Yang Cheng-wu (; born 26 June 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as

Magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

since 25 December 2018, having won the office in the

2018 Taiwanese local elections Local elections were held on 24 November 2018 in Taiwan, to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elec ...

. Prior to contesting the magistracy, Yang represented Kinmen County in the

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Education

Yang obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 ...

and master's degree in business administration from

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in the

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Political career

Legislative Yuan

Yang became the

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member after winning the 2016 general election representing

Kinmen County Constituency Kinmen County is represented in the Legislative Yuan since 2008 by one at-large single-member constituency (Kinmen County Constituency, ). Current district * Kinmen County Legislators Yang Cheng-wu resigned in 2018 after elected Kinmen ...

. 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

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for Kinmen residents. In October 2017, Yang participated in the local Kinmen referendum in questioning the establishment of

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in the county. He openly opposed such establishment and supported the negative outcome of the referendum. On 5 August 2018, Yang attended the ceremony marking the first day of

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

importing water from

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2018 Kinmen County magistrate election

On 24 November 2018, Yang won the Kinmen County magistrate election defeating the incumbent independent

Chen Fu-hai Chen Fu-hai (; born 3 June 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2014 to 2018, and again since 25 December 2022 as an independent politician. Education Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Departme ...

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

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and

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, he led a delegation from various department of the county government to promote the tourism and products of Kinmen to the mainland people. On 12 August 2019, Yang, along with Penghu County Magistrate

Lai Feng-wei Lai Feng-wei (; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the Magistrate of Penghu County The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands a ...

and Lienchiang County Magistrate

Liu Cheng-ying Liu Cheng-ying (; Foochow Romanized: Làu Cĕng-éng; born 24 August 1958) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014. Education Liu obtained his master's degree in preventive medic ...

, visited

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and met with

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Director

Liu Jieyi Liu Jieyi (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From March 2018 to December 2022, he was director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U ...

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Cheng-wu 1972 births Living people Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent Chinese Culture University alumni Magistrates of Kinmen County