Lai Feng-wei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lai.

Lai Feng-wei (Chinese: 賴峰偉; pinyin: Lài Fēngwěi; born 20 September 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and engineer. He was the Magistrate of Penghu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 municipality elections,^[1] ending his term after losing to former magistrate Chen Kuang-fu.

Lai Feng-wei
賴峰偉
Magistrate of Penghu County
In office 25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022
Preceded by	Chen Kuang-fu
Succeeded by	Chen Kuang-fu
In office 20 December 1997 – 20 December 2005
Preceded by	John Lieh Cheng
Succeeded by	Wang Chien-fa
Minister of Examination
In office 29 July 2010 – 10 February 2012
Preceded by	Yang Chao-hsiang
Succeeded by	Tung Pao-cheng
Personal details
Born	Penghu, Taiwan (1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 71)
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	Tunghai University (BA) University of Missouri (MS, PhD)

Education

After graduating from Tunghai University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, Lai completed advanced studies in the United States at the University of Missouri, where he earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in industrial management engineering.

Political careers

2018 Penghu County magistrate election

2018 Kuomintang Penghu County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Results
Lai Feng-wei	Called In	Called in after negotiation

2018 Penghu County mayoral results[2]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	On Lee-la (翁珍聖)	Independent	1,379	2.61%
2	Cheng Ching-fa (鄭清發)	Independent	4,330	8.18%
3	Chen Ta-sung (陳大松)	Independent	5,822	11.00%
4	Wu Cheng-lung (吳政隆)	Independent	2,999	5.67%
5	Lai Feng-wei	Kuomintang	20,570	38.87%
6	Chen Kuang-fu	Democratic Progressive Party	17,347	32.78%
7	Lu Hwa-yuann (呂華苑)	Independent	468	0.88%
Total voters			86,603
Valid votes			52,915
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			61.10%

2019 Mainland China visit

On 12 August 2019, Lai, along with Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying and Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu, visited Beijing and met with Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi requesting Mainland China government to lift up individual travel ban of Mainland Chinese tourists to the three counties due to the constraint cross-strait relations. The mainland government eventually agreed to lift up the ban on 20 September 2019.^[3]