Chinese President
Hu Jintao
said Saturday that better aid and services will be provided for
Taiwan compatriots to do business in the mainland.
Hu made the remarks during a meeting with representatives of
Taiwan businessmen in Xiamen, Fujian Province.
Hu Jintao said the mainland welcomes more Taiwan people to do
business, adding that the businesses cooperation between the
mainland and Taiwan benefits the people across the Taiwan
Straits.
Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China
Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission,
praised the development of the Haicang Taiwan
Businessmen-Investment Zone in which 69 Taiwan companies have made
considerable investment mainly in electronic, petrochemical and
mechanical fields.
The achievements of the Taiwan entrepreneurs in the zone showed
that they could receive better economic rewards and their
businesses could benefit economies on both sides, Hu said.
Direct shipping and flight, mail and trade links across the
Straits will promote economic ties between the two sides, said Hu,
hoping that civilian organizations on both sides could help realize
the objective on an earlier date.
Hu conveyed Spring Festival greetings to Taiwan entrepreneurs in
the mainland.
Representatives of Taiwan businessmen also expressed their
willingness to increase investment in the mainland and their
longing for direct shipping and flight, mail and trade links across
the Straits.
(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2006)