Wu Chun-cheng explained

Wu Chun-cheng
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Office:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start:1 February 2024
Constituency:Party-list (Taiwan People's Party)
Birth Date:1961 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Party:Taiwan People's Party
Education:National Central University
National Sun Yat-sen University
Fudan University

Wu Chun-cheng (; born 18 August 1961) is a Taiwanese business executive and politician.

Education and early career

Wu earned a Bachelor of Arts in literature from National Central University, completed a master of laws at National Sun Yat-sen University, then moved to China and obtained a doctorate in management from Fudan University.[1] [2] He is the founding chairman of the Jet-Go Consulting Group,[3] [4] has served as director of the Cross-Strait Policy Association,[5] and led the Strong Generation Educational and Cultural Association,[3] [6] advocating for dignified aging and aiding those who are to those aged 45, 55 or 60 and above, depending on varying definitions.[6] [7]

Political career

Wu was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2024 via the Taiwan People's Party list for proportional representation, and has served as secretary-general of the TPP caucus.[8] As a legislator, he continued advocating for educational and economic policy proposals to consider Taiwan's strong generation,[7] [9] [10] and has discussed related issues with foreign delegations to Taiwan.[10] In June 2024, legislator Wang Ting-yu alleged that Wu had skipped a vote on a bill exempting party-affiliated organizations from being implicated for holding ill-gotten assets.[11]

Wu was invited to the July 2024 Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit,[12] and alongside Ariel Chang, co-organized a September 2024 march in New York City advocating for Taiwanese participation in the United Nations.[13] After TPP chairman Ko Wen-je was linked to the and that he had used a presidential election subsidy to purchase his 2024 campaign headquarters, Wu commented that Ko was "Taiwan's [Nelson] Mandela.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: 吳春城 (11) . 17 November 2024 . Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Wu Chun-cheng (11) . 17 November 2024 . Legislative Yuan.
  3. News: WU Chun-Cheng (Max) . 17 November 2024 . Taiwan People's Party.
  4. News: Loa . Iok-sin . Chen . Hui-ping . Tsai policy is in line with US, Tsai leads KMT rivals: survey . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 29 May 2015.
  5. News: Hsiao . Alison . WHA response DPP’s remit: survey . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 13 May 2016.
  6. News: Wu . Po-hsuan . Madjar . Kayleigh . Poll finds older shoppers feel discriminated against . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 21 October 2022.
  7. News: Cheng . Chih-chung . Kao . Evelyn . Education minister vows to open university for older adults in 2025 . 17 November 2024 . Central News Agency . 14 November 2024. Republished as: News: Education ministry planning university program for retirees . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 17 November 2024.
  8. News: Tien . Fong-wen . Letters: State of nation tactics . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 18 February 2024.
  9. News: Lee . Wen-hsin . Lin . Che-yuan . Chin . Jonathan . Seven regions already 'super-aged,' MOI says . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 3 November 2024.
  10. News: Lin . Che-yuan . Yeh . Esme . TPP chairman, officials meet with Japanese lawmakers . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 2 August 2024.
  11. News: Liu . Wan-lin . Chen . Cheng-yu . Chung . Jake . KMT advances proposal to ease assets restrictions . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 15 June 2024.
  12. News: Huang . Ching-hsuan . Su . Yung-yao . Yeh . Esme . Taiwan Strait expected to be focus of IPAC summit . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 29 July 2024.
  13. News: Hiciano . Larry . More than 500 take part in Taiwan rally in the US . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 16 September 2024.
  14. News: Smith . Courtney Donovan . Donovan’s Deep Dives: Ko as 'sacrificial martyr': the cult-like rhetoric of the TPP and its supporters . 17 November 2024 . Taipei Times . 2 November 2024.