Naisi Chen

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Naisi Chen
MP
陈耐锶
File:Naisi Chen.jpg
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour party list
Assumed office
17 October 2020
Personal details
Born February 1994 (age 30)[1]
Beijing, China
Political party Labour
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳耐鍶
Simplified Chinese 陈耐锶

Naisi Chen (Chinese: 陈耐锶, born February 1994) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.

Early life and career

Chen was born in Beijing, China and moved to New Zealand at age five.[2] Her father is a Christian pastor and her mother is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.[3]

She worked as president of the New Zealand Chinese Students' Association and as a director of a business consultancy firm.[4]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate List Party
2020–present 53rd List 38 Labour

At the 2017 election she stood for parliament, after being approached by Labour Party MP Raymond Huo.[3] She was ranked 50th on the Labour party list.[5] In addition, Chen contested the East Coast Bays electorate, but was defeated by Erica Stanford.[6] The previous Labour candidate for the seat withdrew.[7][8]

She stood again at the 2020 election and was ranked 38 on the Labour Party list.[9] Chen also contested the Botany electorate. Despite losing the Botany electorate to National's Christopher Luxon by a margin of 3,999 votes, she was ranked high enough on the Labour list to get into Parliament.[10][11][12][13]

Alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party

In September 2017, New Zealand sinologist and University of Canterbury political scientist Anne-Marie Brady alleged in a conference paper that Chen had "close […] connections" to the United Front, a network of groups and individuals and strategy the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses to advance its agenda. Brady cited Chen's leadership of New Zealand Chinese Students' Association, a "united front-related organization", as evidence.[14] Chen said she felt "hurt" by the accusations.[15] Prior to the 2020 election, members of the group New Zealand Values Alliance distributed flyers in Auckland alleging that Chen was a "CCP agent".[3]

References

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