The mainland will continue to work toward cross-Straits economic
and cultural exchange and cooperation, notwithstanding recent
potentially damaging actions by Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian, Jia
Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),?said?yesterday.
"We should further expand cross-Straits exchanges and
cooperation and try hard to implement the principle of pinning hope
on the Taiwan people," Jia said during a panel discussion with the
Taiwan delegation in Beijing attending the ongoing Fourth
Plenary Session?of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC).
He called for the continued vigorous implementation of all
policies and measures that have already been announced.
Jia also expressed the hope that non-governmental organizations
from the mainland and Taiwan would launch early negotiations on the
issue of charted passenger and cargo flights across the
Straits.
Jia also called for more exchange and dialogue with Taiwan
parties and organizations that acknowledge the "1992 Consensus" and
are opposed to "Taiwan independence."
(Xinhua News Agency March 9, 2006)