Wong Chung-chun

Wong attended high school in Tainan and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Chinese Culture University. He obtained a master's degree in international business administration from CCU, then received an EMBA from National Taiwan University.^[1] Wong has taught at the Tatung Institute of Technology.^[2]

Wong served two terms on the Chiayi County Council prior to his election to the Legislative Yuan in 1989.^[3] He won reelection in 1992 and again in 1995.^[4][5] During the 1995 campaign, Wong became one of the first candidates to receive a patent for his likeness, which he used on many different trinkets.^[6] Having won three consecutive elections as a Kuomintang representative of Chiayi County, Wong was placed on the party list for the 1998 elections, which he also won.^[7] It was reported in January 2001 that Wong had let his Kuomintang membership lapse,^[8] but later that year, he was named Kuomintang candidate for the magistracy of Chiayi County, losing the office to Chen Ming-wen in a three-way race.^[9][10] Entrepreneur Su Hui-chen stated in September 2002 that Wong had helped her bribe legislators in 1998,^[11] though Wong denied involvement.^[12] He was indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office in February 2003 and charged with corruption.^[13][14]

Wong returned to the legislature in 2005,^[1] and was named a Kuomintang candidate for 2008. Shortly after defeating Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Chi-fang,^[15] Wong was elected Economics Committee convenor, alongside Chiu Ching-chun.^[16] In March, Kuanshih, Shuishang leader Lai Chun-an was convicted of electoral fraud in support of Wong's campaign.^[17] Wong ran in the 2009 Chiayi County magisterial election, and lost to Helen Chang.^[18][19] In his 2012 legislative campaign, Wong made greater use of social media.^[20] He defeated Tsai Yi-yu, the son of Tsai Chi-fang, in 2012.^[21][22] He contested the Chiayi County magistracy for the third time in 2014, and again lost to Helen Chang.^[23][24] Wong was ranked fourteenth on the Kuomintang preliminary party list for the 2020 legislative elections.^[25][26] The list was subsequently revised,^[27] and Wong's inclusion confirmed.^[28][29]