Chao Cheng-yu (; born 29 March 1966) is a Taiwanese politician who was a member of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

for Taoyuan 6 from 2016 until 2024.

Education

Chao graduated from the

Republic of China Military Academy The Republic of China Military Academy ( zh, t=中華民國陸軍軍官學校, p=Zhōnghúa Mīngúo Lùjūn Jūnguān Xúexiào, poj=Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Lio̍k-kun Kun-koaⁿ Ha̍k-hāu), also known as the Chinese Military Academy (CMA), is ...

and then earned a

Master of Public Affairs A Master of Public Affairs (MPA or MPAff) is a professional graduate degree that provides training in public policy and the operation of government. Courses required for this degree educate students in public and non-profit management, policy ana ...

(M.P.A.) from

Ming Chuan University Ming Chuan University (MCU; ) is a private university with four campuses in Taipei, Taoyuan and Kinmen in Taiwan, as well as one in Michigan, United States. MCU also has international education centers in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand. ...

Career

Chao served three terms as a Member of Taoyuan County Council as a member of

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

. He lost his primary in 2014 and subsequently became an

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. He ran for a seat in Ward 3, a five-member ward, for

Taoyuan City Council The Taoyuan City Council (TYCC; ) is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The council composes of 60 councillors elected once every four years by single non-transferable vote, most recently in the 2022 Taiwan ...

and was elected with most votes. He ran for a seat in the

as an independent for Taoyuan 6 in the 2016 election with the endorsement of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

(DPP). Though Chao is an independent, he caucuses with the DPP. As a legislator, Chao has been involved in discussions about the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, general oversight of public transportation, and the

National Communications Commission The National Communications Commission (NCC; ) is an independent statutory agency of Executive Yuan of Taiwan responsible for regulating the development of the telecommunication and broadcasting industries, promoting competition and consumer prot ...

. In the 2024 legislative election he lost his seat to Chiu Jo-Hua from the Kuomintang.

Legal judgements

In 2020, Chao was implicated in collecting bribes of tens of millions of yuan from a pair of funeral businesses. The following investigation revealed that in 2018, after receiving a bribe, Chao pressured officials from the Construction and Planning Agency to rezone nearly 20,000 square meters of land in the

Yangmingshan National Park Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan, located in both Taipei and New Taipei City. The districts that are partially in the park include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinshan ...

. Investigators launched a search of the legislator's home to find NT$9.2 million in "bundles of cash". Investigators also photographed the Legislator's assistant Lin Chia-chi throwing a bag of money out of a car window that contained matching bills to the money found at Chao's home. The Taipei District Court ruled in July 2022 that Chen had was guilty of tax evasion, sentenced him six months imprisonment or a fine, and ordered to pay NT$60,000.

Electoral record

Taoyuan city counciller, ward 3

* Five seats up for election, 1 reserved for female candidate * Eligible voters: 136,105 * Turnout (percentage): 87,424 (64.23%) * Valid votes (percentage): 85,433 (97.72%) * Invalid votes (percentage): 1,991 (2.28%)

2016 Legislative Yuan election

* Eligible voters: 248,233 * Turnout (percentage): 167,257 (67.38%) * Valid votes (percentage): 163,934 (98.01%) * Invalid votes (percentage): 3,323 (1.99%) * Incumbent is in bold

2020 Legislative Yuan election

* Eligible voters: 270,879 * Turnout (percentage): 201,745 (74.48%) * Valid votes: 197,648 * Invalid votes: 4,097

2024 Legislative Yuan election

* Eligible voters: 282,216 * Turnout (percentage): 203,630 (72.15%) * Valid votes: 199,144 * Invalid votes: 4,486

References

External links

Official Legislative Yuan page

Legislator Facebook page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chao, Cheng-yu 1966 births Living people Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Ming Chuan University alumni Taoyuan City Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan People from Bade District Taoyuan City Councilors Taiwanese politicians convicted of corruption