Michelle Wu, a 36 -year -old city councilor and Chinese American, was elected as the mayor of Boston in the United States on the 2nd.
According to Voice of the United States, Wu Yan's election set a number of historical records. She is the first woman and the first non -white mayor in this historical city in the past 200 years.
Wu Yan's parents are from Taiwan. She grew up in Chicago and later moved to Boston to study at Harvard School.In 2013, at the age of 28, she was elected as a city councilor and became the first Asian American selected for the Boston City Council.In 2016, she was elected as the President of the City Council.
Wu Yan, who can speak fluent Chinese and Spanish, did not focus on racial cards in the campaign, but focused on people's livelihood and environmental protection issues.With the left -handed political position, she proposed a series of initiatives to improve people's livelihood and the environment, including controlling rent, providing free public transportation and improving public education.
The report of VOA pointed out that Wu Yan will face multiple challenges after he is sworn in on November 16.She must cooperate with the government departments of Massachusetts in Boston to promote the implementation of multiple issues such as controlling rent and providing free public transportation.
