Monday, December 22, 2008

Mainland, Taiwan steel sectors urged to boost co-op amid financial crisis

SHANGHAI, Dec. 21 (Chinese media) -- Steel firms from the

Chinese mainland and Taiwan were urged on Sunday to beef up their cooperation to

cope with the global financial crisis.



Xu Lejiang, chairman of the mainland's Baosteel Group

Co., said steel was one of the worst-hit sectors by the global economic

recession, and companies from across the Taiwan Straits should have effective

cooperation in raw material, market, technology and products for joint

development.

Xu made the remarks at the 4th Cross-Straits

Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum, which concluded here Sunday.

Steel firms from the mainland and Taiwan should focus

on merger and equity participation, joint investment, as well as market and raw

material cooperation, he said.



Chinese mainland announces ten measures for co-op with Taiwan

SHANGHAI, Dec. 21 (Chinese media) -- Chinese mainland announced here on Sunday its ten policies and measures for economic cooperation with Taiwan aimed at joint responding to the global financial crisis.



The measures include the support for the development of Taiwanese-funded companies in the mainland, promotion of two-way investment and so on, said Wang Yi, Taiwan affairs chief of the Chinese mainland at the conclusion of the 4th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum.

Mainland, Taiwan hold economic,

cultural forum


SHANGHAI, Dec. 20 (Chinese media) -- The 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan began here Saturday morning.

Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the

Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, and

Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Honorary Chairman Lien Chan

attended.

Senior CPC leader: mainland willing to

help Taiwan tackle financial

crisis


SHANGHAI, Dec. 20

(Chinese media) -- The mainland is willing to help Taiwan in face of current global

financial crisis, a senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader said here on

Saturday.

"If the worsening world economic situation continues and

the Taiwan side asks for help to solve economic difficulties, the mainland is

willing to offer assistance with utmost efforts," Jia Qinglin, member of the

Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, said at the

4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum.

Top political advisor meets KMT

chairman, honorary chairman










Jia Qinglin (L), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Chairman of Chinese Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party Wu Poh-hsiung in Shanghai, east China, on Dec. 19, 2008.





Jia Qinglin (L), member of the Standing

Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political

Bureau and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's

Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), meets with Chairman of Chinese

Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party Wu Poh-hsiung in Shanghai, east China, on

Dec. 19, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Xueren)
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 19 (Chinese media) -- China's top political

advisor Jia Qinglin met with visiting Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung

and honorary chairman Lien Chan respectively here Friday.

Wu and Lien were here to attend the 4th Cross-Straits

Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum, scheduled for December 20 to 21.

Taiwan party representatives arrive in

Shanghai for cross-Strait forum


SHANGHAI, Dec. 19

(Chinese media) -- Wu Poh-hsiung, Chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, along

with Honorary Chairman Lien Chan arrived in Shanghai Friday to attend a two-day

cross-Straits economic and cultural forum.



Wu and Lien were received by Wang Yi, director of the

Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Full story

Chinese mainland, Taiwan start direct

transport services


BEIJING,

Dec. 15 (Chinese media) -- The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air, sea

transport and postal services on Monday morning, the latest step to further

improve the once strained ties.



The move marks an end to the practice that air and sea

transport as well as mail between the mainland and Taiwan had to go through a

third place. Full story

















Passengers from southeast China's Taiwan

gesture before boarding the plane at the airport in Shenzhen, south

China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 15, 2008. A Shenzhen Airlines flight took

off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 Beijing Time (2320 GMT

Dec. 14), the first when the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct

air and sea transport and postal services Monday morning. (Chinese media

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Mainland-bound direct flight takes off from

Taipei



TAIPEI, Dec. 15 (Chinese media) -- A passenger plane

of Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways took off from Taipei Songshan Airport for

Shanghai at 8:06 a.m. on Monday, starting the direct air transport from Taiwan

to the Chinese mainland. Full story










Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung during the 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum between the Chinese mainland and southeast China's Taiwan, in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2008. (Chinese media/Pei Xin)





Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the

National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative

Conference, shakes hands with Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung during the

4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum between the Chinese

mainland and southeast China's Taiwan, in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20,

2008. (Chinese media/Pei Xin)
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Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Kuomintang, speaks during the 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum between the Chinese mainland and southeast China's Taiwan, in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Xueren)





Lien Chan, honorary chairman of

Kuomintang, speaks during the 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and

Cultural Forum between the Chinese mainland and southeast China's Taiwan,

in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Xueren) Photo

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Wu Poh-hsiung, Kuomintang chairman, speaks during the 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum between the Chinese mainland and southeast China's Taiwan, in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Xueren)





Wu Poh-hsiung, Kuomintang chairman,

speaks during the 4th Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum

between the Chinese mainland and southeast China's Taiwan, in Shanghai,

east China, Dec. 20, 2008. (Chinese media/Li Xueren)
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