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Chen Fu-hai
Chen Fu-hai
陳福海
	Official portrait, 2022
4th and 6th Magistrate of Kinmen
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2022
Deputy	Li Wen-liang
Preceded by	Yang Cheng-wu
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Deputy	Wu Cherng-dean; Lin Te-kung (林德恭)
Preceded by	Lee Wo-shih
Succeeded by	Yang Cheng-wu
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012
Preceded by	Wu Cherng-dean
Succeeded by	Yang Ying-hsiung
Constituency	Kinmen County
Personal details
Born	3 June 1963 (age 61); Kinmen, Fujian
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Taiwan People's Party
Other political; affiliations	Independent (until 2022)
Education	National Open University (BA); National University of Kaohsiung (MA); Huazhong University of Science and Technology (PhD)

Chen Fu-hai (Chinese: 陳福海; pinyin: Chén Fúhǎi; born 3 June 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Kinmen County from 2014 to 2018, and again since 25 December 2022 as an independent politician.^[3]

Education

Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Department of Public Executive Science of National Open University.^[4] He then obtained his master's degree in public administration from National University of Kaohsiung and doctoral degree also in public administration from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Hubei.^[5]

Early political career

Chen was a member of the Kinmen County Council from 1994 to 1998. He was the mayor of Jinhu Township from 1998 to 2006.^[5]

Chen was elected as a legislator on 12 January 2008.^[6]^[7]

No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Ratio
1	Chen Fu-hai	Independent	9,912	37.31%
2	Lee Wo-shih	Independent	5,274	19.85%
3	Gao Sian-teng (高絃騰)	Civil Party	39	0.15%
4	Hu Wei-sheng (胡偉生)	Independent	1,070	4.03%
5	Tang Huei-pei (唐惠霈)	Democratic Progressive Party	431	1.62%
6	Wu Cherng-dean	Kuomintang (New Party Endorsement)	9,838	37.04%

Magistracy

2014 Kinmen County magistrate election

Chen was elected as the Magistrate of Kinmen County after winning the 2014 Kinmen County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Kinmen County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Su Long-ke (蘇龍科)	Independent	470	1.03%
2	Lei You-jing (雷由靖)	Independent	132	0.29%
3	Chen Fu-hai	Independent	23,965	52.77%
4	Lee Wo-shih	KMT	15,146	33.35%
5	Wang Cheng-hua (汪成華)	The Guarantee of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Budget e-Union	403	0.89%
6	Hong Zhi-heng (洪志恒)	Independent	636	1.40%
7	Zhuang Yu-min (莊育民)	Independent	236	0.52%
8	Lin Suei-Chuan (林水泉)	Independent	240	0.53%
9	Shiu Nai-chiuan (許乃權)	Independent	3,834	8.44%
10	Yang Rong-xiang (楊榮祥)	Independent	354	0.78%

2015 Zhang Zhijun visit to Kinmen

During the two-day visit of Taiwan Affairs Office Director Zhang Zhijun to Kinmen, Chen wished that Beijing would enhance their assistance to Kinmen because people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are close like family and could work together to achieve the Chinese Dream.^[8]

2015 Strait Forum

During the 7th Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian in June 2015, Chen said that he would strive to support Kinmen to become a pilot zone for trade and economic cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.^[9]

2018 Kinmen County magistrate election

2018 Kinmen County mayoral results^[10]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Yang Cheng-wu	Kuomintang	23,520	47.48%
2	Hung Chih-heng (洪志恒)	Kinmen Gaoliang Party	832	1.69%
3	Wang Cheng-hua (汪承樺)	UNESCO budget e-league	403	0.82%
4	Chen Fu-hai	Independent	22,719	46.15%
5	Hsieh Yi-zhen (謝宜璋)	Independent	1,389	2.82%
6	Hong Ho-cheng (洪和成)	Independent	366	0.74%
Total voters			117,913
Valid votes			49,229
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			41.75%

References

^ "Kinmen to expand green energy efforts". focustaiwan.tw.
^ 江婉儀 (2023-04-20). "陳福海選前加入民眾黨縣市長變2席". 聯合報. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^ "Independent wins Kinmen magistrate race".
^ "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China". 23 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Inauguration Speech". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
^ "Legislator-elect vows to make Kinmen tax-free".
^ "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Chen, Fu-Hai-Brief Introduction". 23 July 2013.
^ "Kinmen plans a 'step forward' in relations: MAC". taipeitimes.com. 25 May 2015.
^ "Kinmen strives to become ...｜Markets｜WCT". wantchinatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

External links

Chen Fu-hai on Facebook

[1] "Kinmen to expand green energy efforts". focustaiwan.tw.

[chen-fu-hai_tpp-2] 江婉儀 (2023-04-20). "陳福海選前加入民眾黨縣市長變2席". 聯合報. Retrieved 2023-04-20.

[3] "Independent wins Kinmen magistrate race".

[4] "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China". 23 July 2013.

[kinmen.gov.tw-5] "Inauguration Speech". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

[6] "Legislator-elect vows to make Kinmen tax-free".

[7] "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China-Chen, Fu-Hai-Brief Introduction". 23 July 2013.

[8] "Kinmen plans a 'step forward' in relations: MAC". taipeitimes.com. 25 May 2015.

[9] "Kinmen strives to become ...｜Markets｜WCT". wantchinatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.

[10] "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

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