Wu Mei-ju and Lai Ching-te met when they accompanied their relatives and friends in the joint high school
entrance examination, and got married while Lai was studying in the Department of Post-Medical Science of
National Cheng Kung University. The couple has two sons. She once worked for the
Taiwan Power Company. After her husband was elected
Mayor of Tainan City, in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest, she was transferred from the position of Tainan Business Division Director of Taiwan Electric Power Company to Kaohsiung's
Hsinta Power Plant to take an administrative position. ==References==