Taipei, Aug. 5 (CNA) Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) held their weekly Central Standing Committee meetings in Taichung and Hsinchu County, respectively, on Wednesday as they sought to rally support for their candidates ahead of November's local elections. President and DPP Chairman Lai Ching-te addresses the Democratic Progressive Party's traveling Central Standing Committee meeting in Taichung on Wednesday as DPP Taichung mayoral candidate Ho Hsin-chun (front row, second left) looks on. Separately, KMT Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) led the party's senior leadership at its Central Standing Committee meeting in Hsinchu County. The meeting was followed by a campaign rally attended by local party figures and around 400 supporters. Hsu said that as long as the party remained united, the KMT would retain control of the county government, which it has held since 2001.