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[TaiShang]

Xi welcomes more Taiwan business to tap into mainland

This combination photo taken on Nov. 1, 2014 shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) waving goodbye to tourists who are about to leave for southeast China's Taiwan at the Pingtan Strait Ferry Terminal in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province. Xi made an inspection tour to southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov. 1 and 2. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)


Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the pilot development zone in Pingtan in southeast China's Fujian Province over the weekend, during which he championed the flow of Taiwan's products to the mainland.

The pilot zone was established in 2009 to improve cross-Strait business cooperation.

During his visit Xi urged local officials to continue to be innovative and to preserve the healthy cross-Strait business and industrial cooperation environment.

Xi visited a local factory affiliated to TPK, a touch solution provider from Taiwan, where a meeting with Taiwanese entrepreneurs was held.

He said during the meeting that "the mainland has a large population, a broad market and a wide scope of industries, thus, it is big enough for Taiwan products and enterprises".

Xi said he hoped the entrepreneurs would continue to contribute to the economic cooperation and peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

He also boarded a ferry that was about to leave for Taiwan, greeting tourists and encouraging them to take more cross-Strait trips to improve mutual relations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) greets tourists after he boards a ferry that is about to leave for southeast China's Taiwan at the Pingtan Strait Ferry Terminal in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour to southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov. 1 and 2. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) talks with tourists who are about to leave for southeast China's Taiwan at the Pingtan Strait Ferry Terminal in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour to southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov. 1 and 2. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L, front) visits a local factory affiliated to TPK, a touch solution provider from southeast China's Taiwan, in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour to southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov. 1 and 2. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) meets with entrepreneurs from southeast China's Taiwan during his visit to a local factory affiliated to TPK, a touch solution provider from Taiwan, in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2014. Xi made an inspection tour to southeast China's Fujian Province on Nov. 1 and 2. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

 

[William Hung]

US welcomes Taiwan’s interest in joining TPP - Taipei Times

National Development Council (NDC) Minister Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) yesterday said that he hopes Taiwan can join the second round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after the US acknowledged the nation’s determination to take part in the proposed trade bloc.

Kuan, who recently concluded a visit to the US to express Taiwan’s intention to join the TPP talks, said he gained support from US Representative Charles Boustany, co-chairman of the Friends of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Caucus, about Taiwan’s efforts in deregulation and market planning.

He said Boustany is willing to voice his support in the US Congress for Taiwan to join the talks.

During his visit, Kuan gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, a US think tank, during which he emphasized the mutually beneficial aspects of the bid to join the TPP.

US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan Selig said during a meeting that as Taiwan ranks 16th in the World Banks’ Doing Business report, the US is open to exchanges and cooperation toward bringing regulations in line with international standards, Kuan said.

From January through September, Taiwan was the US’ 11th-largest export destination, followed by Switzerland, he said.

Kuan said he hopes the US can publicly express its support for Taiwan’s participation.

“Taiwan cannot afford to be considered a country that can never participates in any regional economic integration,” Kuan said. “The expectation will affect the investment decisions of private companies.”

The minister said that Taiwan, Russia and Papua New Guinea are the only three countries in Asia not in either the TPP or the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

However, the first-round talks on the TPP have not yet ended, and new members can only join the second round with consensus support from the existing 12 members.

Among the 12 members, Taiwan signed free-trade agreements with Singapore and New Zealand, and the nation has close ties with Japan, Kuan said.

Meanwhile, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State Kurt Tong yesterday said that the US welcomes Taiwan’s interest in joining the partnership.

“The United States welcomes Taiwan’s interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership at a future date. We welcome Taiwan’s interest and look forward to exploring the idea together,” Tong said at a private equity and venture forum in Taipei.

ROC welcomes positive US statement on Taiwan’s interest in TPP

ROC welcomes positive US statement on Taiwan’s interest in TPP


Kin Moy, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said March 14 in Washington that the US welcomes Taiwan’s interest in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs is gratified by and welcomes Moy’sremarks, which came in both oral and written testimony at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “The Promise of the Taiwan Relations Act.”

“We are considering Taiwan’s interest in restarting exploratory talks for a Bilateral Investment Agreement, and we welcome Taiwan’s interest in theTPP,” Moy said in his written statement to the committee. He reiterated the welcome in a response to a question from Chairman Ed Royce.

 

[TaiShang]

Mainland tourists bring Taiwan over 11 bln USD

Tourists from the Chinese mainland have brought 355.1 billion new Taiwan dollars (11.78 billion U.S. dollars) to Taiwan in the past six years, the island's executive authority said on Wednesday.

Taiwan opened its doors to mainland tourists in 2008.

Since then up to the end of March this year, the number of group visitors from the mainland reached 7,039,000, said Jiang Yi-hua, head of Taiwan's executive body.

Jiang said cross-Strait cooperation had deepened during the six-year period, including ten rounds of cross-Strait talks and the signing of 21 agreements.

He also expressed hope to further boost peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

According to Jiang, the number of weekly passenger flights has increased to 828 since 2009 when regular flights between both sides began.

As of March, the number of cross-Strait passenger flights surpassed 209,000, carrying 35.24 million people, and air freight across the Strait exceeded 733,000 tonnes.

 

[TaiShang]

Cross-Straits activity on upward path

Cross-Straits trade increased steadily as economic cooperation deepened in 2014, a spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said at a news briefing on Wednesday.

According to spokesman Ma Xiaoguang, cross-Straits two-way trade reached $198.3 billion, a year-on-year rise of 0.6 percent.

Exports from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan accounted for $46.28 billion of that, with imports valued at $152 billion imported from Taiwan. The Chinese mainland's trade deficit with Taiwan soared to $105.77 billion.

Zhang Zhijun, the head of the office, talked about the progress in a New Year's greeting saying that cross-Straits relations have encountered new conditions and problems in 2014, but the direction of peaceful development has not changed.

Cao Xiaoheng, director of Institute of Taiwan Economy at Nankai University, analyzed the difficulties in cross-Straits relations in an essay on a website dedicated to cross-Straits news, chbcnet.com.

"Cross-Straits relations made some progress in February after several official meetings and other meetings with private groups such as NGOs. But the situation worsened starting in March. Because of a lack of political and mutual trust and Taiwan's accumulated social problems, Taiwan started an anti-ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement) movement," Cao wrote.

The movement resulted in the agreement being interrupted. Since then, the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have carried out some negotiations, but no practical progress has been made to improve the situation, he said.

Even so, cross-Straits economic cooperation and personnel exchanges saw big increases last year.

According to the Taiwan Affairs Office, more than 9.41 million people made the trip between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in 2014 - a yearly increase of 16.52 percent and a record high.

Regular passenger flights cross-Straits increased from 828 to 840 weekly. The number of tourists from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan soared to 3.22 million, a yearly increase of 47 percent.

"To further provide convenience and promote cross-Straits personnel exchanges, the mainland added five new visa registration offices. Thee are now 41 offices," Ma said.

Ten more cities became eligible for individual tourism in Taiwan, with the total number of cities reaching 36, he said.

The number of weekly regular cargo flights increased from 68 to 84. A cross-Straits customs digital information exchange system launched last year, has aided customs efficiency, Ma said.

"Cross-Straits industrial cooperation also deepened last year. So far, entrepreneurs cross-Straits have reached 288 agreements in nine industries and have released 31 industrial criteria recognized by the two sides," he said. "In the new year, enterprises will have more cooperation in more fields, such as communications, automobiles, LEDs and renewable energy."

"The negotiation of a system for cross-Straits dispute settlement is also underway. We do hope more people cross-Straits can enjoy the fruits of expanding and deepening cross-Straits economic cooperation," he said.

 

[TaiShang]

Taiwan Compatriots Welcome to Join WWII Commemorations
2015-03-11 13:13:42 Xinhua Web Editor: Wang Wei

Taiwan compatriots are welcome to participate in commemorating activities for the 70th anniversary of the anti-Japanese war victory on the Chinese mainland, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Fan Liqing, spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that the victory belonged to the entire nation.

She said that this year marked the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the victory of World Anti-Fascist War and the anti-Japanese war victory in Taiwan.

A series of commemorative events will be held on the mainland, she said.

"We hope that our cross-Strait compatriots remember the history and recall martyrs through the events, and commit themselves together to boost the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," said Fan.

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Taiwan's Siew to Attend Boao Forum
2015-03-11 13:06:50 Xinhua Web Editor: Wang Wei

Taiwan politician Vincent Siew, honorary chairman of the Taiwan-based Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation, will attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015, a Chinese mainland spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

The Boao conference will be held in south China's Hainan Province at the end of March, Fan Liqing with the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office told a press conference.

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[TaiShang]

Taiwan's Service Sector Calls for More Mainland Support
2015-05-05

Taiwan's service sector is calling for more support and access to the mainland market.

Taiwan businessman Huang Jinneng is among a delegation of business leaders from Taiwan currently visiting the mainland.

"I am always telling them it is a now or never chance to invest and do business here. It is such a big market with so much potential. Like me, now I'm operating 1,000 laundry shops. You can see how big and lovely the market is."

Huang's laundry business has expanded to over a thousand shops and employs more than 6-thousand people on the mainland since he began operating on the mainland in 1997.

He says the current regulatory environment needs to be improved if more cross-strait business development is going to happen.

"Under current regulations, Taiwan businessmen are not allowed to buy business properties in the Chinese mainland. We can only buy residential properties here. I hope more opportunities will be open to us as we are one family."

Last year some 600 companies from Taiwan set up operations in Shanghai.

Nearly three-quarters of them are SMEs in the service sector.

 

[Beast]

Taiwan's Service Sector Calls for More Mainland Support
2015-05-05

Taiwan's service sector is calling for more support and access to the mainland market.

Taiwan businessman Huang Jinneng is among a delegation of business leaders from Taiwan currently visiting the mainland.

"I am always telling them it is a now or never chance to invest and do business here. It is such a big market with so much potential. Like me, now I'm operating 1,000 laundry shops. You can see how big and lovely the market is."

Huang's laundry business has expanded to over a thousand shops and employs more than 6-thousand people on the mainland since he began operating on the mainland in 1997.

He says the current regulatory environment needs to be improved if more cross-strait business development is going to happen.

"Under current regulations, Taiwan businessmen are not allowed to buy business properties in the Chinese mainland. We can only buy residential properties here. I hope more opportunities will be open to us as we are one family."

Last year some 600 companies from Taiwan set up operations in Shanghai.

Nearly three-quarters of them are SMEs in the service sector.

These people must remember not to vote for DPP and donate more money to KMT to ensure their win of the next presidency in ROC.

 

[Pangu]

I'm sure he will get all the opportunity he desires when we reunify.

 

[TaiShang]

Xi-Chu meeting oils cross-Strait engine
Xinhua, May 5, 2015

Trumpeting confidence and mutual trust in his landmark meeting with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu, Xi Jinping's down-to-earth, far-sighted remarks have broadened the view for the relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Chu for the first time in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Monday. He called for both sides to build a community of shared destiny and settle political differences through equal consultations.

Their meeting came a full decade after Xi's predecessor, Hu Jintao, and then KMT chairman Lien Chan shook hands and talked in the first rendezvous between top leaders of the two parties in 60 years. The two parted stormy history to reveal a route re-linking the two shores with an agreement on the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

With an eventful 10 years passing, the engine of mainland-Taiwan relations needed oil to continue running and upgrades to run better. Monday's meeting was a maintenance service, reviewing experiences in the past and renewing the engine for the road ahead.

Admittedly, there are malfunctioning parts here and there caused by various issues -- notably, the "Taiwan independence" lot. So Xi's stressing that the two sides of the Strait should stick to the path of peaceful development under the 1992 Consensus and oppose "Taiwan independence" was much more than him trotting out the usual rhetoric.

Adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence" are the political foundations set down by both parties in thawing once-icy cross-Strait relations. To strengthen peace and development, various parties and common people in the island should heed the prerequisite.

During the meeting, Xi said the mainland is willing to prioritize Taiwan in opening-up, vowing to give more opportunities to ordinary people from Taiwan, protect the legitimate interests of Taiwanese businesses on the mainland and create a better environment for their development.

Following Xi's words, the mainland will likely make greater efforts to listen to the opinions of people from all walks of life in Taiwan, especially those at the grassroots level, to carry out more favorable policies.

Better cultural and educational exchanges are also a must as Xi proposed the two sides strengthen people's sense of Chinese identity regarding culture, tradition and nation.

It's been a good run. There are more laps to come with this serviced engine.

 

[Jlaw]

Taiwan's Service Sector Calls for More Mainland Support
2015-05-05

Taiwan's service sector is calling for more support and access to the mainland market.

Taiwan businessman Huang Jinneng is among a delegation of business leaders from Taiwan currently visiting the mainland.

"I am always telling them it is a now or never chance to invest and do business here. It is such a big market with so much potential. Like me, now I'm operating 1,000 laundry shops. You can see how big and lovely the market is."

Huang's laundry business has expanded to over a thousand shops and employs more than 6-thousand people on the mainland since he began operating on the mainland in 1997.

He says the current regulatory environment needs to be improved if more cross-strait business development is going to happen.

"Under current regulations, Taiwan businessmen are not allowed to buy business properties in the Chinese mainland. We can only buy residential properties here. I hope more opportunities will be open to us as we are one family."

Last year some 600 companies from Taiwan set up operations in Shanghai.

Nearly three-quarters of them are SMEs in the service sector.

I got a simple solution. Reunification. Afterward Huang can buy as much commercial properties as he want in China.

 

[TaiShang]

I got a simple solution. Reunification. Afterward Huang can buy as much commercial properties as he want in China.

Huang seems to be willing to say that but probably feels it is still not politically correct and can hurt his business potential in Taiwan.

There are some many Huangs over here.

 

[Jlaw]

Huang seems to be willing to say that but probably feels it is still not politically correct and can hurt his business potential in Taiwan.

There are some many Huangs over here.

In this case More Huangs can make this right!

 

[Aepsilons]

Huang seems to be willing to say that but probably feels it is still not politically correct and can hurt his business potential in Taiwan.

There are some many Huangs over here.

Huang...this is a Fujianese surname? Meaning is King , right ?

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

there is a simple question:

in real life usually there's the concept of recipricol treatment. You treat me nice, I treat you nice. If you treat me like shit, I might not treat you like shit but I will definitely NOT be nice to you. Why does this guy expect good treatment after his regime treated our offers like shit and spreads propaganda about Chinese?

 

[powastick]

Huang...this is a Fujianese surname? Meaning is King , right ?

Huang(黄), means yellow. In Fujian is usually pronounce as Ng.