Shanghai hopes of Taipei’s mayor
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TAIPEI Mayor Ko Wen-je has promised to do “whatever” he can that will benefit cross-Strait communications, expressing his hope of being in Shanghai for a forum between the two cities.
Ko said yesterday that he wouldn’t refuse anything that benefits the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
Ko said he understood and respected the 1992 consensus raised by the Chinese mainland as the foundation for such peaceful development.
The “1992 consensus” is an agreement which acknowledges that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan belong to one China.
Ko said his talks with Weng Tiehui, Shanghai’s deputy mayor, touched on many subjects including young people’s business startups and community medical services during Weng’s visit last week.
Expressing his wish to attend a Shanghai-Taipei forum in Shanghai, Ko said he had been to the city many times and had many friends there, but his previous connection with the city was mainly in the medical field when he was a doctor.
Now as mayor of Taipei, he hopes to expand communications to transport, education, science and technology and other aspects that benefit both cities.
The Shanghai-Taipei City Forum is an annual event held by the two cities in rotation since 2010 to promote communication.
Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said that as long as the two sides uphold the existing political foundation, cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation, including between Shanghai and Taipei, will progress.
Fan noted that cross-Strait exchanges were not international exchanges, referring to Ko assigning the handling of Taipei’s mainland-related affairs to a special mainland affairs group, rather than an international affairs office.
Ko said Taipei-Shanghai exchanges were exchanges between cities across the Strait, while the international affairs group is responsible for foreign affairs. “We know the difference,” Ko said.
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