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Biography
Fu Kun-chi (Chinese: 傅崐萁; pinyin: Fu Kūnqí) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as the Magistrate of Hualien County since 20 December 2009.
Education
Fu completed his bachelor's degree in transport administration and China research at Tamkang University. He then earned his master's degree in public administration from National Dong Hwa University.
Hualien County Magistrate
2009 Magistrate election
Fu assumed the position of Magistrate of Hualien County starting 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 Hualien County magistrate election on 5 December 2009 as an independent candidate. He was reelected again for the second term as magistrate after winning the 2014 Hualien County magistrate election on 29 November 2014 as an independent candidate.
| 2014 Hualien County Magistrate Election Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 1 | Fu Kun-chi | Independent | 89,048 | 56.53% |  | |
| 2 | Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚) | Independent | 5,436 | 3.45% | ||
| 3 | Huang Shih-peng (黄師鵬) | Independent | 2,369 | 1.50% | ||
| 4 | Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) | Independent | 14,954 | 9.49% | ||
| 5 | Chu Kuo-hua (朱國華) | Independent | 2,218 | 1.41% | ||
| 6 | Tsai Chi-ta (蔡啟塔) |  KMT | 43,504 | 27.62% | ||
2016 Mainland China visit
In September 2016, Fu 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), 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) and Wu Cheng-tien (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.