On July 26, 2009 (June 5, 2009 lunar calendar), Ma Ying-jeou was elected chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang. The Chinese Kuomintang held party chairperson and party representative elections on July 26, 2009. Ma Ying-jeou was elected party chairperson and received 285,354 votes, with a vote rate of 93.87%. According to the voting results announced by the Kuomintang Central Committee, the voter turnout for the Kuomintang chairperson election was 56.95%. Ma Ying-jeou held a press conference after his election, saying that since May last year, the two sides have opened an opportunity for peace and common prosperity. On the basis of the "1992 Consensus", the two sessions resumed consultations that had been suspended for 10 years, and nine agreements and one consensus were signed. Peace has dawned across the Taiwan Strait. Ma Ying-jeou said that at the 18th National Congress of the Kuomintang in September this year, he will recommend that the "common vision for cross-strait peaceful development" reached by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should continue to be included in the Kuomintang's political platform. He said: "This is an important historical commitment, we will not forget it, and we will definitely implement it." He also said that the exchange and communication platform between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has played a very large role, and the Kuomintang will continue to maintain this platform. At the same time, he hopes that the bilateral economic, trade and cultural forum jointly hosted by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will continue to be held. Comments: The election of the Chinese Kuomintang is also a