Hsu Ming-chun (Chinese: 許銘春; pinyin: Xǔ Míngchūn; born 21 September 1965) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Labor Minister of Taiwan from 2018 to 2024.
[4] On 26 February 2018, Hsu was appointed to be the Minister of Labor in a handover ceremony from her predecessor Lin Mei-chu who had tendered her resignation earlier on citing health issues.
On February 29, during a radio interview, Hsu stated that the ministry would hire workers from Northeast India due to "their skin color and dietary habits are closer" to the Taiwanese and that they are "mostly Christians who are adept at manufacturing, construction, and farming."
Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chen Kuan-ting [zh] condemned her remarks, stating that "skin color and race should not be criteria for recruiting migrant workers."
During legislative hearing on 5 March, Hsu apologized for her remarks and stated the Taiwan's labor policies are "crafted with equality in mind and are never discriminating.