A forum aimed at expanding exchanges between mainland China and Taiwan opened in China’s Fujian Province on June 13. A senior member of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership voiced hope that economic and other exchanges would help advance cross-strait integration, prompting heightened vigilance from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration.
Participants in the forum included senior figures from Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), as well as representatives from the business community.
Beijing regards Taiwan’s DPP administration and similar actors as “Taiwan independence forces.” According to Chinese state media, Wang Huning, the fourth-ranked member of the CCP’s Politburo Standing Committee, told the forum that China must “firmly advance the great cause of national reunification” and “resolutely oppose ‘Taiwan independence’ separatism and outside interference.”
Wang also said Beijing welcomes Taiwanese people and businesses to take part in cross-strait exchange and cooperation and to participate in the mainland’s high-quality development.
In response to the forum, Taiwan’s DPP administration called on the public and various groups in Taiwan not to echo the Chinese Communist Party’s narrative and not to convey misleading messages to the international community.
Source: NHK, June 14, 2026
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