Wu Ming-ming explained

Wu Ming-ming
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Constituency:Party-list
Term Start:27 January 2006
Term End:31 January 2008
Predecessor:Tsai Ing-wen
Party:Democratic Progressive Party
Nationality:Taiwanese
Occupation:politician

Wu Ming-ming is a Taiwanese academic and politician who served on the Legislative Yuan from 2006 to 2008.

Career

Wu earned a bachelor's and master's degree at National Chung Hsing University, and obtained a Ph.D in agricultural economics and rural sociology from Ohio State University.[1] He returned to Taiwan and taught marketing at NCHU,[2] as part of an academic career that spanned three decades.[3] Wu was also active in the Taiwan Agricultural Academia-Industry Alliance.[4] He took office as an alternate legislator-at large on 27 January 2006.[1] As a lawmaker, Wu took an interest in Chinese violations of Taiwanese trademarks,[5] and expressed concern about the quality of hairy crabs imported from China.[6] He advocated for the end of a ban on the use of ractopamine in July 2007,[7] but stated in August that restrictions on the feed additive should not be removed.[8] After stepping down from the legislature in 2008, Wu became an honorary professor at NCHU.[9] [10] In a 2010 editorial published in the Taipei Times, Wu argued against signing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China.[11] He later joined the faculty of Kainan University.[12] [13] Wu was found not guilty of subornation of perjury and corruption in 2013, and filed a counter lawsuit against Ministry of Justice investigators.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. News: Wu Ming-ming (6). 22 July 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Chiu. Yu-tzu. Upgrading agriculture in Yunlin could be a winner. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 28 November 2005.
  3. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Pan-blues pass agriculture bills. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 12 May 2007.
  4. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Taiwan 3A alliance plans aid for Chinese farmers. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 20 July 2005.
  5. News: Wang. Flora. DPP slams KMT-PRC agriculture meet. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 15 October 2006.
  6. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Poisoned rats may end up in crabs, lawmakers say. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 8 August 2007.
  7. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Pig farmers ask for ban on US pork. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 31 July 2007.
  8. News: Wang. Flora. Chuang. Jimmy. No change on ractopamine: Cabinet. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 21 August 2007.
  9. News: Wang. Flora. Chao. Vincent Y.. ECFA no threat to farms: official. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 2 February 2010.
  10. News: Chuang. Li-hua. FEATURE: Taipei counting on Chinese taste for bananas. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 17 June 2010.
  11. News: Wu. Ming-ming. An ECFA would be bad news for farmers. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 20 January 2010.
  12. News: Chuang. Li-hua. Banana deal political: academics. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 9 August 2011.
  13. News: Kao. Cameron. Council to set up farmers’ fund. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 11 April 2014.
  14. News: Wang. Chris. Shieh Ching-jyh files malicious prosecution suit. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 16 April 2013.
  15. News: Wang. Chris. Former Chen adviser Wu suing over ‘persecution’. 22 July 2017. Taipei Times. 20 March 2013.