Chen Ming-yi explained

Chen Ming-yi is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Taipei County Council from 2006 to 2010, and served on the New Taipei City Council from 2010 to 2014, returning to office in 2016. He is also a member of the Kuomintang’s Central Standing Committee.^[1] It was reported that he would participate in the 2014 New Taipei mayoral election, however, the Kuomintang eventually chose Eric Chu as their mayoral candidate.^[2]

In the 2014 local elections, Chen failed to get re-elected as city councilor.^{[3] [4]} He registered for the 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election on January 27,^[5] but dropped his bid for the leadership position two days later.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 陳明義. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315104358/http://www.kmt.org.tw/page.aspx?id=22&pid=1078. 2014-03-15.
2. Web site: 台湾明年县市选举 国民党籍陈明义将选新北市长.
3. http://www.setn.com/News.aspx?PageGroupID=1&NewsID=50570&PageType=1/ 囂張飆罵清潔隊員　新北議員陳明義15票成落選頭
4. http://www.cec.gov.tw/zh_TW/T1/sm200020000000000.html 103年地方公職選舉 新北市第二選舉區
5. News: Liu. Claudia. Kuo. Chung-han. KMT acting chairperson to bid for party leadership (update). 28 January 2016. Central News Agency. 27 January 2016.
6. News: Hsiao. Alison. KMT name change not needed: acting chair Huang. 30 January 2016. Taipei Times. 30 January 2016.
7. News: Hsiao. Alison. Hung Hsiu-chu tours legislature for the last time. 31 January 2016. Taipei Times. 31 January 2016.