President Lai Nominates Chao Ching-hui as Control Yuan Member

President Lai Ching-te has nominated Chao Ching-hui, the current Deputy Mayor of Tainan, to serve as a Control Yuan member, drawing attention from political circles.

Chao Ching-hui, who hails from the media industry, has transitioned from journalism to the public affairs sector. She has held important positions such as Director of the Department of Information and International Relations, Chair of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, and Deputy Mayor. She has been involved in promoting Tainan's city governance for many years and is considered a pragmatic political official with both administrative experience and policy communication capabilities.

Chao Ching-hui holds a doctoral degree from National Sun Yat-sen University and a master's degree from Chinese Culture University. Before entering public service, she was the Tainan Metropolitan News Group Leader for the Liberty Times. Leveraging her profound journalistic expertise and local observation skills, she was recruited into the city government team by then-Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-te in 2013 to serve as the Director of the Department of Information and International Relations, marking a new chapter in her transition from a media professional to a political official.

During her tenure in the city government, Chao Ching-hui successively served as the Director of the Department of Information and International Relations and the Chairperson of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission. She also served as the Chairperson of the Tainan Museum of Art from 2023 to 2025. Under Mayor Huang Wei-che, she took on the role of Deputy Mayor, becoming the second female Deputy Mayor since Tainan was upgraded to a special municipality. She shoulders the responsibility of cross-departmental coordination and the promotion of major policies.

It is widely believed that Chao Ching-hui's greatest characteristic is her combination of media sensitivity and administrative execution power. She once described herself as the city government's "fax machine," emphasizing the faithful transmission of policy ideas rather than simply packaging administrative achievements. With the observation and communication skills cultivated by her journalistic background, she is often able to accurately grasp social trends and public opinion when facing public sentiment, council supervision, and major policy explanations.

As Deputy Mayor, Chao Ching-hui has assisted in promoting the "Smart City" initiative under the "Greater Southern New Silicon Valley Promotion Program." She has actively participated in the planning of major construction projects such as the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City, the expansion of the Southern Taiwan Science Park, and the development and industrial upgrading of the Anping Commercial Port, dedicating herself to transforming Tainan from a traditional cultural capital into a technology and smart city. At the same time, she has long focused on issues of youth employment, industrial development, and urban governance. Her administrative style is described as pragmatic and down-to-earth, with a deep understanding of interactions between the government and the council, as well as local needs.