The Straits Herald (reporter Fang Yanyan and Xue Yang) The Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang held the first session of the 21st National Congress this morning, and Zhu Lilun, the new chairman of the party, was formally sworn in and announced three vice chairmen, namely Huang Minhui, Xia Liyan, and Lian Shengwen.
Regarding this personnel arrangement, Xie Zhichuan, an associate researcher at the Chinese Kuomintang think tank, said in an interview with the Straits Herald reporter that Huang Minhui is currently the mayor of Chiayi, and Chiayi City belongs to the southernmost part of the KUOMINTang local government, and the reason for appointing her is probably to lay a foundation in southern Taiwan and lay out a "nine-in-one election." If the KMT wants to come up with a beautiful report card in next year's election, it must consolidate the existing ruling counties and cities in the south, and also have a chance to win other counties and cities.
Huang Minhui
In the layout of the kmt's vice chairman selection, Xia Liyan is a dark horse. Xie Zhichuan pointed out: Xia has both work experience in the foreign affairs department of the Taiwan authorities and experience in handling cross-strait affairs. Xia Liyan served as chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council and was also the last chairman of the Ma Ying-jeou period, when there was also an institutional consultation mechanism between the two sides of the strait. Placing him in this position is equivalent to a political totem, making an attitude clear to the mainland, indicating that the KMT is still following the kmt's cross-strait line in the past, adhering to the "1992 consensus", and opposing the "Taiwan independence" stand.
In addition, Xie Zhichuan also mentioned that Xia Liyan has served as a "diplomat" for a long time, and Zhu Lilun has said that he will undoubtedly play a very important role in restoring communication channels with the United States.
Xia Liyan
As for Lian Shengwen also serving as vice chairman, Xie Zhichuan analyzed that in the election of the party leader, many people in the deep blue camp were quite Zhang Yazhong. Zhu Lilun's promotion of Lian Shengwen this time is in the hope of using the former chairman of Lien Chan and the influence of the Lian family in the deep blue to re-unite the Kuomintang and reuse Lian Shengwen to symbolize the unity of the party.
Lian Shengwen
"Each of these three party chairmen performs his or her own duties, Lian Shengwen is responsible for party unity, Xia Liyan is in charge of mainland affairs, and Huang Minhui is responsible for consolidating southern Taiwan," Xie Zhi said, this layout is quite good, I believe Zhu Lilun may have consulted many people and consulted many people.
Xie Zhichuan said that basically successive KMT chairmen have set up vice chairmen, and if the chairman has a problem, the vice chairman can continue to preside over the central standing meeting; Jiang Qichen is more unusual, there is no vice chairman, and when he has a problem, he is the secretary general who takes the place, which has aroused many people's questions. The appointment of the three vice-chairmen this time has functional considerations, as well as political considerations, elections, and fundraising considerations. Xie Zhichuan held that Zhu Lilun's step was more stable than Jiang Qichen's, Jiang's prestige was insufficient, and many people in the party believed that his leadership lacked consideration; although many young people were used, the Kuomintang was a big sauce pot, and the culture did not change if it wanted to, and change needed to be gradual and gradual, and could not be overcorrected.
Xie Zhichuan finally pointed out that now that the KMT has returned to Zhu Lilun's command, the first battle, the removal of Chen Baiwei, has ended, and the next is the four major "referendums", which may be interspersed with the removal of Lin Changzuo.