Wu Chun-cheng
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1961)}}
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| name = Wu Chun-cheng
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| office = Member of the Legislative Yuan
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| term_start = 1 February 2024
| term_end = 25 February 2025
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| successor = Liu Shu-pin
| constituency = Party-list (Taiwan People's Party)
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|8|18}}
| birth_place = Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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| party = Taiwan People's Party
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| education = National Central University (BA)
National Sun Yat-sen University (LLM)
Fudan University (PhD)
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Wu Chun-cheng ({{zh|t=吳春城}}; born 18 August 1961) is a Taiwanese business executive and politician.
Education and early career
Wu earned a Bachelor of Arts in literature from National Central University, completed a master of laws at National Sun Yat-sen University, then moved to China and obtained a doctorate in management from Fudan University.{{cite news |title=吳春城 (11) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/Pages/List.aspx?nodeid=46770 |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}{{cite news |title=Wu Chun-cheng (11) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=55336 |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=Legislative Yuan}} He is the founding chairman of the Jet-Go Consulting Group,{{cite news |title=WU Chun-Cheng (Max) |url=https://www.tpp.org.tw/en/leaders-modal.php?mid=64 |access-date=17 November 2024 |publisher=Taiwan People's Party}}{{cite news |last1=Loa |first1=Iok-sin |last2=Chen |first2=Hui-ping |title=Tsai policy is in line with US, Tsai leads KMT rivals: survey |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/05/29/2003619416 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 May 2015}} has served as director of the Cross-Strait Policy Association,{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Alison |title=WHA response DPP’s remit: survey |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/05/13/2003646140 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 May 2016}} and led the Strong Generation Educational and Cultural Association,{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Po-hsuan |last2=Madjar |first2=Kayleigh |title=Poll finds older shoppers feel discriminated against |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/10/21/2003787459 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 October 2022}} advocating for dignified aging and aiding those who are to those aged 45, 55 or 60 and above, depending on varying definitions.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Chih-chung |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Education minister vows to open university for older adults in 2025 |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202411140022 |access-date=17 November 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=14 November 2024}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=Education ministry planning university program for retirees |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/17/2003827033 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 November 2024}}
Political career
Wu was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2024 via the Taiwan People's Party list for proportional representation, and has served as secretary-general of the TPP caucus.{{cite news |last1=Tien |first1=Fong-wen |title=Letters: State of nation tactics |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/02/18/2003813699 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=18 February 2024}} As a legislator, he continued advocating for educational and economic policy proposals to consider Taiwan's strong generation,{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Wen-hsin |last2=Lin |first2=Che-yuan |last3=Chin |first3=Jonathan |title=Seven regions already 'super-aged,' MOI says |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/11/03/2003826291 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Che-yuan |last2=Yeh |first2=Esme |title=TPP chairman, officials meet with Japanese lawmakers |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/02/2003821669 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 August 2024}} and has discussed related issues with foreign delegations to Taiwan. In June 2024, legislator Wang Ting-yu alleged that Wu had skipped a vote on a bill exempting party-affiliated organizations from being implicated for holding ill-gotten assets.{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Wan-lin |last2=Chen |first2=Cheng-yu |last3=Chung |first3=Jake |title=KMT advances proposal to ease assets restrictions |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/06/15/2003819378 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 June 2024}}
Wu was invited to the July 2024 Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit,{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Ching-hsuan |last2=Su |first2=Yung-yao |last3=Yeh |first3=Esme |title=Taiwan Strait expected to be focus of IPAC summit |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/07/29/2003821466 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 July 2024}} and alongside Ariel Chang, co-organized a September 2024 march in New York City advocating for Taiwanese participation in the United Nations.{{cite news |last1=Hiciano |first1=Larry |title=More than 500 take part in Taiwan rally in the US |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/09/16/2003823848 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 September 2024}} After TPP chairman Ko Wen-je was linked to the {{ill|Core Pacific City case|zh|京華城案}} and {{ill|Ko Wen-je 2024 presidential election subsidy case|zh|柯文哲政治獻金案|lt=confirmed}} that he had used a presidential election subsidy to purchase his 2024 campaign headquarters, Wu commented that Ko was "Taiwan's [Nelson] Mandela.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Courtney Donovan |title=Donovan’s Deep Dives: Ko as 'sacrificial martyr': the cult-like rhetoric of the TPP and its supporters |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2024/11/02/2003826248 |access-date=17 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 November 2024}}
Wu backed the passage of the Act for Promotion of Strong Generation Policies and Industrial Development through the Legislative Yuan in January 2025. On 25 February, he announced his resignation.{{cite news |last1=Kuo |first1=Chien-shen |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=TPP lawmaker accused of using position for private gain steps down |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202502250011 |access-date=25 February 2025 |agency=Central News Agency |date=25 February 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Younger |first1=Hollie |title=TPP lawmaker Wu Chun-cheng resigns |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/02/26/2003832511 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 February 2025}} Shortly after Wu's resignation, legislator {{ill|Chen Pei-yu|zh|陳培瑜}} called for the act's repeal.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Wen-hsin |last2=Garcia |first2=Sam |title=Proposal to abolish ‘strong generation’ act advances |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/03/04/2003832871 |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 March 2025}}
Personal life
Wu is married to Chang Mei-hui.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Cheng-yu |last2=Pan |first2=Jason |title=DPP caucus calls for judicial probe into TPP lawmaker |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/02/07/2003831479 |access-date=7 February 2025 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 February 2025}}
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Category:Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Taiwan People's Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 11th Legislative Yuan
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Taoyuan City
Category:Fudan University alumni