China News Agency, Taipei, May 7th. On the 7th, the Chinese Kuomintang officially announced the election of the party chairman in 2021. It will vote on the election of the party chairman on July 24.
According to Taiwan media reports such as the Central News Agency, United News Network, and China Times News, the Kuomintang Secretary-General Li Qianlong and others announced on the 7th that the election of the party chairman will receive the form from June 3 to 4; register from June 7 to 8; 7 Vote on the 24th.
Candidates must have joined the Kuomintang for one year, and must pay a registration fee of 200,000 yuan (NTD, the same below), an operating fee of 3 million yuan, and a deposit of 10 million yuan.
This is the first time that the security deposit system has been adopted in the election of the chairman of the Kuomintang.
At present, the current chairman Jiang Qichen has announced his bid for re-election, and Zhang Yazhong, the principal of Sun Wen School, has also expressed his interest in running for the election.
In addition, Lian Shengwen, vice chairman of the Kuomintang think tank, said on the 7th that he was preparing for the election, and that he would make a prudent and prudent decision on whether to participate in the election.
The Kuomintang Party Constitution stipulates that the term of office of the party chairman is 4 years.
This election will be the 6th official party chairman re-election, excluding by-elections since the KMT chairman opened up direct elections for party members in 2001.
On January 11, 2020, the Kuomintang lost in the "two-in-one" election in Taiwan. The then chairman of the party, Wu Dunyi, resigned, and the party chairman by-election began immediately.
On March 7 last year, Jiang Qichen was elected as the new chairman of the Kuomintang.
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