Liu Cheng-ying

Liu Cheng-ying
劉增應
Magistrate of Lienchiang County
Assumed office
25 December 2014
Preceded by Yang Sui-sheng
Personal details
Born 24 August 1958 (1958-08-24) (age 58)
Lienchiang, Fujian
Nationality  Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang

Liu Cheng-ying (Chinese: 劉增應; pinyin: Liú Zēngyīng) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014.[1][2]

Magistrate of Lienchiang County

2014 Magistrate election campaign

During the campaign for the upcoming 2014 Lienchiang County magistrate election at the end of 2014, Liu's campaign focused on the policies to improve the traffic and tourism in Matsu Islands.[3]

2014 Magistrate election

Liu was elected as the Magistrate of Lienchiang County from Kuomintang (KMT) after winning Lienchiang Magistrate election held on 29 November 2014, defeating fellow KMT and incumbent Magistrate Yang Sui-sheng.

2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Liu Cheng-ying KMT4,385 66.25%
2Yang Sui-sheng KMT2,234 33.75%

2015 Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival held in Mawei District, Fuzhou, Fujian on 2 March 2015, Liu said that the festival had provided a great platform for cross-strait exchanges. He added that both Mawei and Matsu have similar culture, dialects and lifestyle, thus cooperation and exchanges should be strengthen, saying that more favorable policies will be introduced in the future to attract more visitors from Mainland China to visit Matsu.[4]

2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Liu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Chiu Ching-chun (Magistrate of Hsinchu County), Yeh Hui-ching (Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City), Chen Chin-hu (Deputy Magistrate of Taitung County), Lin Ming-chen (Magistrate of Nantou County), Fu Kun-chi (Magistrate of Hualien County) and Wu Cheng-tien (Deputy Magistrate of Kinmen County). Their visit was aimed to reset and restart cross-strait relations after President Tsai Ing-wen took office on 20 May 2016. The eight local leaders reiterated their support of One-China policy under the 1992 consensus. They met with Taiwan Affairs Office Head Zhang Zhijun and Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KMT's Liu proclaims victory in Lienchiang magistrate election (update)". focustaiwan.tw.
  2. ↑ "Liu proclaims victory in Matsu magistrate election". wantchinatimes.com.
  3. ↑ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/11/30/422997/Election-results.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/fuzhou/e/2015-03/04/content_19717441.htm
  5. ↑ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
  6. ↑ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times".
  7. ↑ "Kuomintang News Network".


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