State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian on Thursday urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan to stop political manipulation and stop hindering the normal economic exchanges across the Taiwan Strait.
Zhu made the remarks in response to a media inquiry about Lai Ching-te's recent remarks smearing the mainland's relevant policies on agricultural products.
"The mainland has always been an important export destination for agricultural products from Taiwan. Upholding the concept of 'both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family,' we have made every effort to do practical, good things, and solve difficulties for the compatriots in Taiwan. We have taken a series of measures to help farmers and fishermen in the region expand into the mainland market, find ways to sell their agricultural and fishery products, and increase their income, so that more and more farmers and fishermen in Taiwan can benefit from Chinese modernization and live a better life," Zhu said.
"The DPP authorities have for long unilaterally restricted the import of mainland agricultural products, involving more than 1,000 agricultural products, obstructing normal cross-Strait economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, and threatening to punish mayors and related agricultural and fishery associations who actively promote the export of agricultural and fishery products from Taiwan to the mainland. They have also knelt to the U.S. to show loyalty, selling out Taiwan's core industries, and imposing 'zero tariffs' on 4,885 U.S. industrial products and 1,482 U.S. agricultural products, seriously damaging the interests of related industries and the well-being of the people of Taiwan. We urge the DPP authorities to stop their political manipulation and do more to benefit the interests and well-being of the people of Taiwan," said the spokeswoman.
Mainland urges Taiwan's DPP to stop obstructing normal cross-Strait exchanges
A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Thursday called on Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to abandon secessionist party platform and recognize the 1992 Consensus.
"The DPP obstinately clings to its secessionist stance, and its secessionist party platform stands as proof of its calculated pursuit of 'Taiwan independence' and its attempt to split Taiwan from China. Since taking office, the DPP authorities have actively sought support from external forces to pursue a secessionist agenda, seriously undermining cross-Strait relations, threatening peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and harming the safety and well-being of Taiwan residents. They have thus faced widespread opposition and rejection from Taiwan compatriots. 'Taiwan independence' is as incompatible with peace across the Taiwan Strait as fire with water. Seeking independence by relying on force will only plunge Taiwan into the abyss of disaster," Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular press conference in Beijing.
"The future of Taiwan, as well as the security, interests and well-being of Taiwan compatriots, are always tied to the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and national reunification. Only by abandoning its secessionist party platform, ceasing its separatist activities and acknowledging the 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle, can the DPP truly improve cross-Strait relations and ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We are willing to strengthen exchanges and communication with political parties, organizations and people from various sectors in Taiwan on the common political foundation of adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing 'Taiwan independence', working together to seek peace across the Taiwan Strait, well-being of our compatriots and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Zhu said.
Mainland urges Taiwan's DPP to abandon secessionist party platform, endorse 1992 Consensus
