Uniting compatriots key to reunification

BEIJING: The Chinese mainland will continue to extensively unite Taiwan compatriots to create a better future for national reunification and rejuvenation, Wang Huning, China’s top political adviser, said on Monday.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while meeting in Beijing with Wu Cheng-tien, chairman of Taiwan’s New Party.
Wang, who is also chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, gave full recognition to the party for its long-term efforts in promoting cross-Strait relations and advancing peaceful reunification of the motherland.
Wang said the mainland will fully implement the overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era, and promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and deepen cross-Strait integrated development.
“Achieving the great rejuvenation is a shared responsibility of all compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait,” he said, adding that the policy of peaceful reunification and “one country, two systems” is the best way to achieve reunification and is the most beneficial for the nation. The fundamental purpose of reunification is to enhance the well-being of people on both sides and to realize people’s aspirations for a better life, he added. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item