The Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang Party (KMT),
Lien Chan, paid a visit to northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region on Wednesday, voicing hopes to strengthen economic and trade
cooperation between Taiwan and Xinjiang.
Taiwan and Xinjiang have great differences in terms of area and
geographical location, but are highly complementary in economy,
science and technology and other fields, said Lien while meeting
with Wang Lequan, secretary of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC).
"The two sides have lots of opportunities to cooperate in
various fields," he said.
Lien said that relevant departments under KMT and CPC have
organized a series of economic and trade forums since 2005
discussing extensive and in-depth topics, which is conducive to
enhancing the cooperation between the two sides in various areas,
such as industry, agriculture, science and technology, and service
sectors.
Wang, also a member of the CPC Central Committee Political
Bureau, told Lien that Taiwan businesses are welcome to invest in
Xinjiang in different areas, including farm produce, tourism,
mining, infrastructure construction, hi-tech industries and service
industries.
Also Wednesday, a forum on economic and trade cooperation
between Taiwan and Hunan, the third of its kind, was held in
Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, with the participation of
KMT Vice Chairman Kuan Chung.3
(Xinhua News Agency September 6, 2007)