The Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Sunday nominated Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu as the party's candidate for the 2020 Taiwan leadership election to be held next January.

Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu [Photo: IC]

Wu Den-yih, chairman of the KMT, made the announcement at the party's general congress.

Both Wu and Han stressed at the congress that "there has to be a cross-Strait relationship for peace, stability and development."