Yang Cheng-wu
Yang Cheng-wu | |
|---|---|
楊鎮浯 | |
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 |
| Constituency | Kinmen County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1972 Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Education | Master's degree |
| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University University of Westminster |
Yang Cheng-wu (
Education
Yang obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from Chinese Culture University and master's degree in business administration from University of Westminster in the United Kingdom.[2]
Political career
Legislative Yuan
Yang became the
In August 2017, Yang called on for closer cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Ministry of Transportation and Communications in creating the helipad and providing the agreed medical evacuation helicopter for Kinmen residents.[3]
In October 2017, Yang participated in the local Kinmen referendum in questioning the establishment of casino in the county. He openly opposed such establishment and supported the negative outcome of the referendum.[4]
On 5 August 2018, Yang attended the ceremony marking the first day of Kinmen importing water from Mainland China.[5]
2018 Kinmen County magistrate election
| 2018 Kuomintang Kinmen County magistrate primary results
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|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Place | Result |
| Yang Cheng-wu | Called In | Walkover |
On 24 November 2018, Yang won the Kinmen County magistrate election defeating the incumbent independent Chen Fu-hai.
| 2018 Kinmen County mayoral results[6]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Yang Cheng-wu |  Kuomintang |
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 |
22,719 | 46.15% | |
| 5 | Hsieh Yi-zhen (謝宜璋) | Independent |
1,389 | 2.82% | |
| 6 | Hong Ho-cheng (洪和成) | Independent |
366 | 0.74% | |
| Total voters | 117,913 | ||||
| Valid votes | 49,229 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 41.75% | ||||
Magistracy
In order to develop Kinmen, Yang held his first official visit to Mainland China just about two month after his inauguration as the county magistrate. While visiting Quanzhou and Xiamen in Fujian, he led a delegation from various department of the county government to promote the tourism and products of Kinmen to the mainland people.[7]
On 12 August 2019, Yang, along with
In late April 2020, Magistrate Yang visited Wuqiu for the first time as magistrate and stayed overnight.[9]
References
- ^ a b Yen, William (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang reclaims Kinmen County seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Yang, Cheng-Wu". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Wu, Cheng-ting; Chung, Jake. "Kinmen to get medivac helicopter". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Wu, Cheng-ting; Liu, Li-jen (29 October 2018). "Kinmen nixes casino development". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Lu, Yi-hsuan (6 August 2018). "Kinmen starts importing Chinese water". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 Local Elections". www.cec.gov.tw.
- ^ Huang, Huei-min; Wang, Flor (31 January 2019). "Kinmen magistrate touts efforts to improve livelihoods". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. 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. 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
External links
- Yang Cheng-wu on Facebook