Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party leader Cheng Li-wun's six-day visit to the mainland has yielded fruitful results with positive effects on cross-Strait relations, said Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
Cheng and her delegation returned to Taiwan on Sunday after concluding the visit. It was the first visit in a decade by a KMT-chairperson-led delegation to the mainland.
The delegation had a tight itinerary covering Jiangsu Province, Shanghai and Beijing, where they visited the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), a revolutionary pioneer admired by both the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the KMT, a port serving as a major global shipping hub, and an auto factory.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, met with Cheng on Friday. Chen said the first meeting between the CPC and KMT leaders in a decade is of great significance to the development of relations between the two parties and across the Taiwan Strait.
"On the common political foundation of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing Taiwan secession, it complies with the trend of history, with the common aspirations of compatriots across the Taiwan Strait and with the overall interests of the Chinese nation for the two parties to strengthened exchanges and dialog, and maintain positive interactions. This is conducive to seeking peace across the Strait, pursuing the well-being for compatriots, achieving national rejuvenation, and firmly placing the future of cross-Strait relations in the hands of the Chinese people themselves," he said.
"No matter how the international landscape and the situation across the Taiwan Strait evolve, the overall trend of human development and progress will not change, nor will the overall trend of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nature and the overall tide of compatriots on both sides getting ever closer and coming together," Chen said.
On Sunday, the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee unveiled a package of 10 policies and measures to boost exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait.
The measures include promoting the full resumption of regular direct passenger flights across the Taiwan Strait, promoting the resumption of individual travel to Taiwan for residents of Shanghai and Fujian, and facilitating the entry of food products from qualified Taiwan manufacturers into the mainland market.
Spokesman on KMT leader's visit to mainland
