--- description: Find out how Enoch Wu is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2022 TIME100 Next: Enoch Wu image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ae3e278b17f6e1e/698a35f2cabb1d24c1e50b45/time100-next-enoch-wu.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 28, 2022 # Enoch Wu by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/) ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large  Enoch Wu, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for the Legislative Yuan, gestures during a camapign rally at Linsen Park in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020\. Taiwanese voters will head to the polls on Jan. 11\. Photographer: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images Enoch Wu, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for the Legislative Yuan, gestures during a camapign rally at Linsen Park in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020\. Taiwanese voters will head to the polls on Jan. 11\. Photographer: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBetsy Joles—Bloomberg/Getty Images [Enoch Wu](https://time.com/6158550/taiwan-military-china-ukraine/ "undefined") wants to give every Taiwan citizen the know-how to protect their community. As the threat level rises from Beijing—which considers the self-ruling island a renegade province—Wu is providing civilians emergency-response training for both natural and man-made disasters. Workshops for his [Forward Alliance](https://forward.org.tw/ "undefined") NGO—backed but not financially supported by the U.S. government—are booked weeks ahead. An increasingly prominent adviser to the ruling [Democratic Progressive Party](https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about "undefined"), Wu navigates the intersection of politics, diplomacy, and citizenship. _Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify that the U.S. government supports Forward Alliance’s work but does not contribute money to the NGO._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213902/enoch-wu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213902/enoch-wu/"},"headline":"Enoch Wu","datePublished":"2022-09-28T09:58:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:06:55.992Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213902/enoch-wu/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ae3e278b17f6e1e/698a35f2cabb1d24c1e50b45/time100-next-enoch-wu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"creator":"Charlie Campbell","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ae3e278b17f6e1e/698a35f2cabb1d24c1e50b45/time100-next-enoch-wu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213902/enoch-wu/","name":"Enoch Wu"}}]}] ```