A file photo of Hung Hsiu-chu. [File Photo: Chinanews.com]

Hung Hsiu-chu has officially become the Kuomintang party's candidate for Taiwan's leadership election in 2016.

A convention of KMT delegates confirmed its nomination of Hung on Sunday.

Hung is currently deputy head of the island's legislature.

Addressing the party congress, Hung says that if she is elected, she will consolidate, deepen and promote peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Straits on the basis of the 1992 consensus.

She also promises to create a sustainable, stable and peaceful environment for both sides across the Straits, enabling all people in Taiwan to enjoy the dividends brought by peaceful development.

As the only contender for the ruling Party's leadership bid, she passed the required support in public polls with an average rating of over 46 percent in June.

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party has endorsed the candidacy of its chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen for the 2016 election.