Lai Feng-wei

Lai Feng-wei (Chinese: 賴峰偉; pinyin: Lài Fēngwěi; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality election of the Republic of China on 24 November 2018.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai.
Lai Feng-wei
賴峰偉
Magistrate of Penghu County
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Preceded byChen Kuang-fu
In office
20 December 1997 – 20 December 2005
Preceded byJohn Lieh Cheng
Succeeded byWang Chien-fa
Minister of Examination
In office
29 July 2010 – 10 February 2012
Preceded byYang Chao-hsiang
Succeeded byTung Pao-cheng
Personal details
Born
Penghu, Taiwan

(1953-09-20) 20 September 1953
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang

Political careers

2018 Penghu County magistrate election
2018 Kuomintang Penghu County magistrate primary results
Candidates Place Results
Lai Feng-wei Called In Called in after negotiation
2018 Penghu County mayoral results[2]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1On Lee-la (翁珍聖) Independent1,379 2.61%
2Cheng Ching-fa (鄭清發) Independent4,330 8.18%
3Chen Ta-sung (陳大松) Independent5,822 11.00%
4Wu Cheng-lung (吳政隆) Independent2,999 5.67%
5Lai Feng-wei Kuomintang20,570 38.87%
6Chen Kuang-fuDemocratic Progressive Party17,347 32.78%
7Lu Hwa-yuann (呂華苑) Independent468 0.88%
Total voters　86,603
Valid votes　52,915
Invalid votes　
Voter turnout　61.10%

2019 Mainland China visit

On 12 August 2019, Lai, along with Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying and Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu, visited Beijing and met with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi requesting Mainland China government to lift up individual travel ban of Mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties due to the constraint cross-strait relations. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.[3]

References
  1. Yen, William (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang reclaims Penghu County seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.


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