‘Motherland’s strong support will benefit Taiwan’

XIAMEN: People in Taiwan can enjoy better lives and have greater space for development since they have the support of a strong motherland to rely on, China’s top political adviser Wang Yang said.

Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, made the remark while addressing the 14th Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian province. The annual forum has 43 events and has attracted around 2,000 people from Taiwan to attend.

Hailing the forum as a grand event of people-to-people exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, Wang said remarks made by Taiwan compatriots at the forum truly reflected their common aspiration for national reunification.

China President Xi Jinping replied to some young people from Taiwan attending the 20th Straits Youth Forum, a sub-activity of the Straits Forum, reflecting his care for young people from Taiwan, he said.

Wang said that young people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits should work together and encourage more young people from Taiwan to come to the mainland to pursue, build and realise their dreams, contributing to the great process of national rejuvenation.

Stressing that people on both sides of the Straits are one family, Wang said that since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the mainland has been promoting peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, with particular adherence to the 1992 Consensus which embodies the one-China principle.

Efforts have been made to improve the systems and policies ensuring the well-being of Taiwan compatriots, and that they enjoy equal treatment on the mainland, and favourable conditions have been created for them to work, start businesses and live on the mainland, he said. — China Daily/ANN