# Liu Cheng-ying

Liu Cheng-ying (Chinese: 劉增應; pinyin: Liú Zēngyīng; Wade–Giles: Liu$^2$ Tsêng$^1$-ying$^1$; Foochow Romanized: Làu Cĕng-éng; born 24 August 1958) is a Taiwanese politician in the Republic of China. He was the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014 until 25 December 2022.

## Education

Liu graduated from Taipei Medical University with a Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.) and earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in preventive healthcare from National Taiwan University.

## Early careers

Liu had been a doctor and the director of Lienchiang County Hospital.

## Magistrate of Lienchiang County
### 2014 Magistrate election campaign

During the campaign for the 2014 Lienchiang County magistrate election at the end of 2014, Liu's campaign focused on the policies to improve the traffic and tourism in Matsu Islands. Liu was elected as the Magistrate of Lienchiang County from Kuomintang (KMT) after winning Lienchiang Magistrate election held on 29 November 2014, defeating fellow KMT and incumbent Magistrate Yang Sui-sheng.
2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate Election Result :
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage |
| 1 | Liu Cheng-ying | KMT | 4,385 | 66.25% |
| 2 | Yang Sui-sheng | KMT | 2,234 | 33.75% |

### 2015 Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th Mawei-Matsu Lantern Festival held in Mawei District, Fuzhou, Fujian on 2 March 2015, Liu said that the festival had provided a great platform for cross-strait exchanges. He added that both Mawei and Matsu have similar culture, dialects and lifestyle, thus cooperation and exchanges should be strengthen, saying that more favorable policies will be introduced in the future to attract more visitors from Mainland China to visit Matsu.

### 2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Liu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Chiu Ching-chun (Magistrate of Hsinchu 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.

### 2018 reelection campaign

The Kuomintang endorsed Liu for a second term as Lienchiang County magistrate in December 2017.
2018 Kuomintang Lienchiang County magistrate primary results :
| Candidates | Place | Result |
| Liu Cheng-ying | Called In | Walkover |
2018 Lienchang County mayoral results :
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Su Po-hao (蘇柏豪) | Tree Party | 927 | 12.51% | |
| 2 | Chu Hsiu-chen (朱秀珍) | Independent | 1,284 | 17.33% | |
| 3 | Wei Yao-chien | Independent | 336 | 4.54% | |
| 4 | Liu Cheng-ying | Kuomintang | 4,861 | 65.62% | |
| Total voters | Total voters | Total voters | 10,773 | 10,773 | 10,773 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,408 | 7,408 | 7,408 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | | | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 68.76% | 68.76% | 68.76% |

### 2019 Mainland China visit

On 12 August 2019, Liu, along with Penghu County Magistrate Lai Feng-wei 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.