Taiwan's local election season is heating up in Yilan County, where the two main parties have now both formally registered candidates for county chief.

• Lin Kuo-chang, running for the ruling DPP, signed up for the Yilan county chief race on Tuesday.
• He arrived at the election office with a crowd of local party candidates, rowing a "dry-land dragon boat" from the county council as a show of unity.
• His pitch is generational: hope for children, career paths for young people, and support for the elderly.
• The KMT's candidate, Wu Tsung-hsien, registered a day earlier, campaigning on the theme of putting others first.

Outlook: With both major parties locked in, Yilan is set for a straight DPP-versus-KMT fight ahead of the local elections.