James Chen Chien-chih (Chinese: 陳健治; pinyin: Chén Jiànzhì) is a Taiwanese politician.
[1] He contested the December 1998 Legislative Yuan election, and secured a party list seat as a member of the Kuomintang, taking office on 1 February 1999.
[2][7] During the 2002 Taiwanese local elections, Chen led the Kuomintang's organizational development committee.
[8] Chang Po-ya, who had sought the Pan-Blue Coalition's unified endorsement, withdrew from the nomination process in September 2002, criticized Chen for attacking her, and chose to contest the Kaohsiung mayoralty as an independent.
[10] Chen's resignation was resubmitted and accepted after Chu An-hsiung [zh] won the Kaohsiung City Council speakership amid allegations of electoral fraud.