Yu wan-Ju (Karen) is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as a legislator. She was nominated by the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) to be a candidate in the 2016 legislative election and was elected as a legislator-at-large-seat.

Yu is an outstanding model for young entrepreneurs because she started as a female social entrepreneur and then became a legislator. She founded her own business Okogreen. It is the first certified fairtrade company with so many positive impacts the company brought to the society in 2008. Okogreen has won many prizes.

In 2015, Yu started to run the first Social Enterprise Hub in Taiwan to further accelerate the growth of SEs.

Currently, Legislator Yu serves as the president of Inter-Parliamentary Association on Digital Economy and Social Economy and Parliamentary Union on D-Nation, promoting legislation amendment including Statute for Industrial Innovation, Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professional Talent, Fundamental Science and Technology Act, Company Act, FinTech Innovation Supervision (Focusing on Regulatory Sandbox), Financial Innovation Experiment Regulations and Social Enterprise Development Act. Yu is assigned to the Finance Committee, speak up for startups, young entrepreneurs and social enterprises in Taiwan, with her focuses on the development of Taiwan’s Social Enterprise and Digital startups.