New Power Party facts for kids

Quick facts for kids New Power Party 時代力量
Leader	Claire Wang
Secretary	Bai Ching-feng [zh]
Policy-making Committee	Full list Chen Jiau-hua Claire Wang Chiu Hsien-chih Lin Yu-kai [zh] Chen Wei-chung [zh] Wu Wei-ta [zh] Wu Pei-yun [zh] Bai Ching-feng [zh] Chang Wei-hang [zh] Lai Chia-lun [zh] Peng Sheng-shao [zh] Chien Chih-hsiang [zh] Lin Yu-ting [zh] Liao Tzu-chi [zh] Chen Meng-hsiu
Founded	25 January 2015
Headquarters	Taipei City, Taiwan
Ideology	Taiwanese nationalism Taiwanese independence Progressivism (Taiwanese) Youth politics
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Yellow, black
Legislative Yuan	0 / 113
Municipal mayors	0 / 6
Magistrates/mayors	0 / 16
Councillors	6 / 910
Township/city mayors	0 / 204
Website
www.newpowerparty.tw

The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan. It was started in early 2015. This party grew out of the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014. The NPP believes in universal human rights, which means everyone should have basic rights. They also support civil and political freedoms. A key goal for them is Taiwan independence, meaning Taiwan should be a fully separate country.

The NPP is part of a group called the "Third Force" in Taiwan. These are newer political parties that want to offer different choices. They are not tied to the two main political groups, the Pan-Green Coalition or the Pan-Blue Coalition. However, the NPP's ideas are often similar to the Pan-Green group. Because of this, the NPP worked with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the 2016 elections. They even avoided running in areas where the DPP was strong to help them win against the Kuomintang (KMT). The party also connects with a new way of thinking in Taiwan, which focuses more on Taiwan itself.

The party was founded by Freddy Lim, who is the lead singer of a heavy metal band called Chthonic. Other founders include activist Michael Lin and human rights lawyers Lin Feng-cheng [zh] and Chiu Hsien-chih. Many important people from the Sunflower Student Movement also joined. On September 12, 2015, the NPP officially began. Huang Kuo-chang was chosen as its first leader.

The NPP won five seats in the Legislative Yuan in the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election. This made them a strong third party, even beating the older People First Party. However, two of their lawmakers left the party in 2019. In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, the NPP won three seats.

Party Goals and Beliefs

The NPP wants to change the Constitution of the Republic of China. This constitution currently acts as if it governs all of China. The NPP wants it to only refer to Taiwan.

The NPP supports making same-sex marriage legal. They also generally favor ending capital punishment (the death penalty). On topics like workers' rights and social support, the NPP has ideas that are more left-leaning than the DPP.

Party History

The New Power Party was officially started on January 25, 2015.

In the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, the NPP won five seats in the Legislative Yuan. This was their first election. They became the third largest party in the Legislative Yuan. Three of their candidates won seats directly in their local areas. Two others were chosen from a party list, based on the total votes the party received.

In August 2019, Freddy Lim and Hung Tzu-yung left the NPP. They continued to serve as independent lawmakers and worked with the DPP. In the same month, NPP lawmaker Kawlo Iyun Pacidal was suspended from the party. She was replaced by Jang Show-ling in September 2019.

In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, the New Power Party won three seats from the party list. These seats went to Chen Jiau-hua, Chiu Hsien-chih, and Claire Wang.

However, in the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, the party did not win any seats. They did not get enough votes to keep their party-list seats.

Party Leaders

Order	Term	Executive Leader		Deputy Team Leader	Leadership Team	Started office	Left office
1	1	Freddy Lim	Freddy Lim	Lin Feng-cheng [zh]	Freddy Lim Neil Peng Hsu Yung-ming Lin Feng-cheng [zh] Michael Lin [zh] Huang Hsiu-chen (黃秀禎)	25 January 2015	2 July 2015
2		Huang Kuo-chang	Huang Kuo-chang			2 July 2015	25 March 2016
	2				Freddy Lim Ko I-chen [zh] Kawlo Iyun Pacidal Lin Feng-cheng [zh] Michael Lin [zh]	25 March 2016	January 2019
3	3	Chiu Hsien-chih	Chiu Hsien-chih	Ko I-chen [zh]	Chiu Hsien-chih Freddy Lim Hung Tzu-yung Ko I-chen [zh] Lin Yu-kai [zh] Kawlo Iyun Pacidal Chen Hui-min Lee Bo-yi (李柏毅) Chen Wei-chung [zh] Sabrina Lim [zh] Chen Chih-ming [zh] Tseng Wen-hsueh (曾玟學) Hsu Yung-ming Lin Yi-ying Hsiao Hsin-cheng [zh] Tseng Wei-kai	1 March 2019	Freddy Lim left the party on 1 August 2019. Chiu resigned as party chief on 12 August 2019. Hung left the party on 13 August 2019. Kawlo's party membership was removed on 2 September 2019.
4		Hsu Yung-ming	Hsu Yung-ming			21 August 2019	Sabrina Lim (林亮君) left the party on 11 November 2019. Hsu was suspended on 1 August 2020, with Chiu Hsien-chih taking over as acting party chief.
5		Chiu Hsien-chih	Chiu Hsien-chih			1 August 2020 (acting)	Hsu resigned from the party on 5 August 2020. Chiu Hsien-chih later announced the whole committee had resigned for a new election. Tseng Wen-hsueh resigned from the party on 23 August 2020.
6		Kao Yu-ting	Kao Yu-ting		Claire Wang Kao Yu-ting Chiu Hsien-chih Chen Jiau-hua Lin Yu-kai [zh] Lin Chia-wei [zh] Chang Wei-hang [zh] Chien Chih-hsiang [zh] Wu Wei-ta [zh] Bai Ching-feng [zh] Sung Kuo-ting [zh] Peng Sheng-shao [zh] Li Chao-li [zh] Lin Yi-ying Lin Yen-fu [zh] Liu yuh-sien [zh] Tseng Wei-kai	29 August 2020	Kao resigned as party chief and executive council on 17 November 2020.
7		Chen Jiau-hua	Chen Jiau-hua			17 November 2020
	4				Chen Jiau-hua Claire Wang Chiu Hsien-chih Lin Yu-kai [zh] Chen Wei-chung [zh] Wu Wei-ta [zh] Wu Pei-yun [zh] Bai Ching-feng [zh] Chang Wei-hang [zh] Lai Chia-lun [zh] Peng Sheng-shao [zh] Chien Chih-hsiang [zh] Lin Yu-ting [zh] Liao Tzu-chi [zh] Chen Meng-hsiu	1 March 2021	28 February 2023
7	5	Claire Wang	Claire Wang			1 March 2023

Secretary-General

The Secretary-General helps manage the party's daily work.

• # Chen Hui-min (January 25, 2015 – March 1, 2019)
• # Chen Meng-hsiu (March 1, 2019 – August 30, 2019)
• # Wu Pei-yun (August 30, 2019 – March 1, 2020)
• # Chen Chih-ming (March 1, 2020 – August 29, 2020)
• # Kao Yu-ting (September 16, 2020 – November 17, 2020)
• # Bai Ching-feng (since November 17, 2020)

Legislative Yuan Leaders

This is the leader of the NPP group in the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's parliament).

• Hsu Yung-ming (February 1, 2016 – September 10, 2019)
• Huang Kuo-chang (September 10, 2019 – January 31, 2020)
• Chiu Hsien-chih (February 1, 2020 – January 31, 2024)

Election Results

The NPP has taken part in several elections in Taiwan.

Legislative Elections

These elections decide who gets seats in the Legislative Yuan.

Election	Total seats won	Total votes (party-list)	Vote share (party-list)	Change	Election leader	Status	President
2016	5 / 113	744,315	6.11%	5 seats	Huang Kuo-chang	3rd Party	Tsai Ing-wen
2020	3 / 113	1,098,100	7.75%	2 seats	Hsu Yung-ming	4th Party
2024	0 / 113	353,670	2.57%	3 seats	Claire Wang	Did not represent	Lai Ching-te

NPP Lawmakers in the Legislative Yuan

This table shows the people from the NPP who have served as lawmakers.

Local Elections

These elections are for local government positions, like city and county councils.

In the local elections of November 2018, the New Power Party had 40 candidates running for city and county councils. Sixteen of these NPP candidates won their local elections.

For the first time, the party nominated candidates for mayor and magistrate positions in the 2022 local elections.

See also

• Pan-Blue Coalition
• Pan-Green Coalition
• Pan-Purple Coalition
• List of political parties in Taiwan
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Formosa Alliance