The groundbreaking ceremony for the permanent venue of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit in the Chinese mainland was held in Nanjing Jiangbei New District. Guo Jinlong, chairman of the board of directors of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit from the Chinese mainland, and Siew Wan-chang, chairman of the board of directors of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit from Taiwan, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches. Zhang Ping, deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit from the Chinese mainland, and Wu Zhenglong, deputy secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and Chiu Cheng-Hsiung, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit from Taiwan, attended the ceremony.
The Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit, since its establishment in 2013, has played a positive role in promoting cross-strait economic and trade cooperation under the leadership of the board of directors on both sides and with the active participation of entrepreneurs and the support of people from all walks of life on both sides. Jiangsu is the birthplace of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit and a permanent venue for the annual meeting in the mainland. The permanent venue of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit in the Chinese mainland is located in the core area of Nanjing Jiangbei New District.
In his speech, Guo Jinlong said that Jiangsu is one of the regions with the most enthusiastic economic and trade exchanges, the most frequent personnel exchanges, and the most fruitful cooperation with Taiwan. It plays a very important role in promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. The Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit started from Nanjing and gradually grew into a high-end non-governmental exchange platform that connects people from all walks of life on both sides of the strait, he said.
We will thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered early this year at a gathering marking 40th anniversary of Message to Compatriots in Taiwan, and take the construction of the permanent venue as a new starting point to make new achievements in deepening cross-strait industrial integration and promoting the peaceful development of the cross-strait relations.
Siew Wan-chang said that the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit has received active support from all sides of the mainland and become the highest-level and most influential corporate cooperation forum between the two sides. For a long time, Jiangsu has vigorously promoted exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan by creating a favorable environment for Taiwanese investment and development.
The settlement of the permanent venue of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit in the Chinese mainland in Nanjing is of great significance, Siew said, adding that Taiwan will give full play to the unique role of the summit, work together with the mainland, write a new chapter in the development of the integrated development between Jiangsu and Taiwan, and strive to create a new situation of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and cooperation.
