31 Facts About Wang Jin-pyng

Wang Jin-pyng served as President of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2016, which makes him Taiwan's longest-serving legislative speaker.

Once a leading figure of the Kuomintang, Wang is brokered deals between the KMT and opposition DPP.

Wang Jin-pyng was replaced by Democratic Progressive Party's Su Jia-chyuan as president of the Legislative Yuan after a decisive victory for the DPP in the 2016 election.

Wang Jin-pyng was born in a simple rural community in Rochiku Village, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan.

Wang Jin-pyng's teachers encouraged him to enter the physical education department in university.

Wang Jin-pyng finished his elementary school in Tainan Municipal Dashe Elementary School.

Wang Jin-pyng finished his junior and senior high school from the Tainan First Senior High School in Tainan.

Wang Jin-pyng finally graduated from the Teacher's College of National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1965.

Wang Jin-pyng said that he never put extra efforts in academic studies since childhood and he does not believe in renowned star schools.

Wang Jin-pyng was elected as the director-in-chief of the association.

Wang Jin-pyng's job involved travelling throughout Taiwan to inspect member factories and led to his entry into politics later that year.

In 1980,1987 and 1990, Wang Jin-pyng acted many times to assemble members of the Financial Committee and put his efforts forward in making some possible historical policies, such as introducing innovative tax system, opening up the establishment of security firms, lifting prohibition of setting up private banks, removing foreign exchange control schemes and other policies.

On 10 April 1990, Wang Jin-pyng was appointed as the vice chairman of the Central Policy Committee of the KMT, and then on 17 November 1990, he was appointed as the chairman of the Central Policy Committee's Finance Commission.

Wang Jin-pyng became the KMT's first director-general of the Committee on Coordination between Party and Government and the KMT caucus convener in the Legislative Yuan in 1992 following the retirement of all of Legislative Yuan first senior members on 31 December 1991.

On 27 August 1993, Wang Jin-pyng was elected to become the member of KMT Central Committee, and subsequently the member of Central Standing Committee during the 14th nationwide representative meeting of the party.

In 1993, Wang Jin-pyng was appointed as the director of China-Japan Parliamentary Member Interactions Association, where he became more active in promoting parliamentary diplomacy.

In 2003 Wang Jin-pyng was elected as the chairman of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, which was a democracy developing project set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROC.

Wang Jin-pyng holds other public welfare positions, such as the president of the Council for Taiwan Major League Baseball Association, board chairman of the Formosa Cancer Foundation, President of the Council for National Volunteer Fire Fighters' Association, honored board chairman of the Charity Mothers Association and honored board chairman of the National No-Barrier Space Development Association.

On 1 February 1993, Wang Jin-pyng became the KMT candidate for the nomination of vice president post of the Legislative Yuan.

Wang Jin-pyng renewed his three-year post in 1996, serving the post consecutively from 1 February 1993 until 31 January 1999.

Wang Jin-pyng had represented the Legislative Yuan as vice president visiting abroad and as representative to receive guests from foreign countries.

Immediately after the election, Ma stated repeatedly that he wished Wang Jin-pyng to remain as first-ranked deputy chairman.

Wang Jin-pyng has so far rebuffed the gesture, instead stating that he wishes to serve as "permanent volunteer," and snubbed Ma by refusing to meet with him.

The restriction was lifted that year, for politicians who made "special contributions to the party, meet the needs of the party and have served as legislative speaker," and Wang Jin-pyng continued serving as Yuan President.

Wang Jin-pyng encouraged the yuan to continue its oversight functions on behalf of the public in the future as a power to promote the development of Taiwan.

On 11 September 2013, Wang Jin-pyng sent an attorney to the Taipei District Court to file for an injunction for his KMT membership revocation.

Wang Jin-pyng said that despite KMT legislators comprising about three-quarters, or 84 members out of total 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan, the KMT was still being held hostage by opposition Democratic Progressive Party, adding that KMT had accomplish nothing from 2008 until 2012 due to Wang Jin-pyng's inability to deal with people and negotiate.

On 7 March 2019, Wang Jin-pyng announced his intention to contest the Kuomintang nomination for the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.

Wang Jin-pyng withdrew from the 2019 Kuomintang presidential primary on 6 June 2019.

In November 2024 Wang Jin-pyng opened a think tank focusing on publishing research on achieving peace between both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

At the age of 28, on 26 March 1969 Wang Jin-pyng met his then-future wife Chen Tsai-lien during the anniversary celebration of Shih Chien Home Economics College at the Feng-Lin Restaurant.