Hau Lung-pin
Hau Lung-pin is a Taiwanese chemist and politician. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down from the EPA in 2003 and served as Mayor of Taipei from 2006 to 2014. He joined the Kuomintang in 2006 and has served as vice chairman of the party in 2014 and from 2016 to 2020.
Early life and education
Hau Lung-pin was born in Taipei on August 22, 1952. His father, Hau Pei-tsun, was a former premier and four-star general. His ancestral home is located in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.After graduating from Cheng Kung Senior High School, Hau studied agricultural chemistry at National Taiwan University and received a Bachelor of Science in 1975. He then completed doctoral studies in the United States, where he earned his Ph.D. in food chemistry, food science, and agricultural chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1984. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Thermal oxidation and radiolysis of lipids in monolayers".
Career
When Hau returned to Taiwan after his doctoral studies, he taught as a professor at the Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology at National Taiwan University. As an educator, Hau won numerous awards including awards for excellence in teaching and in research.Hau left the Kuomintang in the early 1990s to join the New Party. He was elected as a legislator in 1995, and served until his appointment as chief of the central government's Environmental Protection Administration in 2001 under President Chen Shui-bian. He resigned from that position in 2003.
Hau served as the secretary-general of the Red Cross in Taiwan and rejoined the Kuomintang in January 2006.
Taipei mayoralty
2006 Taipei mayoral election
On 27 May 2006, Hau was selected as the KMT's candidate for the Taipei mayoral election, winning 60% of the primary vote. He was subsequently elected Mayor of Taipei in the 2006 Republic of China municipal elections, defeating DPP candidate and former premier Frank Hsieh with 53.81% of the popular vote.| No | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| 1 | Li Ao | 7,795 | 0.61% | |
| 2 | Clara Chou | 3,372 | 0.26% | |
| 3 | Frank Hsieh | 525,869 | 40.89% | |
| 4 | James Soong | 53,281 | 4.14% | |
| 5 | Hau Lung-pin | 692,085 | 53.81% | |
| 6 | Ke Tsi-hai | 3,687 | 0.29% |
2010 Taipei mayoral election
Hau was reelected for a second term in November 2010 with 55.65% of the vote, defeating DPP candidate and former premier Su Tseng-chang.Taiwanese fisherman shooting incident
Hau spoke at Taipei City Hall shortly after the 2013 Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident involving Taiwan and the Philippines occurred on 9 May 2013 in disputed water of the South China Sea. In his comments, Hau urged the ROC government to take action against the Philippine government by suspending all exchanges with them, banning the recruitment of their workers, sending naval ships and extending their patrol beyond the exclusive economic zone to protect Taiwanese fishermen, retracting the 2013 Dragon Boat Festival invitation extended to the Philippines, bringing the killers to justice, compensating the family of the shooting victim, and suspending the donation of two ROC ambulances to the Philippines. He also advised Taipei residents not to travel to the Philippines.2013 China visit
In early July 2013, Hau led a delegation to attend the Shanghai–Taipei City Forum in Shanghai. He met with the director of Taiwan Affairs Office Zhang Zhijun and Mayor of Shanghai Yang Xiong. The Taipei City Government and Shanghai City Government will sign several memorandums regarding libraries, district administration and "1999" city hotline service. The delegation also will discuss about cross-strait business, sports, education and media.During his stay in Shanghai, he made a statement regarding the recently signed Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement between Straits Exchange Foundation and Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits that China should establish mutual trust with Taiwan, reassure the Taiwanese people and strive for Taiwanese support on the issue.