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Cross-Strait economic forum opens in Shanghai
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THE 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular meeting between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, opened today in Shanghai.
Yu Zhengsheng, top political advisor and senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Eric Chu, chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), attended the opening ceremony.
On behalf of the CPC Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Yu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, congratulated on the forum.
In his speech, Yu said the mainland and Taiwan should discuss ways for the island to participate in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Talks may also encompass the Belt and Road Initiative and some regional economic cooperation opportunities, to develop the international market and improve the competitiveness of the whole Chinese economy, he said.
The two sides should assure the peaceful development of relations by adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence", according to Yu, who is also chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
"Contact and exchange between young people from both sides will help them realize their dreams," Yu said, calling for a better deal for young people living, studying, working or starting businesses away from their hometowns on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, regardless of where they originate.
Yu asked the forum to continue its focus on welfare with exchanges of economic policy and industrial plans. Efforts to help ordinary people, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as farmers and fishermen should be considered, he said.
The forum should invite opinions from a wider spectrum of people to cover both major issues of cross-Strait development and specific practical matters.
Pledging better cross-Strait development, Eric Chu said in his speech that the KMT would be responsible for the public, the next generation and history.
He said the peaceful development must continue and efforts should be made to deepen cross-Strait exchanges and make the benefits of achievements in cross-Strait development accessible for more.
He said the KMT will work to advance the cross-Strait relations on the basis of the 1992 Consensus.
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