Lou Qinjian, secretary of the provincial party committee and the head of the Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, called for further efforts to study General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on Taiwan affairs work and the central conference on Taiwan affairs held in Beijing in mid-January.
Jiangsu made considerable progress and achievements in Taiwan affairs work last year, according to a statement released after the meeting.
Further efforts will be made on Taiwan affairs work by following the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the General Secretary’s important expositions on Taiwan affairs work, the statement said.
We must make targeted efforts to look at the changes in the Taiwan Strait comprehensively and dialectically, grasp the general historical trend, think in big pictures in the work related to Taiwan affairs, and serve the overall situation of the central government’s Taiwan affairs work, said the statement.
It is important to give full play to the province’s unique advantages in the Taiwan affairs work and promoted the integrated industrial development between Jiangsu and Taiwan by relying on the cross-Straits industrial cooperation pilot zone in Kunshan, according to the statement.
In the meantime, measures should be taken to promote the participation in the belt and road initiative and serve the new development paradigm, said the statement.
Further improvements should be made in business climate for Taiwanese-funded enterprises through the release of preferential policies, the statement said.
Efforts should be stepped up in the prevention and control of COVID-19, the alleviation of difficulties for Taiwanese-funded businesses and give better play to the role of the cross-straits entrepreneurs’ summit, the statement said.
Party leadership over Taiwan affairs work should be maintained in all aspects of work while leading officials at all levels should enhance their capabilities of political awareness, judgment, and leadership so as to greet the centenary anniversary of the founding of CPC, according to the statement.
At the central conference on Taiwan affairs held in Beijing in mid-January, China's top political advisor Wang Yang called for efforts to promote peaceful and integrated development across the Taiwan Straits and to continue to advance progress toward the peaceful reunification of China.
He stressed the importance of implementing the Taiwan affairs work arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee and upholding the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus.
Wang also underscored the importance of resolutely opposing and deterring any "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and external interference.
While affirming the progress made in the work on Taiwan affairs in 2020, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 response, Wang warned that the cross-Straits situation would remain complicated and grave in 2021.
He also stressed the need to support Taiwan's businesspeople and enterprises in seizing the opportunities of the motherland's new development pattern, and the need to continuously improve the institutional arrangements, policies and measures that ensure the well-being of Taiwan compatriots and achieve equal treatment.
