Cho Won-jin (born 7 January 1959) is a South Korean conservative pro-Park Geun-hye politician who served as the break-away Saenuri Party's presidential candidate in the 2017 presidential election.

[1][2] Cho vowed to become "a patriotic president to set the Republic of Korea straight", and pledged to boost the status of the country's war heroes and "correct distortions" in public education allegedly resulting from the domination of teaching unions, traditionally leftist.

[citation needed] He is a pro-China and supports common economic development between China and South Korea.

[3] He also supports Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping and his anti-corruption campaign.

[4] He has also met with Xi Jinping in 2009 as member of National Assembly.