Chiu Ching-chun

Chiu Ching-chun
Chiu Ching-chun
邱鏡淳
Magistrate of Hsinchu County
	In office; 20 December 2009 – 25 December 2018
Deputy	Yang Wen-ke
Preceded by	Cheng Yung-chin
Succeeded by	Yang Wen-ke
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 1999 – 20 December 2009
Succeeded by	Perng Shaw-jiin
Constituency	Hsinchu County
Personal details
Born	8 December 1949 (age 74); Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	Minghsin University of Science and Technology (BS); National Chiao Tung University (BA); Tamkang University (BA); Tunghai University (MA); University of St. Thomas (MA)

Chiu Ching-chun (traditional Chinese: 邱鏡淳; simplified Chinese: 邱镜淳; pinyin: Qiū Jìngchún; born 8 December 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.

Education

Chiu obtained his bachelor's degree from Minghsin University of Science and Technology and earned additional bachelor's degrees from National Chiao Tung University and Tamkang University. He then received a Master of Arts in public administration from Tamkang University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in the United States.^[1]

Hsinchu County magistracy

2009 county magistracy election

Chiu assumed the magistracy of Hsinchu County on 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 magisterial election as the Kuomintang candidate on 5 December 2009.

2014 county magistracy election

In 2014, Chiu ran for reelection. He faced independent candidate Cheng Yung-chin, who had served as magistrate from 2001 to 2009. Chiu won the election.^[2]^[3]

2014 Hsinchu County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟)	Independent	15,699	5.93%
2	Chiu Ching-chun	KMT	124,309	46.94%
3	Cheng Yung-chin	Independent	118,698	44.82%
4	Chuang Tso-bin (莊作兵)	Independent	6,115	2.31%

2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Chiu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Introduction of hsin chu county chief". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
^ "DPP draws flak for choice of candidate in Hsinchu". 5 September 2014.
^ "Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections".
^ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
^ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times". 18 September 2016.
^ "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.

External links

Chiu Ching-chun on Facebook

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[1] "Introduction of hsin chu county chief". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2014-09-15.

[2] "DPP draws flak for choice of candidate in Hsinchu". 5 September 2014.

[3] "Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections".

[4] "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".

[5] "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times". 18 September 2016.

[6] "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.

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