The General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Sunday that it will approve the import of wendan pomelo and other agriculture and fishery products from Taiwan, given that they meet the quarantine requirements of the mainland.
The requirements will be made on the basis of scientific assessment and in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
The GAC is willing to strengthen communication with the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party and relevant authorities in Taiwan on resuming imports of Taiwan's agriculture and fishery products into the mainland on the common political basis of adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence," said Zhao Zenglian, deputy chief of the GAC, when meeting a KMT delegation.
The delegation led by Fu Kun-chi visited the GAC on Sunday.
Zhao added that the GAC is willing to work with the KMT and relevant authorities in Taiwan to encourage those in the industry in Taiwan to strengthen management at the source and take practical and feasible rectification measures.
Fu expressed the hope that products from all industries in Taiwan, especially high-quality agriculture and fishery products, can be successfully marketed to the mainland.
In the afternoon, the delegation also had a discussion with Taiwan youth and businessmen in Beijing.
Mainland to import Taiwan agriculture, fishery products that meet quarantine requirements
Mainland to import Taiwan agriculture, fishery products that meet quarantine requirements
A Chinese envoy said Tuesday that China will continue to take an objective and just position and stay in contact with the relevant parties in working relentlessly for a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
China is gravely concerned about the ongoing Ukraine crisis, the recently heightening ground conflicts and the malicious attacks causing serious casualties and humanitarian impacts that occurred frequently, said Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Ukraine issue.
Geng said that as the warfare in Ukraine drags on and the humanitarian situation is getting severer, China has repeatedly called on the parties to the conflict to stay rational and exercise restraint, and strictly abide by international humanitarian law, to avoid attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Geng said that China has played a constructive role in promoting a political settlement of the crisis and put forward four principles to resolve the Ukraine crisis: the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter must be fully observed, the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously, and all efforts that are conducive to peaceful settlement of the crisis must be supported.
History has proven time and again that any conflict can ultimately be resolved only through dialogue, and military means won't ensure lasting peace, Geng said, adding that the Ukraine crisis is of no exception.
For the case, Geng said, China urges the parties to the conflict to resume talks and contact with each other soon, and to work together to deescalate the situation. The international community should create conditions for ending the fighting as soon as possible, he said.
China to continue working for political settlement of Ukraine crisis: envoy
