Chen Peiyu, the founder of "Kaifeng Karma Children's Bookstore", became a non-regional legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party. The picture shows Chen Peiyu as the lecturer of the "Third Human Rights Education Picture Book Selection Plan" workshop of the National Human Rights Museum last year.

(Photo taken from the Facebook page of the National Museum of Human Rights)

[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Taipei Report] DPP non-regional legislator Guan Biling took over as chairperson of the Ocean Committee, and Chen Peiyu, a children's reading education promotion teacher, will fill in the vacancy. The Legislative Yuan is scheduled to be sworn in at 11:00 am next Monday (6th).

Chen Peiyu said in an interview today (4th) that she has long been concerned about issues related to education, culture, and publishing. After entering Congress, she will give priority to two issues: youth self-harm and new book price regulation. She hopes to start reforms from the legal aspect.

Chen Peiyu once founded the independent bookstore "Kaifeng Karma Children's Bookstore", and served as the editor-in-chief and lecturer of picture books. He can be called a newcomer in the political arena, and his future political performance in Congress has attracted much attention.

Chen Peiyu said in an interview with this newspaper today that she has long been concerned about issues related to education, culture, and publishing. She is also a mother of two children. She has observed many problems in the system or actual structure. Maybe these are not so popular, but she still looks forward to the legal system embark on reform.

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Regarding the priority bills and issues of political inquiry, Chen Peiyu revealed that her assistant team has also taken a prototype, and it is expected that they will discuss preparations together on the day of the inauguration; for example, the social phenomenon of self-harm among teenagers in recent years, she hopes to do more to help children. In terms of mental health, it may be possible to promote cooperation between schools and psychologists.

In addition, Chen Peiyu mentioned that the publishing industry and the bookstore industry are also very concerned about the price regulation of new books, which will involve the business scope of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Culture.

She will start to do more homework, hoping to throw bricks and spark jade, and promote social attention and discussion on some important issues.

Chen Peiyu graduated from the Institute of Education of Donghua University. In 2007, he went to Hualien to establish "Kaifeng Karma Children's Bookstore". He was also the first director of the Youshan Book Industry Cooperative. After the bookstore closed in 2014, he returned to Taipei to promote picture books and children's reading. In 2019 Invited to be included in the list of non-regional legislators of the Democratic Progressive Party.

After Guan Biling became the chairman of the Sea Committee this year, Zhang Jufang should have filled the vacancy of the non-district legislator according to the order. However, Zhang’s term of supervisory committee is until July 2026, so Chen Peiyu, who is next in line, will fill the position until January 2024. 31st.