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taiwan affairs office of the state council: continue to promote the construction of a demonstration zone for cross-strait integration and development

2024-09-11

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chinanews.com, september 11 (xinhua) -- the taiwan affairs office of the state council held a regular press conference on september 11. spokesperson chen binhua first introduced the progress of fujian's exploration of a new path for cross-strait integration and development over the past year.

chen binhua said that the "opinions of the cpc central committee and the state council on supporting fujian in exploring new paths for cross-strait integration and development and building a cross-strait integration and development demonstration zone" was issued on september 12 last year, and it will be one year tomorrow. over the past year, relevant departments of the central and state organs have taken the initiative to increase policy empowerment and issued a series of supporting documents and policy measures to implement the "opinions" in this field; fujian province has strengthened its main responsibility, established a coordinated implementation mechanism, and formulated implementation opinions for the "opinions". it has now issued two batches of 28 policy measures, and xiamen, fuzhou, pingtan, longyan and other cities have issued regional policy measures to implement the "opinions". in general, the construction of the cross-strait integration and development demonstration zone has formed a number of pilot experiences and achieved a number of pioneering results in taiwan's integration and development. fujian is increasingly becoming the first home for taiwanese compatriots and taiwanese enterprises to "land".

in terms of social integration, the channels for taiwan compatriots to travel are more unobstructed, and the "mini three links" routes continue to increase, from 26 flights per week at the beginning of the resumption of flights to a maximum of 182 flights. in the first half of this year, 434,000 taiwan compatriots entered fujian from fujian ports, an increase of 1.65 times. taiwan compatriots live more conveniently in fujian, and the social application of taiwan compatriots' residence permits has basically achieved the same convenience as mainland residents' identity cards. in the first half of this year, the issuance of five-year taiwan compatriots' certificates increased by 46.6% year-on-year; the issuance of taiwan residents' residence permits increased by 2.63 times year-on-year. taiwan compatriots have more guarantees for employment and entrepreneurship in fujian. three batches of direct recognition of taiwan's professional skills qualification catalogs, totaling 50 occupations, have been announced, and more than 1,500 taiwan compatriots have obtained corresponding certificates through direct recognition. taiwan compatriots have more extensive social participation in fujian. some taiwan compatriots have served as or been hired as heads of social organizations such as taiwan-funded enterprise associations, legal persons, arbitrators, mediators, and jurors.