Candidate Profiles
| PFP |
| ① James Soong |
| Campaign Theme |
| Freedom and democracy are Taiwan’s DNA |
| Age/ Current Post/ Education |
| 77, PFP Chairman, Ph.D in Political Science, Georgetown University |
| Platform |
| Governed separately but equally, cross-strait dialogue, peaceful development |
| Threshhold for party votes should be lowered from 5% to 3%. Legal age of adulthood should be lowered to 18. |
| Compulsory education should start with children aged 3. |
| Depending on job nature, more flexibility should be allowed regarding “one fixed, one flexible day off” a week. |
| Care for retired soldiers and their dependents, senior farmers and laborers. |
| Set up commission for new immigrants |
| Build public housing for young people and senior citizens |
| Push for laws for patients’ right to die |
| KMT |
| ② Han Kuo-yu |
| Campaign Theme |
| Safe Taiwan, Rich People |
| Age/ Current Post/ Education |
| 62, Kaohsiung Mayor, MA in East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University |
| Platform |
| Support the “1992 Consensus,” No to “One Country, Two Systems” |
| Safeguard sovereignty, employ diplomacy to boost trade, pragmatic diplomacy, win over more allies |
| Reform national defense, invest in military education |
| Build free economic island, push for Industry 4.0 |
| Resume operations of the 4th nuclear power plant conditionally |
| Retract pension reforms |
| Subsidies for families with children under 6, interest-free student loans, subsidies for college students studying overseas for 1 year. |
| Labor insurance, labor pensions, labor funds. |
| DPP |
| ③ Tsai Ing-wen |
| Campaign Theme |
| 2020: Let’s Win |
| Age/ Current Post/ Education |
| 63, The 14th-term President of the Republic of China. Ph.D in Law, London School of Economics |
| Platform |
| Not provocative or rash, stands firm on sovereignty, rejects “one country, two systems” |
| Subsidies for families with children under 6 |
| Subsidize agricultural industry, upgrade competitiveness, better insurance programs, more retirement benefits for farmers |
| Upgrading Long-Term Care 2.0 |
| Publish White Paper on Transport, Science and Technology in 2020 |
| Planned extension of High Speed Rail service to Pingtung, Improved Suhua Highway to open |
| Minimum wage raised four years in a row. Taiwanese businesspeople returning to invest in Taiwan. TAIEX above 10,000 points. |
