Chiu Ching-chun

Chiu Ching-chun (traditional Chinese: 邱鏡淳; simplified Chinese: 邱镜淳; pinyin: Qiū Jìngchún; born 8 December 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chiu.
Chiu Ching-chun
邱鏡淳
Magistrate of Hsinchu County
In office
20 December 2009 – 25 December 2018
DeputyYang Wen-ke
Preceded byCheng Yung-chin
Succeeded byYang Wen-ke
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 20 December 2009
Succeeded byPerng Shaw-jiin
ConstituencyHsinchu County
Personal details
Born (1949-12-08) 8 December 1949
Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
EducationMaster's degree
Alma materMinghsin University of Science and Technology
University of St. Thomas

Education

Chiu obtained his bachelor's degree from Minghsin University of Science and Technology and master's degree in business administration from University of St. Thomas in the United States.[1]

Hsinchu County magistracy

2009 county magistracy election

Chiu assumed the magistracy of Hsinchu County on 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 magisterial election as the Kuomintang candidate on 5 December 2009.

2014 county magistracy election

In 2014, Chiu ran for reelection. He faced independent candidate Cheng Yung-chin, who had served as magistrate from 2001 to 2009. Chiu won the election.[2][3]

2014 Hsinchu County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟)Independent15,699 5.93%
2Chiu Ching-chun KMT124,309 46.94%
3Cheng Yung-chinIndependent　118,698 44.82%
4Chuang Tso-bin (莊作兵)Independent6,115 2.31%

2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Chiu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang 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 Cherng-dean (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.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Introduction of hsin chu county chief". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. "DPP draws flak for choice of candidate in Hsinchu". 5 September 2014.
  3. "Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections".
  4. "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
  5. "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times". 18 September 2016.
  6. "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.
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