Lai Feng-wei (; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the

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since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality election of the Republic of China on 24 November 2018.

Political careers

2018 Penghu County magistrate election

2019 Mainland China visit

On 12 August 2019, Lai, along with Lienchiang County Magistrate

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and Kinmen County Magistrate

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, visited

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and met with

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Director

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requesting Mainland China government to lift up individual travel ban of Mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties due to the constraint

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. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.

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* 1953 births Living people Magistrates of Penghu County {{Taiwan-politician-stub