Lou Qinjian, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, met on Tuesday in Nanjing with Wu Poh-hsiung, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang.
Lou Qinjian expressed his warm welcome to Wu Poh-hsiung and spoke highly of his contribution to promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and supporting the exchanges and cooperation between the two regions.
Lou said that the peaceful development of cross-strait relations is a common expectation of compatriots on both sides of the strait. We will thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on Taiwan's work, further promote the exchanges and cooperation in various fields between Jiangsu and Taiwan, and play a more important role in the peaceful development of the cross-strait relations in the new era.
The CPC Provincial chief said that the current Sino-US economic and trade frictions have caused some enterprises to face challenges, but they also contain opportunities for development. It is hoped that people of insight, including Taiwanese businessmen, will seize the opportunity to strive to achieve leap-forward development and work together to achieve the great national rejuvenation.
Wu Poh-hsiung said that every time he came to Nanjing, he was very happy to see that Jiangsu has achieved remarkable results in economic and social development. Jiangsu is one of the regions with the most investment in Taiwanese companies and the most intensive Taiwanese-funded enterprises. The economic and trade cooperation between the two places is expanding and deepening. He is willing to play an active role in promoting the deepening of the exchanges and cooperation in more fields between Taiwan and Jiangsu and promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
