Chen Yu-jen

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Chen Yu-jen MLY
陳玉珍
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2019
Preceded by	Yang Cheng-wu
Constituency	Kinmen County
Kinmen County Councillor
In office 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Constituency	Jinhu Township
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-29) October 29, 1973 (age 52) Kinmen County, Taiwan
Party	Kuomintang
Education	National Taiwan University (BA) Harvard University (MPP) Peking University (LLM) Kyushu University (LLM)

Chen Yu-jen (Chinese: 陳玉珍; born 29 October 1973), also known as Jessica Chen, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who serves as a Member of the Legislative Yuan. She was previously a member of the Kinmen County Council.^[1]

Early life and education

Chen was born on 29 October 1973 in Kinmen, Taiwan. She has a younger brother, Chen Chi-lung, and a sister, Chen Yu-ling. Their father, Chen Shui-mu, was a politician who served as the speaker of the Kinmen County Council.^[2] After attending a gifted children's program in junior high school,^[3] she graduated from Kinmen High School in 1991 as the top female student of her class.^[4]

After high school, Chen graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese literature with a minor in law in 1995, and spent a summer studying English at Harvard University. During her time in the U.S., Chen traveled to New York, Washington, and Florida.^[5] She left the U.S. in February 1996 to enroll at Peking University and earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Peking University Law School, where she had studied international law, public international law, international economic law, and the World Trade Organization.^[6] Her master's thesis, completed under jurist Wang Tieya,^[7] was titled, "A study of the Chinese telecommunications market based on foreign investment regulations in China, the U.S., and Japan".^[8]

After graduating from Peking University, Chen received a scholarship to study law in Japan and earned a second LL.M. in international economic law from Kyushu University in 1998.^[5] In October 2017, Chen returned to the United States to study at the Harvard Kennedy School,^[5] earning a degree in government and public policy.^[4]

Legislative career

Chen was elected as a member of the legislature for the first time in 2016.^[9] She has continued as a representative since.

In 2025, a group campaigning to recall Chen failed. They said they were unable to gain 1% support from Chen's constituency.^[10]

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