Yu Zhengsheng (R, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with representatives attending the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM), in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)
The congratulatory note shows that Xi attaches great importance to ATIEM and Taiwan business people, and it has pointed the direction for ATIEM development, said Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
"We'll continue to uphold the 1992 Consensus and firmly fight 'Taiwan independence,' deepen economic and social integration across the Strait, and boost the well-being of people on both sides," Yu said while meeting with Taiwan business representatives to attend the anniversary celebration Wednesday in Beijing.
Taiwan compatriots are welcome aboard the "express train" of the mainland's development, said Yu, pledging to offer favorable measures to Taiwan enterprises on the mainland.
Yu called on ATIEM and Taiwan business people to adhere to the one-China principle, unite Taiwan compatriots, and make greater contributions to peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, the economic and social integration of the two sides, and the great revival of the Chinese nation.
More than 400 people, including Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, attended the celebration.
Xi's letter was read at the celebration by Zhang Zhijun, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
Founded in 2007, ATIEM is a non-profit social organization and consists of around 300 Taiwanese-funded enterprises and their associations on the mainland.
