Around 600 workers from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan will take part in a cycling race in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, Fujian province on April 24.
The news portal Chinanews.com, on April 6 highlighted Pingtan's drastic growth in the past few years and reported that the area has developed from a barren island into a core area for cross-Straits cooperation.
A delegation from Pingtan, led by director of its administrative committee, Xu Weize, visited Taiwan recently to enhance mutual exchanges in economy and trade.
Chen Sung-Po, president of Taiwan's National Open University visited Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, Fujian province, on April 1 to seek educational cooperation.
The Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, Fujian province unveiled a series of preferential policies on March 31, to encourage young Taiwan people to work or start businesses at its Taiwan Town.
A delegation of more than 40 leaders and guides from Taiwan's travel agencies took the Haixia ferry to Pingtan, Fujian province, on Feb 17, on a tourism fact-finding trip.
