Wang Ching-feng (; 1933 – 25 October 2024) was a Taiwanese politician.

Life and career

Wang Ching-feng sat on the

Hualien County Council The Hualien County Council (HLCC; ) is the elected county council of Hualien County, Republic of China. The council composes of 33 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Taiwanese local elections, 2022 local elections on 26 November 2022. ...

and was its speaker. Wang, a member of the

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 ...

, defeated Chen Yung-hsing, 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 ...

candidate, in the 1993 Hualien County magisterial election. Wang ran for reelection against the DPP's , in 1997. Infrastructure projects focusing on flood prevention took place during his first term, including the dredging and riverbank fortification of Hualien City's . Meilun Hill was reclaimed and transformed into a park, which was completed in 1995. In his second term, Wang advocated for the

Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive (government), executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, amended constitution, the head of the Execut ...

to distribute more money to local county governments. During his second term, Hualien was impacted by typhoons. In August 2000,

Typhoon Bilis The name Bilis (, ) was used for two tropical cyclones in the West Pacific Ocean. ''Bilis'' was contributed to the naming lists by the Philippines, and the name means ''speed'' or ''swiftness''. * Typhoon Bilis (2000) (T0010, 18W, Isang)made landf ...

hit Hualien County, followed by Typhoon Toraji in July 2001. As Toraji caused landslides and floods, Wang attended the Kuomintang's sixteenth National Congress. Interior minister

Chang Po-ya Chang Po-ya (; born 5 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and physician who is the founder of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, a political party in Taiwan. Early life and education Chang was born in what is now Chiayi City to Hsu Shih-hs ...

and legislator

Chou Hsi-wei Chou Hsi-wei (, born 11 March 1958) Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010. Chou worked for James Soong and was a member of Soong's People ...

criticized Wang for his absence from Hualien. The

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China, both during its time in mainland China and Taiwan. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds th ...

began an investigation into Wang's actions in August 2001. In 2004, Wang took part in a committee convened by 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 ...

to investigate the

3-19 shooting incident The March 19 shooting incident ( zh, t=三一九槍擊事件), also known as the 319 incident, was an assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu while they were campaigning in Tainan, Taiwan on 19 March 2004, ...

. Wang Chin-feng's son Wang Ting-son served on the

from 2010 to 2016. Wang died on 25 October 2024, at the age of 91.

References

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