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A mainland official Wednesday said the
mainland would welcome politicians of Taiwan's opposition Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP) to take part in the Cross-Straits Economic, Trade
and Culture Forum. The Kuomintang (KMT), the island's ruling party, will
send a delegation headed by chairman Wu Poh-hsiung to the forum on July 11
and 12 in Changsha, capital of the central Hunan Province, said Fan
Liqing, spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a
regular press conference. (Photo Source: NEWS.CN)
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BEIJING,
June 24 (Xinhua) -- A mainland official Wednesday said the mainland would
welcome politicians of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to
take part in the Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum.
The Kuomintang (KMT), the island's ruling party, will
send a delegation headed by chairman Wu Poh-hsiung to the forum on July 11 and
12 in Changsha, capital of the central Hunan Province, said Fan Liqing,
spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a regular press
conference.
The forum will focus on cooperation in culture and
education across the Taiwan Strait, she said.
About 400 people, including experts and business
people, were expected to attend the forum, she said. "Preparation goes on
smoothly."
"There is great potential for the two sides to work
together in the creative industries and education," she said.
Business circles on both sides will discuss
cooperation of clean energy as well as business potential in the mainland's
central provinces.
A gala will be held for about 1,000 young people from
both sides on the sidelines of the forum, Fan said.
The forum, an event agreed by the Communist Party of
China (CPC) and the KMT, was first held in April 2006.
Fan also said both sides of the Strait were still
working to realize routine flights and would try to start services "as early as
possible."
The agreement on routine flights, reached at the
April meeting of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and
the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), will take effect on Friday.
Aviation departments on both sides were discussing
routes and flight arrangements, she said.
From Friday, each side would begin taking
applications from airline companies on the opposite side, she said.
Mainland hopes KMT-CPC exchanges strengthened under new
KMT chairman
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland official
expressed hope Wednesday that the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of
China (CPC) will continue their healthy interaction after the KMT elects its new
chairman.
Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman with the State Council Taiwan
Affairs Office, said that in promoting cross-Straits relations, the principles
of "easier issues before difficult ones, economic issues before political ones"
and "following a step-by-step rhythm" should be adhered to. Full story
Official: Chinese mainland to promote
economic, cultural, educational co-op with Taiwan
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Visiting chief of the
Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, Wang Yi, said here on
Thursday that the mainland will focus on economic, cultural and educational
cooperation as well as people-to-people exchange with Taiwan in a bid to further
promote cross-Strait ties.
The Chinese mainland will enhance and deepen economic
cooperation with Taiwan in a bid to jointly cope with the current international
financial crisis, Wang said at a reception for overseas Chinese. Full story
Chinese mainland sending new buying
delegation to Taiwan next month
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will
send its second purchasing delegation to Taiwan next month after notching up
deals worth billions of U.S. dollars in early June, a mainland official said
Monday.
The planned trip had already drawn more than 60 mainland
companies interested in Taiwan food, drinks, garments and daily necessities, Yao
Jian, a spokesman with the Commerce Ministry, told a press conference.Full story
Chinese mainland, Taiwan score big progress in
relations
BEIJING, June 6
(Xinhua) -- Relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have improved a
lot since the historic meeting between leaders of the Communist Party of China
(CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) in May last year.
"A series of major achievements have been made in
relations across the Taiwan Straits since that meeting, opening a prospect for
peaceful development of cross-Straits relations," said General Secretary of the
CPC Central Committee Hu Jintao when he met with the KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung
in Beijing last month. Full story
