Wu Ming-ming

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]