The Chinese mainland is always the best destination for investment and business startups by investors and firms from the Taiwan region, a spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday, lashing out at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan for fabricating lies about cross-Strait trade and business operation.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Zhu Fenglian, the spokeswoman, said that the DPP authorities, out of their separatist nature, habitually spread rumors in an effort to disrupt cross-Strait cooperation and exchange, but their lies cannot withstand even the slightest scrutiny of facts.
"Against the backdrop of an external environment fraught with changes and turmoil, the mainland's advantages are becoming more outstanding, as it has a huge market, broad market prospects, stable policy expectations, and a good security situation. The mainland is always the best destination for investment and business startups by all Taiwan investors and Taiwan enterprises. In the first quarter of this year, the cross-Strait trade value reached 70.56 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15.2 percent," Zhu said.
"The investment from the Taiwan region in actual use by the mainland reached 1.26 billion U.S. dollars, growing by 127.1 percent year on year. In the three-month period, there were 1,592 more enterprises newly established in the mainland with investment from Taiwan. More and more compatriots in Taiwan and investors from the region are taking concrete actions to prove that the mainland is always the best destination for investment and business startups by all Taiwan investors," she said.
Zhu added that despite increasing external uncertainty, the mainland is confident in maintaining economic development and will continue to improve its business environment for investors from Taiwan.
"Facing U.S. abuse of tariffs, the mainland immediately took resolute and strong countermeasures, demonstrating our unwavering determination to safeguard national development interests, international fairness, justice, orders, and rules, and also reflecting our confidence in maintaining economic development. We will study and address the issues and difficulties faced by the investors and enterprises from Taiwan, treat them as equals, strengthen supports for them, boost cross-Strait industrial chain and supply chain integration, support enterprises funded by investment from Taiwan in participating in the implementation of major national strategies, help enterprises from Taiwan to transform and upgrade, expand domestic market share, integrate into the new development pattern, and achieve high-quality development," said the spokeswoman.
"We also hope that the investors and the enterprises from Taiwan will strengthen confidence, adopt a long-term perspective, actively participate in cross-Strait communication and cooperation, work together with us to fend off external risks and challenges, and jointly promote the economy of the Chinese nation," she said.
Mainland remains best destination for investment, business startups by Taiwan investors: spokeswoman
