On February 15, President Chiang Ching-kuo was nominated for re-election as president of the Republic of China. In accepting the unanimous decision of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, Chiang said he was a "willing soldier ready to go back to the battlefield with a fighting spirit."
猶如一個戰鬥兵接受號令﹘﹘經國先生再任艱鉅在各界殷切的期盼與熱烈的擁戴下，中國國民黨本屆二中全會俯順民情，一致通過推舉蔣經國先生競選連任。