Judy May Chu (July 7, 1953 -),U.S.AChinese women politicians,the Democratic Party of the United StatesMember, whose ancestral home is Wufuli, Xialu Township, Gujing Town, Xinhui, Guangdong, China, was born in the United StatesLos Angeles。Since 2009CaliforniaThe federal representative is the first Chinese American female congressman in American history.[1][14]
In 1985, he was elected as the education commissioner of Jiawei School District, Rosemead, California, and embarked on the road of political participation.[7]
From 1988 to 2001, he served as a member of Monterey Park, California.During the same period, Monterey Park CityEast Los Angeles CollegeProfessor.[1]
In 1990, 1994 and 1999, he was elected mayor of Monterey Park three times.[1][8]
In May 2001, he was elected to the House of Representatives of California, becoming the first Asian American state representative in the 49th constituency.[3]
From 2001 to 2006, he served as the representative of California.[3]
In 2006, he was elected to the California Tax Commission.[7]
Defeated in the special election on July 14, 2009republican partyChinese female politicianZhao Meisheng, elected to the 32nd District of California.[5-6]On July 16, she was sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, becoming the first Chinese American female congressman in American history.[7]
On February 10, 2011, he was elected chairman of the Asia Pacific American Group (CAPAC) of the US House of Representatives.[9]From August to September, he led a delegation of members of Congress to visit Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Jiangmen, Guangzhou and other cities in China, and visited the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Railways and other Chinese government departments.[10]
In 2011, at the suggestion of several overseas Chinese delegation representatives, it was drafted to request the US government to《Chinese Exclusion Act》A proposal to apologize.
On October 19, 2012, he was appointed as the US co chairman of the Obama campaign committee, the only Asian co chairman among them.[12]
In May 2022, he won the Outstanding Chinese Award of the Asian Pacific Heritage Month in 2022.[13]
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Zhao Meixin is the third generation Chinese in the United States. Her grandfather immigrated to the United States and started a restaurant business. Her father, Zhao Huajin, was born in California. Her mother, Lin Chunmei, immigrated from Guangdong Province of China to the United States before 1949Zhao ZhongqiuHe was a member of the Senate of Sunnyvale, California.[4][7]
Zhao Meixin's husbandWu Guoqing(Mike Eng) was a member of the California House of Representatives.[5]
In April 2011, Zhao Meixin's nephewLiao Ziyuan(Harry Lew) committed suicide after being abused for 4 hours because he slept while the guard was on duty. Three colleagues were charged.[11]
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On November 22, 2021, Zhao Meixin inspected the vaccination station for young children at Maccany Primary School in Pasadena United School District and appealed to the public to fight the epidemic as soon as possibleMiao.[2]
