12 Facts About Chen Yung-hsing

Chen Yung-hsing is a Taiwanese psychiatrist and politician.

Chen Yung-hsing served in the National Assembly from 1992 to 1996 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.

Subsequently, Chen Yung-hsing was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 as an independent.

Chen Yung-hsing later became a member of the Taiwan Solidarity Union.

Chen Yung-hsing was named to the TSU proportional representation party list for the 2008 legislative elections, but did not win.

In November 2019, Chen Yung-hsing accepted a nomination from the New Power Party to serve as an at-large legislative candidate in the 2020 elections, placing seventh on the party list.

Chen Yung-hsing is a graduate of Kaohsiung Medical University and completed further study at the University of California, Berkeley.

Chen Yung-hsing later became director of St Mary's Hospital, based in Luodong, Yilan.

Chen Yung-hsing made several statements on the topic in 2018 in support of a referendum seeking to change Taiwan's national team name.

When Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee chairman Lin Hong-dow opposed the referendum, Chen Yung-hsing filed suit against Lin on several charges, believing Lin's statements to have misled Taiwanese athletes and the public.

Chen Yung-hsing marked the seventieth anniversary of the 228 Incident in 2017 by participating in a commemoration march.

Chen Yung-hsing stated later that year that he believed the political "status quo" between China and Taiwan was separation, not the 1992 consensus.