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 after winning the 2018 municipality election of the Republic of China on 24 November 2018, taking office on 25 December 2018.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Cheng-wu
楊鎮浯
Magistrate of Kinmen County
Assumed office
25 December 2018
Preceded byChen Fu-hai
Member of Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 25 December 2018
Preceded byYang Ying-hsiung
Succeeded byChen Yu-chen
ConstituencyKinmen County
Personal details
Born (1972-06-26) 26 June 1972
Kinmen, Republic of China
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
EducationMaster's degree
Alma materChinese Culture University
University of Westminster

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 Ninth Legislative Yuan member after winning the 2016 general election representing Kinmen County Constituency.[1]

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 against such establishment and supported the outcome of the referendum which also resulted in the outcome of against the casino establishment.[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
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]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Yang Cheng-wu Kuomintang23,520 47.48%
2Hung Chih-heng (洪志恒)Kinmen Gaoliang Party832 1.69%
3Wang Cheng-hua (汪承樺)UNESCO budget e-league403 0.82%
4Chen Fu-hai Independent22,719 46.15%
5Hsieh Yi-zhen (謝宜璋) Independent1,389 2.82%
6Hong Ho-cheng (洪和成) Independent366 0.74%
Total voters117,913
Valid votes49,229
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 Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei and Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying, 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.[8]

In late April 2020, Magistrate Yang visited Wuqiu for the first time as magistrate and stayed overnight.[9]

References
  1. Yen, William (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang reclaims Kinmen County seat". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. "Yang, Cheng-Wu". Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. Wu, Cheng-ting; Chung, Jake. "Kinmen to get medivac helicopter". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. Wu, Cheng-ting; Liu, Li-jen (29 October 2018). "Kinmen nixes casino development". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. Lu, Yi-hsuan (6 August 2018). "Kinmen starts importing Chinese water". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. "2018 Local Elections". www.cec.gov.tw.
  7. Huang, Huei-min; Wang, Flor (31 January 2019). "Kinmen magistrate touts efforts to improve livelihoods". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. "China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties". Taiwan News. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  9. 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). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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