Wang Ching-feng (; born 1933) is a Taiwanese politician. Wang Ching-feng sat on the

Hualien County Council The Hualien County Council (HLCC; ) is the elected county council of Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakk ...

and was its speaker. Wang, a member of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

, defeated

Chen Yung-hsing Chen Yung-hsing (; born 12 August 1950) is a Taiwanese psychiatrist and politician. Political career and activism Chen was a cofounder of the , established in February 1987. He served in the National Assembly from 1992 to 1996 as a member of t ...

, the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

candidate, in the 1993 Hualien County magisterial election. Wang ran for reelection against the DPP's , in 1997. Infrastructure projects focusing on flood prevention took place during his first term, including the dredging and riverbank fortification of Hualien City's . Meilun Hill was reclaimed and transformed into a park, which was completed in 1995. In his second term, Wang advocated for the

Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan. ...

to distribute more money to local county governments. During his second term, Hualien was impacted by typhoons. In August 2000, Typhoon Bilis hit Hualien County, followed by

Typhoon Toraji The name Toraji has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by North Korea and refers to a species of flower, the bellflower (''Platycodon grandiflorus''). * Typhoon Toraji (2001) (T0108, ...

in July 2001. As Toraji caused landslides and floods, Wang attended the Kuomintang's sixteenth National Congress. Interior minister

Chang Po-ya Chang Po-ya (; born 5 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, a political party in Taiwan. Early life Born in what is now Chiayi City to Hsu Shih-hsien and Chang Chin-tung, both physician ...

and legislator

Chou Hsi-wei Chou Hsi-wei (, born 11 March 1958) Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010. Chou worked for James Soong and was a member of Soong's People ...

criticized Wang for his absence from Hualien. The

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Prior to constitutional reforms in the 1990s, the Control Yuan, along with National Assembly (electoral college) and the Legislative ...

began an investigation into Wang's actions in August 2001. In 2004, Wang took part in a committee convened by the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

to investigate the

3-19 shooting incident The March 19 shooting incident (), also known as the 319 incident, was an assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of ...

. Wang Chin-feng's son

Wang Ting-son Wang Ting-son (; born 30 June 1965) or Timothy Wang is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2010 to 2016. Early life and education Wang Ting-son's father Wang Ching-feng served as the magistrate of Hualien County betwee ...

served on the

from 2010 to 2016.

References

1933 births Living people Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Magistrates of Hualien County 20th-century Taiwanese politicians {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub