Cross-Strait boost as cities meet
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SHANGHAI and Taipei yesterday signed memorandums to strengthen exchanges and cooperation on marathons organized by the two cities as well as on the Taipei Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Another memorandum agreed at the annual city forum in Taipei will boost exchanges and cooperation between Taipei’s Wenshan District and Shanghai’s Songjiang District.
Sha Hailin, representing Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong, and Taipei Deputy Mayor Teng Chia-ji, delivered speeches on how to show off the vitality of both cities. The annual event has been hosted by the two cities in rotation since 2010.
This year’s forum focused on exchanges in medical and health care services, smart cities, culture, transport and youth.
The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have promoted peaceful development of cross-Strait relations over the past eight years by adhering to the 1992 Consensus, which upholds both sides of the strait as belonging to one China, Sha said, adding that the progress made in cross-Strait relations in recent years was based on that foundation.
Expressing gratitude to those who have supported the exchange between the two cities, Sha stressed the achievements relied on both sides having a correct understanding of the nature of cross-Strait relations and city-to-city exchanges.
Sha said interaction between Shanghai and Taipei had been strengthened. Statistics showed there are more than 13,000 enterprises in Shanghai with investment from Taiwan businesspeople, and more than 1,000 Taiwan students studying in the city every year.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, addressing yesterday’s opening ceremony, said the two cities will make continued efforts to cooperate on programs related to issues discussed at the forum.
After he arrived in Taipei on Monday, Sha visited a hospital and attended the opening ceremony of a five-day sports event involving 149 students and teachers from Shanghai.
Sha said the Shanghai government will do its best to support events that are conducive to the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties and can increase the benefits of people on both sides of the Strait. Sha also visited a hospital to boost exchanges in medical services and health care.
Sha told a press briefing that Shanghai is willing to conduct exchanges with other cities and counties in Taiwan if a political consensus can be reached.
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and her administration have not recognized the 1992 Consensus. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan have suspended the regular mechanism between cross-Strait affairs departments.
At a welcome dinner, Ko said Taipei and Shanghai had many things to learn from each other.
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