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| office1 = Vice President and Secretary General of the China Association of Mayors
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| name = Tao Siliang
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| party = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
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| spouse = Yu You
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| education = [[Tunghai University]]<br>[[Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology]]
| relations = [[Tao Zhu]] (father)<br>[[Zeng Zhi]] (mother)
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Lee Chen-hsiu (Chinese: 李贞秀; born 15 April 1973) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]] representing the [[Taiwan People’s Party]] (TPP). She is the first [[mainland China]] spouse to be elected as the legislator since the implementation of the [[Cross-Strait Act]].
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Tao Siliang (Chinese: 陶斯亮; born April 1941) is a Chinese physician, politician and philanthropist. After a medical career in the [[People’s Liberation Army]] hospital system, she served in central government and later became a leading figure in civic and medical philanthropy. She is the founding chairperson of the Beijing Aier Public Welfare Foundation and an advisor to the China Association of Mayors.
==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Lee was born in 15 April 1973 in [[Hengnan County]] in Hunan, China. In 1993, she relocated to Taiwan following her marriage to a Taiwanese national and subsequently settled there. She has five children.
Tao Siliang was born in April 1941 in [[Yan’an]], Shaanxi, the wartime base of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. Her ancestral home is [[Qiyang County]], Hunan. She is the daughter of [[Tao Zhu]], a senior revolutionary leader of the Chinese Communist Party, and [[Zeng Zhi]], a prominent organizational leader within the Party. In 1945, when her parents were ordered to move south to open new anti-Japanese guerrilla base areas, the four-year-old Tao was left at the Yan’an Nursery and entrusted to the care of veteran Red Army soldier Yang Shunqing. During her childhood and adolescence, she lived and studied in [[Guangzhou]] where her parents served in political roles.<ref name=”:1″>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_31387096/|title=大爱无声处，热血自难凉——陶斯亮的慈善公益长歌|trans-title=Great love is silent, but passion never cools – Tao Siliang’s epic tale of charity and public service.|newspaper=The Paper|lang=zh|date=2025-08-23|access-date=January 26, 2026}}</ref>
In 1961, Tao entered the Second Military Medical University of the People’s Liberation Army in Shanghai. She joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1965 and graduated in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in medicine.<ref name=”:1″/> During this time, her father was persecuted during the [[Cultural Revolution]], resulting in his death in 1969.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780824865313-013/html|title=Chapter 8: From “Down with Tao Zhu” to Retaliating against the February Adverse Current|publisher=University of Hawai’i Press|first=Jiaqi|last=Yan|first2=Gao|last2=Gao|date=1996|access-date=2025-01-26}}</ref> Beginning in 1968, she worked as a physician in several military hospitals, including the PLA No. 7 Hospital, the PLA No. 26 Hospital and the [[Air Force Medical Center of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army|Air Force General Hospital]]. She practiced medicine for nearly two decades and attained the professional rank of attending physician.<ref name=”:1″/>
In 1987, Tao was transferred to the [[United Front Work Department]] of the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]], where she served as deputy director of the Sixth Bureau. In 1991, she left her position in government and entered the civic and nonprofit sector.<ref name=”:1″/>
After 1991, she joined the China Mayors Association, where she served successively as deputy secretary-general and secretary-general, and later as vice president and executive vice president. At the same time, she served as vice president and later president of the China Medical Foundation. In the early 1990s, she promoted nationwide programs for the prevention of iodine deficiency disorders through the popularization of [[iodized salt]]. Her advocacy contributed to the convening in 1993 of the “China 2000 Mobilization Conference on Eliminating Iodine Deficiency Disorders” and to the promulgation by the State Council on the ‘Regulation on the Administration of Eliminating the Harm of Iodine Deficiency through Salt Iodization.'<ref name=”:1″/>
She holds an associate degree in electrical engineering from [[Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology]]. She is currently enrolled in an in-service master’s program in Public Affairs at [[Tunghai University]]. Li worked at technology companies including Unitech and [[Foxconn]], before later starting her own business. She has served as a founding member of the OSCAR Net-Zero Emissions Resilient Supply Chain Alliance, chair of the ESG Sustainable Development Committee of the [[Hsinchu]] Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association and founder of Xingheli Co., Ltd.
From 2001 onward, she served as vice president and secretary-general of the China Mayors Association and as vice chairperson of the China Medical Foundation. She also served as editor-in-chief of ”China Mayor”, the official journal of the association, and as vice chairperson of the China Urban Development Report Council.<ref name=”:1″/>
In 2012, Tao Siliang began cooperation with the Starkey Hearing Foundation of the United States on the Chinese implementation of the program “So the World May Hear,” through which hearing aids were donated to impoverished people with hearing impairments. In 2016, she founded the Beijing Aier Public Welfare Foundation and became its founding chairperson. The foundation focuses on charity advocacy, poverty relief, assistance to people with disabilities, educational support, public health and emergency relief.<ref name=”:1″/>
According to Lee’s own account, she initially had little interest in politics. However, during [[Ko Wen-je]]’s tenure as [[Mayor of Taipei]], she felt that Ko differed from traditional politicians and became a supporter. After Ko founded the [[Taiwan People’s Party]] (TPP) in 2019, Li registered online as a party member in 2020. As she did not know any party members and could not provide a required recommender, she listed Foxconn founder [[Terry Gou]] as the recommender when completing the application. In 2021, after attending a TPP campaign event promoting the [[2021 Taiwanese referendum]] in Hsinchu, she paid NT$10,000 to become a lifetime party member. In 2022, she was appointed campaign director for the TPP’s [[Zhubei]] mayoral race, marking her formal involvement in electoral politics.
===Legislative election===
She currently serves as advisor to the China Mayors Association, honorary president of its Women Mayors Branch, and founding chairperson of the Beijing Aier Public Welfare Foundation.<ref name=”:1″/>
In the [[2024 Taiwanese legislative election]], Lee participated in the TPP’s at-large legislator selection process and was successfully nominated, ranking 15th on the party’s list. Under the TPP legislative caucus’s ‘two-year clause’, she assumed office on 3 February 2026, becoming the first legislator of mainland China spouse background among Taiwan’s new immigrant communities.
During her legislator-elect period, she served as an assistant in the office of [[Huang Kuo-chang]], convener of the TPP legislative caucus.
Tao was a specially invited member of the 10th National Committee of the [[Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC) beginning in March 2005 and later served as a member of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC.
===Nationality and legal controversy===
== Honors ==
Under the [[Constitution of the People’s Republic of China]] and related Taiwan-affairs regulations, [[Taiwan resident]]s are considered Chinese citizens. The [[Presidency of Lai Ching-te|administation of President Lai Ching-te]] holds the view that mainland Chinese spouses possess [[Chinese nationality law|PRC nationality]] and therefore fall under Article 20 of the [[Taiwanese nationality law]], which concerns Republic of China nationals who also hold foreign nationality. According to this interpretation, Lee would be required to renounce her nationality in order to assume office and to submit proof of loss of PRC nationality within one year of taking office; otherwise, the Legislative Yuan should dismiss her. The method of renunciation would depend on the laws of the relevant country.
Tao has received wide recognition for her contributions to public welfare. In 2015 she received a nomination award at the Ninth China Charity Award. In 2018 she was named “Public Welfare Figure of the Year” by China Newsweek. In 2019 she was selected among “70 People of 70 Years of Chinese Charity Brands.” In 2020 she was named “Person of the Year” by China Philanthropist magazine.
The law stipulates that the authority to dismiss a legislator rests with the Legislative Yuan. As such, the Executive Yuan and the [[Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan]] have stated their legal position but do not possess the authority to invalidate Lee’s election or remove her from office.
Taiwanese politician (born 1961)
Lee Chen-hsiu (Chinese: 李贞秀; born 15 April 1973) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the Legislative Yuan representing the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP). She is the first mainland China spouse to be elected as the legislator since the implementation of the Cross-Strait Act.
Early life and education
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Lee was born in 15 April 1973 in Hengnan County in Hunan, China. In 1993, she relocated to Taiwan following her marriage to a Taiwanese national and subsequently settled there. She has five children.
She holds an associate degree in electrical engineering from Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology. She is currently enrolled in an in-service master’s program in Public Affairs at Tunghai University. Li worked at technology companies including Unitech and Foxconn, before later starting her own business. She has served as a founding member of the OSCAR Net-Zero Emissions Resilient Supply Chain Alliance, chair of the ESG Sustainable Development Committee of the Hsinchu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association and founder of Xingheli Co., Ltd.
According to Lee’s own account, she initially had little interest in politics. However, during Ko Wen-je’s tenure as Mayor of Taipei, she felt that Ko differed from traditional politicians and became a supporter. After Ko founded the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) in 2019, Li registered online as a party member in 2020. As she did not know any party members and could not provide a required recommender, she listed Foxconn founder Terry Gou as the recommender when completing the application. In 2021, after attending a TPP campaign event promoting the 2021 Taiwanese referendum in Hsinchu, she paid NT$10,000 to become a lifetime party member. In 2022, she was appointed campaign director for the TPP’s Zhubei mayoral race, marking her formal involvement in electoral politics.
Legislative election
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In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, Lee participated in the TPP’s at-large legislator selection process and was successfully nominated, ranking 15th on the party’s list. Under the TPP legislative caucus’s ‘two-year clause’, she assumed office on 3 February 2026, becoming the first legislator of mainland China spouse background among Taiwan’s new immigrant communities.
During her legislator-elect period, she served as an assistant in the office of Huang Kuo-chang, convener of the TPP legislative caucus.
Nationality and legal controversy
[edit]
Under the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and related Taiwan-affairs regulations, Taiwan residents are considered Chinese citizens. The administation of President Lai Ching-te holds the view that mainland Chinese spouses possess PRC nationality and therefore fall under Article 20 of the Taiwanese nationality law, which concerns Republic of China nationals who also hold foreign nationality. According to this interpretation, Lee would be required to renounce her nationality in order to assume office and to submit proof of loss of PRC nationality within one year of taking office; otherwise, the Legislative Yuan should dismiss her. The method of renunciation would depend on the laws of the relevant country.
The law stipulates that the authority to dismiss a legislator rests with the Legislative Yuan. As such, the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan have stated their legal position but do not possess the authority to invalidate Lee’s election or remove her from office.
He Changgong was born as He Kun in Dashan Village in Dacheng Township, Huarong County in Hunan Province. In 1918, after graduating from middle school, he went to Changxindian in Beijing, where he combined work with study. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement and later that year went to France to study. In 1922, while in France, he joined the Chinese Communist Party. The following year, he went to Belgium to work as a laborer. In 1924, he returned to China, first arriving in Changsha, where he met Mao Zedong, then Secretary of the Hunan Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Acting on Mao’s advice, he returned to Huarong County to establish local Communist Party organizations. He subsequently served as principal of Xinhua Middle School in the county.
He then served as the commander-in-chief of the county Peasants’ Self-Defense Army and standing committee member of the Nan-Hua Regional Party Committee as well as head of its Military Department. On 21 May 1927, after the May 21 Incident in Changsha, he was wanted by the Nationalist government and fled to Wuhan. On Mao’s advice, he changed his name to He Changgong. Afterwards, he joined the guard regiment of the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army and served as the party representative of the company.
In September 1927, Mao Zedong launched the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and He Changgong joined the participating forces. Shortly afterward, on Mao’s orders, he went to Shaoguan to search for Zhu De’s troops. He was later dispatched by Mao to negotiate with the local armed leaders Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai in the Jinggangshan area, successfully leading the troops up to Jinggangshan and subsequently overseeing the reorganization of Wang and Yuan’s forces. In April 1928, Zhu De led his troops to Jinggangshan and joined forces with Mao Zedong to form the Fourth Red Army, with He appointed Party representative of the 32nd Regiment. In January 1929, when the Fourth Red Army advanced into southern Jiangxi, He led his units to maintain guerrilla warfare in Jinggangshan. Later, when Peng Dehuai returned to Jinggangshan with his forces, He served as Party representative of the Fifth Column of the Fifth Red Army and participated in opening up the southeastern Hubei revolutionary base area.
In 1930, he went to Shanghai to attend the National Conference of Representatives from the Soviet Areas and the Red Army Representatives’ Conference of the Soviet Areas. In May of that year, he was promoted to commander of the Eighth Red Army and became a member of the Frontline Committee of the First Front Army, accompanying the troops in the attack on Changsha. In March 1932, he was appointed political commissar of the Thirteenth Army of the Fifth Red Army Corps, responsible for reorganizing the troops of the Ningdu uprising. He later led forces eastward and took part in the Zhangzhou Campaign. In October 1933, he was appointed president and political commissar of the Red Army University. In January 1934, he was elected a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In February of the same year, he was appointed commander and political commissar of the Guangdong–Jiangxi Military Region and participated in the Fifth Encirclement and Suppression Campaign.
On the eve of the Long March in September 1934, He served as a secret envoy and, together with Pan Hannian, conducted negotiations with the Guangdong warlord Chen Jitang, reaching a non-aggression agreement that reduced Red Army losses. After the Zunyi Conference, he was appointed political commissar of the Ninth Army Corps. On 27 March, under orders, he and Luo Binghui led the Ninth Army Corps away from the main force in a feint to divert pursuing enemy troops. After successfully achieving their strategic objective, they operated independently for 52 days in the border regions of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan, traveling more than 1,000 kilometers, before finally rejoining the main Red Army force in Xichang, Sichuan. In September of the same year, when the Red Army split, He followed the Fourth Front Army southward. After Zhang Guotao established a rival central leadership, He participated in attacks on Mao Zedong and was appointed by Zhang Guotao as “alternate member of the Politburo” and “head of the Organization Department.” He later served as chairman of the Gansu Provincial Soviet Government. In January 1937, he entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University for further study.
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| Born | September 25, 1982 |
| Other names | Zhang Xin (fomerly) |
| Citizenship |  China |
| Alma mater | Guizhou University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Zhang was born on 1982 in Duyun city in Qiannan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou. His parents and grandparents came from Chongqing to work
in a bridge factory in Duyun during the Third Front Construction period. In the college entrance examination, he chose to apply for the vocal music department at Guizhou University, but ultimately failed to pass due to poor grades. He then enrolled in the drama performance major at the School of Art at Guizhou University . After graduation, he joined the Guizhou Provincial Repertory Theatre.
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