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Xiamen urged to aid Taiwan

A SENIOR Chinese leader yesterday urged a major port city, which is on the frontline with Taiwan and an important center for Taiwanese investment, to do more for the people of the island.

Speaking in Xiamen, which in part lies just a few hundred meters from Taiwan Island, Politburo Standing Committee member He Guoqiang said the city should actively court Taiwan and its business community. Xiamen "should make endeavors to become a convenient channel for cross-Strait exchanges, further strengthen people-to-people exchanges as well as expand mutual understanding so as to become a lively platform for cross-Strait exchanges," He said.

He pledged to further protect the rights of people from Taiwan and urged Xiamen to "enthusiastically do more good deeds and take actual steps to help Taiwanese compatriots." He was speaking at an event to mark 30 years since Xiamen became a special economic zone.

The zone was set up to boost economic development and entice Taiwanese to invest in the Chinese mainland.

"Promoting cross-Strait peace and development and completing the great task of unification of the motherland are the common aspirations of all the sons and daughters of China, including Taiwan compatriots," He said.



 

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