Liu Cheng-ying
{{short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Liu Cheng-ying
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-tw|劉增應}}}}
| image = 劉增應 Liu Cheng-ying (cropped).jpg
| caption = Liu in 2016
| order1 =
| office1 = Magistrate of Lienchiang County
| deputy1 = Wang Chung-ming
| term_start1 = 25 December 2014
| term_end1 = 25 December 2022
| predecessor1 = Yang Sui-sheng
| successor1 = Wang Chung-ming
| birth_date = {{b-da|24 August 1958}}
| birth_place = Lienchiang, Fujian
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Republic of China
| party = Kuomintang
| spouse =
| education = National Taipei University (BM)
National Taiwan University (MS)
}}
Liu Cheng-ying ({{zh|t=劉增應|w=Liu2 Tsêng1-ying1|p=Liú Zēngyīng}}; Foochow Romanized: Làu Cĕng-éng; born 24 August 1958) is a Taiwanese politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014 until 25 December 2022.{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411290045.aspx|title=KMT's Liu proclaims victory in Lienchiang magistrate election (update)|work=focustaiwan.tw}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141129000122&cid=1101|title=Liu proclaims victory in Matsu magistrate election|work=wantchinatimes.com|access-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209065433/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141129000122&cid=1101|archive-date=2014-12-09|url-status=dead}}
Education
Liu graduated from Taipei Medical University with a Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.) and earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in preventive healthcare from National Taiwan University.{{cite web|url=https://www.matsu.gov.tw/enhtml/chiefpage/371030000A/575|title=Chief Introduction|website=Lienchiang County Government|accessdate=14 August 2018}}
Early careers
Magistrate of Lienchiang County
=2014 Magistrate election campaign=
During the campaign for the 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2014/11/30/422997/Election-results.htm|title=The China Post|website=The China Post}} 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.
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| colspan="7" width=620px|2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate Election Result | |||
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| width=35|No.
!width=180| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| | |||
| 1 | Liu Cheng-ying | KMT | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|4,385
|align="right"|66.25% |align="center"|20px |
| 2 | Yang Sui-sheng | KMT | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|2,234
|align="right"|33.75% |align="center"| |
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=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/fuzhou/e/2015-03/04/content_19717441.htm|title=Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival strengthens cross-Straits cooperation[1]-Straits cooperation|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}
=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 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2016/09/19/478797/Local-govt.htm|title=Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/09/18/2003655377|title=Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=18257 |title=Kuomintang News Network |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924113429/http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=18257 |archivedate=2016-09-24 }}
=2018 reelection campaign=
File:10.07 總統出席「媽祖在馬祖昇天祭」 48858081432 725f8dd4bc o.jpg and Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying (October 2019)]]
The Kuomintang endorsed Liu for a second term as Lienchiang County magistrate in December 2017.{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Jake|title=KMT names candidates in local elections|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/12/21/2003684370|accessdate=21 December 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=21 December 2017}}
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! colspan="6" width=600|2018 Kuomintang Lienchiang County magistrate primary results |
| width=80| Candidates
!width=80| Place !width=80| Result |
|---|
| Liu Cheng-ying
| style="background: #000099; text-align:center"| {{color|white|Called In}} | style="text-align:center"| Walkover |
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| colspan="6"|2018 Lienchang County mayoral results{{Cite web |url=https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm09007000000000000.html |title=2018 Local Elections |access-date=2018-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030726/https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TC/nm09007000000000000.html |archive-date=2018-11-25 |url-status=dead }} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=35| No.
!width=200| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| | |||
| 1 | Su Po-hao (蘇柏豪) | 20px Tree Party | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|927
|align="right"|12.51% |align="center"| |
| 2 | Chu Hsiu-chen (朱秀珍) | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|1,284
|align="right"|17.33% |align="center"| |
| 3 | Wei Yao-chien | 20px Independent | style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|336
|align="right"|4.54% |align="center"| |
| 4 | Liu Cheng-ying | 20px Kuomintang | style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|4,861
|align="right"|65.62% |align="center"|20px |
| bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | Total voters | colspan="3" align="left" | 10,773 | ||
| bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | Valid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | 7,408 | ||
| bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | Invalid votes | colspan="3" align="left" | | ||
| bgcolor=EEEEEE
| colspan="3" align="right" | Voter turnout | colspan="3" align="left" | 68.76% |
=2019 Mainland China visit=
On 12 August 2019, Liu, along with Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei and Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu, visited Beijing and met with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi requesting mainland China government to lift up individual travel ban of mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties due to the constraint cross-strait relations. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.{{cite news|date=17 September 2019|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3778261|title=China to lift individual travel ban for Taiwan's offshore counties|publisher=Taiwan News|accessdate=23 September 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
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