	66.25%
2	Yang Sui-sheng	KMT	2,234	33.75%

2015 Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival held in

Mawei District, Fuzhou, Fujian on 2 March 2015, Liu said that the festival had provided a great platform for cross-strait exchanges. He added that both Mawei and Matsu have similar culture, dialects and lifestyle, thus cooperation and exchanges should be strengthen, saying that more favorable policies will be introduced in the future to attract more visitors from Mainland China to visit Matsu.^[5]

2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Liu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited

Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.^[6]^[7]^[8]

2018 reelection campaign

The Kuomintang endorsed Liu for a second term as Lienchiang County magistrate in December 2017.^[9]

2018 Kuomintang Lienchiang County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Liu Cheng-ying	Called In	Walkover

2018 Lienchang County mayoral results^[10]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Su Po-hao (蘇柏豪)	Tree Party	927	12.51%
2	Chu Hsiu-chen (朱秀珍)	Independent	1,284	17.33%
3	Wei Yao-chien	Independent	336	4.54%
4	Liu Cheng-ying	Kuomintang	4,861	65.62%
Total voters			10,773
Valid votes			7,408
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			68.76%

2019 Mainland China visit

On 12 August 2019, Liu, along with

cross-strait relations. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.^[11]

References

^ "KMT's Liu proclaims victory in Lienchiang magistrate election (update)". focustaiwan.tw.
^ "Liu proclaims victory in Matsu magistrate election". wantchinatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "Chief Introduction". Lienchiang County Government. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ "The China Post". The China Post.
^ "Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival strengthens cross-Straits cooperation[1]-Straits cooperation". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
^ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
^ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times".
^ "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.
^ Chung, Jake (21 December 2017). "KMT names candidates in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
^ "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

External links

Liu Cheng-ying on
Facebook

[1] "KMT's Liu proclaims victory in Lienchiang magistrate election (update)". focustaiwan.tw.

[2] "Liu proclaims victory in Matsu magistrate election". wantchinatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-07.

[matsu.gov.tw-3] "Chief Introduction". Lienchiang County Government. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[4] "The China Post". The China Post.

[5] "Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival strengthens cross-Straits cooperation[1]-Straits cooperation". www.chinadaily.com.cn.

[6] "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".

[7] "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times".

[8] "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.

[9] Chung, Jake (21 December 2017). "KMT names candidates in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[10] "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

[11] "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

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