Taiwan

Top official urges deeper cross-Strait ties

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-20 11:00

XIAMEN - Top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Sunday called for broader, deeper and larger-scale exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in a bid to push forward the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

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Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks when addressing a centerpiece conference of the second Straits Forum which opened in the mainland's coastal boomtown Xiamen Saturday.

"As long as people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait continue to forge close exchanges and interactions and reduce doubts and misunderstandings, (we) can boost peaceful development of cross-Strait ties, promote our common recognition to the Chinese nation, and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," he said.