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Hu Jintao (R), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on May 28, 2008. Hu Jintao met with Wu Poh-hsiung and all the members of the visiting KMT group here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Ge)
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BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said here Friday that the summit between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) was a significant step in better relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
Yang Yi said the summit between General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung was an important event for the two parties to achieve extensive consensus.
Yang said both the CPC and the KMT, or the Nationalist Party of China, cherished the good momentum in the relationship across the Taiwan Strait.
The two parties agreed to seize the opportunity to build mutual trust, lay aside disputes, seek consensus and shelve differences, and jointly create a win-win situation, Yang said.
The two parties also promised to push forward "the common aspiration and prospects for cross-Strait peace and development," the spokesman said.
Both agreed to resume exchanges and talks based on the "1992 Consensus" as soon as possible, primarily focusing on cross-Strait chartered flights at weekends and approval for mainland residents traveling to Taiwan, Yang said.
The two parties said they wished to enhance exchanges and dialogue, reach common ground on issues, increase mutual trust and promote cooperation, and take more responsibility for peace and development across the Strait, the spokesman said.
In addition, Yang said, the CPC and KMT encouraged compatriots to strengthen economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation.
Hu says opportunity for cross-Strait relations should be cherished
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Hu Jintao (3rd R), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (4th, L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 28, 2008. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)
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BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Hu Jintao met with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.
Hu said that with the joint efforts of the CPC and KMT, and of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the political situation in Taiwan has gone through positive changes, and the cross-Strait relationship faces a precious opportunity.
"We should cherish this hard-earned situation," said Hu. Full story
Hu Jintao meets KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Hu Jintao met with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.
Hu said that with the joint efforts of the CPC and KMT, and of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the political situation in Taiwan has gone through positive changes, and the cross-Strait relationship faces a precious opportunity.
"We should cherish this hard-earned situation," said Hu. Full story
KMT Chairman: Party exchanges across Taiwan Strait to play important role
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Exchanges between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) will play an important role in the relations across the Taiwan Strait, according to visiting KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung.
The platform between the KMT, or Chinese Nationalist Party, and CPC is vital to peaceful development across the strait and will not collide with the talks between the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) and the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), Wu told a press conference here on Wednesday. "The two channels will help and benefit each other." Full story