Shanxi to bolster ties with Taiwan

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2021-04-15

Shanxi province's branch of the All-China Taiwanese Association will continue to promote the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and effectively promote the integrated development of Shanxi and Taiwan in the current year. 

The branch will implement four major actions to achieve these goals, focusing on building consensus, fostering Taiwan compatriots, attracting investment and promoting reforms. The branch will host 11 themed events. 

In terms of building consensus, the branch will share its experience and approaches in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic with Taiwan compatriots. It will carry out online cultural exchange activities and hold a meeting to report on the situation in the Taiwan Straits to promote peace and unity.

To better serve compatriots in Taiwan, the branch will conduct a survey of cross-Straits marriage groups and fully understand the groups' wishes and thoughts. It will also invite relatives of Taiwan business people who work and live in Shanxi to visit the province and attract more Taiwan businesspeople to invest in and promote Shanxi.

Government departments and professionals will be invited to promote Shanxi's business environment to Taiwan businesspeople and enterprises online. 

The branch will launch a Shanxi-Taiwan youth entrepreneurship exchange and study camp to attract more young people from Taiwan to work and start their own businesses in Shanxi. Additionally, it will hold a Taiwan-Shanxi project matchmaking meeting to contribute to the high-quality transformation and development of Shanxi.

As for the reform sector, the Shanxi branch of the All-China Taiwanese Association plans to improve the work systems of its leading Party group, conference affairs, Party branches and trade unions in accordance with their needs and changes in the status quo.