The Kuomintang held direct elections for the party committees of 10 counties and cities including Taipei and New Taipei City on the 15th, and booked to launch the 2018 county and city mayor election nomination work this week. The results of the election of the chairman of the Par

According to the Hong Kong China Review News Agency, the Kuomintang held a direct election for the chairman of the party committees of 10 counties and cities including Taipei, New Taipei City on the 15th, and booked to launch the 2018 county and city mayor election nomination work this week. Regarding the candidate for mayor of Taipei, the senior party affairs executives contacted Zhang Shanzheng in September, the popular candidate and former "President" of . Zhang Shanzheng clearly expressed his unintentional intention to run for the election and recommended Chiang Ching-kuo-sun and "legislator" Jiang Wan'an. The Party Central Committee will measure the development of the election situation and consult about the willingness to run for the election.

The results of the election of the chairman of the Kuomintang’s 10 counties and municipal party committees were released on the 15th. Among them, the former director of the Taipei Civil Affairs Bureau Huang Lv Jinru, supported by Ma Ying-jeou, Vice Chairman Hao Longbin and others, was elected. The Party Central Committee launched the 2018 county and municipal mayor election nomination work today.

Party Chairman Wu Dunyi instructed the establishment of a central nomination coordination group at the Central Standing Committee on the 11th. It is expected that the Central Standing Committee will immediately launch the nomination work for county and city mayors after passing the list of coordination groups on the 18th; the members of the coordination group include Vice Chairman Zeng Yongquan, Hao Longbin, Deputy Secretary-General Du Jiande, Chairman of the Group Conference Li Zhehua and Chairman of the Party Committee of relevant counties and cities.

The most popular candidate for Taipei mayor, The Kuomintang Central Committee originally regarded Zhang Shanzheng as the popular candidate for nomination, but after the senior party affairs officials contacted Zhang Shanzheng in May, Zhang clearly stated that he had no intention of participating and recommended Jiang Wanan. The Party Central Committee will first develop the election situation, understand that the DPP will promote people on its own or continue to cooperate with Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe and further consult the willingness of others including Jiang Wan'an.

The Party Central Committee will start with counties and cities with simple elections, and initially plan to finalize the nominations of Xu Yaochang, Nantou County Mayor Lin Mingchen, Lianjiang County Mayor Liu Zengying and others who are seeking re-election at the end of October and early November. The Party Central Committee will also determine the candidates for counties and cities with simple elections such as Yilan County , Taitung County , Taoyuan City, and Taichung City as soon as possible.

Korean Party Central Committee evaluates that Yilan County, Changhua County, Hianyi City, , Yunlin County, Penghu County, Hianzhou County, Hianzhou County, Penghu County, and other green camp ruling counties and cities may be reversed due to internal conflicts between the DPP or due to poor local governance achievements. will therefore speed up the nomination work and allow candidates to invest as soon as possible to strengthen local operations.

Editor: Xiaokangkang