TAKE 1 OF 4--WORK REPORT ON PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1991
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//((ARTICLE BY QIAN WEICHANG (6929 0251 7022), PRESIDENT OF CHINA
COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION: "DEVELOP CROSS-STRAIT
PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGES, ACCELERATE PROCESS OF PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION OF THE MOTHERLAND--EXCERPTS OF WORK REPORT TO SECOND
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING OF CHINA COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION"))
((TEXT)) THE CHINA COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION.
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IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PEOPLE JOINTLY SET UP BY 23 UNITS,
INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND VARIOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS.
SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1988, WITH THE WARM CARE AND
SUPPORT OF THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, VARIOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS, AND
PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CIRCLES AT HOME AND ABROAD, BY RELYING ON THE
EFFORTS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLE OF
UNITING PEOPLE IN ALL CIRCLES AT HOME AND ABROAD, DEVELOPING PEOPLE-
TO-PEOPLE EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE TAIWAN STRAIT, AND
PROMOTING CHINA'S PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN
WORKING ACTIVELY AND PRUDENTLY TO BUILD TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLE ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT AND PROMOTE THEIR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
THE COUNCIL'S WORK HAS ATTRACTED.ATTENTION.FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS COUNCIL HAS ACTIVELY COME INTO
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN ALL CIRCLES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TAIWAN AND
RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE. THE COUNCIL HAS CONTACTED
MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE IN TAIWAN. HONG KONG, MACAO, AND OVERSEAS AREAS
WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH AND AGREEABLE TO CHINA'S PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION, AND HAS ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS WITH MORE THAN 10
ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN TAIWAN AND IN OVERSEAS AREAS AND WITH
MORE THAN 10 OPPOSITION PARTIES IN TAIWAN. IN THE COURSE OF
EXCHANGES AND CONTACTS, WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN EXPLAINING TO THEM
THE PRINCIPLE OF "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" AND "PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION." BRIEFING THEM ABOUT THE MAINLAND'S CONSTRUCTION
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST 40 YEARS, AND SHOWING OUR SINCERITY FOR
PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO INQUIRED OF THEM
ABOUT THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN TAIWAN. MANY MASS ORGANIZATIONS IN
TAIWAN INDICATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH THIS COUNCIL IN
ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND TO
JOINTLY PROMOTE PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
REALIZING THE GREAT CAUSE OF PEACEFULLY REUNIFYING THE MOTHERLAND
IS THE COMMON DESIRE OF ALL CHINESE PEOPLE AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE
MAGAZINE TONGYI LUNTAN ((REUNIFICATION FORUM)) RUN BY THIS COUNCIL
HAS SHOULDERED THIS SACRED MISSION. SINCE THE FIRST ISSUE WAS
PUBLISHED IN MARCH 1989, 10 ISSUES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. THE
MAGAZINE CARRIED THE BRILLIANT EXPOSITIONS BY THE CPC LEADERS ON
"PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION," "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS," AND OTHER
CONCEPTIONS AND POLICIES FOR THE MOTHERLAND'S REUNIFICATION, AND
ALSO CARRIED MORE THAN 50 PROPOSALS, STATEMENTS, ARTICLES, AND
WRITTEN MATERIALS CONTRIBUTED BY PEOPLE IN TAIWAN AND IN OVERSEAS
AREAS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOTHERLAND'S PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION. UNDER THE GENERAL PREMISE OF THE MOTHERLAND'S
PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION, EQUAL DIALOGUE AND FREE DISCUSSION WERE
CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE HOSTILITY AND INCREASE THE
CONSENSUS OF OPINION. THIS WAS SUPPORTED AND CARED FOR BY PATRIOTS
AT HOME AND ABROAD AND WON FAVORABLE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE OF INSIGHT
WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GREAT CAUSE OF THE MOTHERLAND'S PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION.
ACTIVELY HOLDING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF EXCHANGES AND FRIENDSHIP-
BUILDING, ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CIRCLES AT
HOME AND ABROAD AND RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STRENGTHENING THE
FORCE. OF PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION: ((SUBHEAD))
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THIS COUNCIL HAS SUCCESSIVELY HELD TALKS WITH "THE VISITING GROUP
OF CHINA'S DEMOCRATIC AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION," "THE MAINLAND
VISITING GROUP OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL FOR CHINA'S PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION" (TWICE), "THE VISITING GROUP OF THE COUNCIL FOR
PROMOTING THE CHINESE NATION'S PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION," AND "THE
BEIJING VISITING GROUP OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE PATRIOTIC COUNCIL OF
CHINA." WE JOINTLY EXPLORED THE ISSUE CONCERNING CHINA'S PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION, AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE TWO SIDES OF THE STRAIT
FRANKLY EXCHANGED OPINIONS AND EXPRESSED THEIR COMMON DESIRE TO SEEK
THE COMMON POINTS WHILE RESERVING DIFFERENCES, REACHING CONSENSUS,
AND REALIZING REUNIFICATION AT AN EARLIER DATE. THE PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL EXPRESSED SINCERE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT
TO THE ATTITUDE OF VARIOUS VISITING GROUPS WHICH WERE AGREEABLE TO
PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION AND OPPOSED TO "TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE" AND
THEIR OPINIONS AND PROPOSALS WHICH WERE FAVORABLE TO THE
MOTHERLAND'S REUNIFICATION. WE ALSO MADE CONVINCING EXPLANATIONS
WITH REGARD TO THEIR MISUNDERSTANDING AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN
ORDER TO FACILITATE THE COMMUNICATION OF THOUGHTS AND TO INCREASE
CONSENSUS.
EN JULY 1990, THIS COUNCIL JOINED TAIWAN'S "CHINA REUNIFICATION
UNION" IN HOLDING AN "ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM ON MAINLAND-TAIWAN
RELATIONS" IN HONG KONG. AFTER THAT. ANOTHER SYMPOSIUM ON RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE STRAIT AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION WITH
THE PARTICIPATION OF FIVE MASS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME PEOPLE FROM
TAIWAN AND FOUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION IN THE
UNITED STATES WAS HELD. THIS COUNCIL SENT MEMBERS IN THE-POLITICAL,
BUSINESS, JOURNALISTIC, AND EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES TO ATTEND THE
SYMPOSIUMS.
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((TEXT)) ((PARAGRAPH CONTINUES)) THE MEETINGS STRESSED THE
NATIONAL INTERESTS, AND THE PARTICIPANTS FRANKLY EXPRESSED THEIR
OPINIONS WITHOUT RESERVATION AND SINCERELY DISCUSSED THE NATIONAL
AFFAIRS. THEY STROVE TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE "THREE
LINKAGES" AND PROMOTE THE "TWO-WAY EXCHANGES," AND ACTIVELY CREATED
CONDITIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT SYMPOSIUMS ON MAINLAND-TAIWAN RELATIONS AND PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN WERE HELD IN HONG KONG,
SO THE EVENT ATTRACTED ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CIRCLES AT
HOME AND ABROAD. THE MEETINGS ACHIEVED DESIRABLE SOCIAL EFFECTS
((SHE HUI XIAO GUO 4357 2585 2400 0948)). NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES,
AND RADIOS IN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN ISSUED MORE THAN 300 REPORTS
ABOUT THE EVENT, AND RAISED AN OPINION MOMENTUM. MANY THESES BY THE
MAINLAND PARTICIPANTS WERE REPRINTED BY SOME NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES IN HONG. KONG AND TAIWAN. THE TAIWAN ORGANIZATIONS WHICH
ATTENDED THE SYMPOSIUMS ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD PROMOTE TWO-
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WAY AND DIRECT EXCHANGES AND PROMOTE DIALOGUE AND TALKS BETWEEN'THE
CPC AND THE KUOMINGTANG AFTER THEY RETURNED TO TAIWAN. THEY ALSO
PROPOSED THAT THE SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON MAINLAND-TAIWAN RELATIONS BE
HELD IN 1991 IN TAIPEI OR ANOTHER AREA.
ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSAL BY NIE WEIPING, AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF
THE COUNCIL, AND HE XIANGTAO, A COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS COUNCIL JOINED
OTHER UNITS CONCERNED IN HOLDING THE "FIRST 'YAOSHUN CUP' WORLD
WEIQI FRIENDSHIP CONTEST" IN BEIJING IN 1990. THIS ACTIVITY WAS
JOINTLY INITIATED BY 14 FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE WEIQI CIRCLES AT HOME
AND ABROAD, INCLUDING WU CHING-YUAN, NIE WEIPING, YING CHANG-CHI,
AND QIAN WEICHANG. AMATEUR WEIQI PLAYERS OF CHINESE ORIGIN FROM
TAIWAN, HONG KONG, THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, BRITAIN, BELGIUM,
THAILAND, AND SINGAPORE ATTENDED THE CONTEST. THEY MADE FRIENDS
WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THE CONTEST, GOT TOGETHER WITH COMPATRIOTS,
AND INCREASED FRIENDSHIP AND MADE FRIENDLY CONTACTS.
IN ORDER TO PROMOTE EXCHANGES AND CONTACTS BETWEEN PEOPLE TN THE
MEDICAL CIRCLES ON THE TWO SIDES, THIS COUNCIL RECEIVED A 26-MEMBER
DELEGATION OF THE TAIPEI PHARMACISTS' ASSOCIATION. THESE PEOPLE ALL
CAME TO THE MAINLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO THEY FELT THEY HAD A
FRESH AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCE ON THE MAINLAND. THEY VISITED THE
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, CONDUCTED PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES, AND HELD
FRIENDLY TALKS WITH THE MEDICAL EXPERTS ON THE MAINLAND AND THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL CIRCLES. THEY
HIGHLY PRAISED THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAINLAND'S MEDICAL AND
PUBLIC HEALTH UNDERTAKINGS.
THE FOOT REFLECTION HEALTH-KEEPING METHOD IS A VALUABLE LEGACY OF
CHINA'S TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE, AND IT IS STILL CIRCULATED
AMONG SOME PEOPLE ON THE MAINLAND. WITH THE HELP OF THE
INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED, THIS COUNCIL ORGANIZED A LECTURE MEETING ON
THIS FOOT REFLECTION HEALTH-KEEPING METHOD, AND INVITED TAIWAN'S
RESEARCH SOCIETY TO GIVE A LECTURE ON THIS METHOD. THIS ACTIVITY
WAS AIMED AT PROMOTING OUR NATION'S TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE AND
PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN.
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITUATION ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE
STRAIT, ECONOMIC EXCHANGES AND TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES HAVE BEEN
GRADUALLY INCREASING. AS A LARGE NUMBER OF TAIWAN BUSINESSMEN AND
INDUSTRIALISTS KEPT COMING TO THE MAINLAND TO SEEK INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOUNTERED CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR ECONOMIC
AND TRADE ACTIVITIES ON THE MAINLAND, THIS COUNCIL HELD SEVERAL
FRIENDSHIP-BUILDING AND DISCUSSION MEETINGS BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURS ON
BOTH SIDES IN BEIJING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, AND OUR
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE ECONOMIC CIRCLES ATTENDED THESE ACTIVITIES.
MORE THAN 200 TAIWAN BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS AND MORE THAN
300 MAINLAND ENTREPRENEURS GOT TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE THEIR FRIENDLY
FEELINGS AS COMPATRIOTS AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF
PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
THEY SOUGHT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION AND TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS
AFFAIRS. SUCH GO-BETWEEN ACTIVITIES HAD A SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE.,ON
THE ECONOMIC AND TRADE CIRCLES ON THE TWO SIDES.
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN, HONG KONG; AND
MACAO COMPATRIOTS AND WITH COMPATRIOTS LIVING IN OVERSEAS AREAS,
INCREASE THEIR NATIONAL SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND RALLYING
FORCE, WITH THE, FULL SUPPORT OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT RONG YIREN AND
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COUNCIL MEMBER CHEN JINHUA, THIS COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENTS
CONCERNED JOINTLY HELD THE 1990 SPRING FESTIVAL NEW YEAR GREETING
GET-TOGETHER. IN THE SPRING FESTIVAL PERIOD. THE GET-TOGETHER WAS
BROADCAST BY THE BEIJING TELEVISION STATION. TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND
MACAO COMPATRIOTS AND OVERSEAS CHINESE WHO SETTLED DOWN IN BEIJING
OR RETURNED TO BEIJING FOR SIGHTSEEING AND INVESTMENT PURPOSES WERE
INVITED TO THE GET-TOGETHER. OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE ART CIRCLES
AND SOME FAMOUS MOVIE AND SINGING STARS FROM TAIWAN GAVE
PERFORMANCES ON THAT OCCASION. THEY EXPRESSED THE COMMON DESIRE OF
THE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT FOR THE MOTHERLAND'S
REUNIFICATION AND FOR THE REUNION OF BLOOD RELATIVES.
THE "MODERN CHINESE PAINTING ASSOCIATION" UNDER THIS COUNCIL ALSO
HELPED TAIWAN PAINTERS HOLD A NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS IN BEIJING.
THIS COUNCIL ALSO JOINED HANDS WITH TAIWAN'S LOYI COMPANY IN HOLD
THE "LOYI CUP" FAMOUS PLAYER BRIDGE CONTEST; AND JOINED SOME
DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS IN HOLDING THE "ZHONGJIAN FRIENDSHIP CUP
BRIDGE CONTEST." THESE ACTIVITIES ALSO PROMOTED FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
PEOPLE ON THE TWO SIDES.
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((TEXT)) IN SHORT, THROUGH ORGANIZING EXCHANGES AND SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BETWEEN
THE TWO SIDES, THIS COUNCIL HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN BUILDING CLOSER
TIES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE STRAIT, AND INCREASING MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP.
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ALL FIELDS ACTIVELY CARRIED OUT EXCHANGE AND
FRIENDSHIP-BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON THE OTHER
SIDE ((SUBHEAD))
THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE BROADLY REPRESENTATIVE AND HAVE
WIDESPREAD SOCIAL INFLUENCE, AND THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND OVERSEAS AREAS.
THEY ACTIVELY PUT FORWARD WORK PROPOSALS AND ACTIVELY CARRIED OUT
EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE STRAIT IN VARIOUS
FIELDS. THIS ENABLED THEM TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH MANY PEOPLE,
INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, AND REACH CONSENSUS. THEY HAVE DONE
A GREAT DEAL OF WORK AND PLAYED A POSITIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE STRAIT.
IN ORDER TO DEVELOP MEDICAL QIGONG, A GEM OF CHINA'S TRADITIONAL
MEDICINE, PROFESSOR FENG LIDA, WHO IS ALSO AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF
THIS COUNCIL AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL QIGONG SCIENCE
ASSOCIATION, PROPOSED AND ORGANIZED TWO QIGONG TRAINING COURSES FOR
TAIWAN COMPATRIOTS. THIS WAS NOT ONLY A MEDICAL EXCHANGE, BUT ALSO
AN EXCHANGE OF FEELINGS. THE STUDENTS INDICATED THAT AFTER
RETURNING TO TAIWAN, THEY WOULD DEVELOP CHINA'S MEDICAL QIGONG ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT.
MR. ZHANG DANING IS A FAMOUS TRADITIONAL MEDICAL EXPERT IN OUR
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COUNTRY AND HE IS AN EXPERT IN CURING KIDNEY DISEASES AND DISEASES
OF THE ELDERLY. MR. ZHANG IS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF TIANJIN'S TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE HOSPITAL. HE SET UP
"ZHANG DANING MEDICAL CONSULTATION CENTER FOR KIDNEY DISEASES" IN
MACAO, AND WENT THERE REGULARLY TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR
COMPATRIOTS IN HONG KONG. MACAO, AND TAIWAN AND FOR OVERSEAS CHINESE
WHO CONTRACTED COMPLICATED DISEASES. IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, HE WAS
INVITED BY CHENG LUNG-YEN, A FAMOUS MEDICAL PROFESSOR IN TAIWAN, TO
MAKE AN ACADEMIC VISIT TO TAIWAN. IN TAIWAN, HE GAVE FIVE MEDICAL
LECTURES WHICH ATTRACTED A VERY LARGE AUDIENCE AND CAUSED A
SENSATION IN THE MEDICAL CIRCLES IN TAIWAN. PROFESSOR ZHANG
DANING'S ACADEMIC VISIT OPENED THE ROAD FOR THE EXCHANGE OF VISITS
BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CIRCLES ON THE TWO SIDES
OF THE STRAIT. MR. ZHANG HAS ACCEPTED THE INVITATION OF THE TAIWAN
CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE COLLEGE AS VISITING PROFESSOR.
COMRADECHEN JINHUA, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL AND GENERAL
MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY, BRIEFED TAIWAN
ENTREPRENEURS IN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS
AND PROSPECTS OF THE MAINLAND'S PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND ABOUT OUR
PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES FOR REFORM AND OPENING UP THROUGH HIS
FREQUENT CONTACTS WITH THE TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE SAME
INDUSTRY. THIS DEEPENED THE TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS' UNDERSTANDING OF
THE MAINLAND'S PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, AND LAID A
FOUNDATION FOR TRADE IN PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND COOPERATION IN
THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
MANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN MAKING
FRIENDS WITH TAIWAN SCHOLARS AND PEOPLE IN VARIOUS CIRCLES THROUGH.
THE ACTIVITIES OF ACADEMIC EXCHANGES AND OTHER PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
EXCHANGES. IN OTHER FIELDS. MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE WARMLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COUNCIL'S WORK, AND PUT
FORWARD MANY VALUABLE OPINIONS AND. PROPOSALS FOR UNFOLDING. AND
EXPANDING PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES.
PLAN AND CONCEPTION.FOR THE COUNCIL'S WORK IN THE FUTURE ((SUBHEAD))
IN THE LAST ONE-TO TWO YEARS, TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION
UNDERWENT GREAT CHANGES, AND-VARIOUS POLITICAL FORCES WERE
UNDERGOING REALIGNMENT ON THE ISSUE OF "REUNIFICATION" AND
"SEPARATION." OUR WORK IS FACING A NEW SITUATION. AS A
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, THIS COUNCIL HAS BROAD CONNECTIONS'
WITH VARIOUS OPPOSITION PARTIES AND MASS ORGANIZATIONS IN TAIWAN AND
HAS FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXPANDING EXCHANGES. IN ORDER TO PLAY
A MORE EFFECTIVE AND POSITIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN AND PROMOTING THE PROCESS
OF REUNIFICATION, THIS COUNCIL WILL BUILD AND MAINTAIN BROAD TIES
WITH VARIOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS, OPPOSITION PARTIES, AND PEOPLE IN
VARIOUS CIRCLES IN TAIWAN, AND WILL CARRY OUT THE ACTIVITIES OF
PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS AND CREATE
CONDITIONS FOR TWO-WAY EXCHANGES.
IT IS PLANNED TO HOLD A SYMPOSIUM ON THE SUBJECT OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION EVERY
YEAR SO THAT WE CAN JOINTLY DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF PEACEFUL
REUNIFICATION WITH THE MASS ORGANIZATIONS, MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION
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