Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, extended his congratulations Sunday to Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman-elect of the Chinese Kuomintang Party (KMT) in Taiwan.

"I sincerely hope that the KMT and the CPC will work together for the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, continue to promote the peaceful and steady development of cross-Straits relations, and join hands to create a bright future for the Chinese nation," said Hu in a congratulatory message to the KMT Central Committee and Wu in person.

Wu, an incumbent KMT vice chairman, was elected new chairman of the KMT on Saturday.

Wu, born in 1939, graduated from Taiwan-based Cheng-kung University, and had been the secretary-general of KMT's Central Committee, head of Taoyuan County and mayor of Taipei before he was elected the KMT vice chairman in 2000.