The Chinese mainland's top Taiwan affairs official on Saturday urged efforts to promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advance national reunification.
Song Tao, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the statement at a gathering to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province.
The gathering was joined by Taiwan guests including Sean Lien, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party.
At the event, Song called for efforts to safeguard the overall interests of the Chinese nation, resolutely oppose Taiwan separatism and external interference, and boost exchanges, cooperation and integrated development across the Taiwan Strait.
In his remarks, Lien said the KMT will continue to strengthen cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation while working to promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations on the basis of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing Taiwan separatism.
To the Chinese people, the Mid-autumn Festival means family reunion and harmony. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on October 6.
Mainland's Taiwan affairs official urges peaceful development of cross-Strait relations
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday chaired a State Council executive meeting which mulled measures to boost consumption by accelerating the formation of new growth points in service consumption.
The meeting called for continued efforts to boost consumption by fully leveraging the integrated effects of different policies, linking improvement in people's wellbeing to consumption growth, and giving full play to the fundamental role of consumption in driving economic growth.
The meeting emphasized the importance of accelerating the cultivation of new growth points in service consumption, supporting new business forms, models, and scenarios, and increasing the supply of high-quality services.
Efforts should be made to improve the long-term mechanism for promoting consumption by formulating and implementing plans aimed at expanding consumption during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), increasing the income of urban and rural residents, speeding up the removal of unreasonable restrictive measures for consumption, and implementing the paid leave system. These measures are intended to boost people's consumption capacity and willingness to spend, promote the upgrading of consumption and industrial structures, and accelerate the building of a strong domestic market.
The meeting also made arrangements for actions to clear overdue payments to enterprises and ensure the issue of wage arrears for migrant workers is properly addressed. The meeting also deliberated and adopted a draft decision of the State Council on revising and abolishing some administrative regulations.
Chinese premier chairs meeting on promoting service consumption
