A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Wednesday stressed the importance of the "1992 Consensus" in cross-Straits affairs.

Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular press briefing that the "1992 Consensus" should serve as the political basis for cross-Straits talks and negotiations.

In November 1992, the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation agreed that both sides should verbally express their adherence to the one-China principle. Their agreement came to be known as the "1992 Consensus."

Denial or repudiation of the "1992 Consensus", sticking to the "Taiwan independence" stance of "one country on each side" will make cross-Straits talks unable to proceed and cause fresh trouble in cross-Straits relations, according to Fan.

She said that facts have shown the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) denies the "1992 Consensus" and has not changed its adherence to the "Taiwanese independence" stance that advocates "one country on each side (of the Taiwan Straits)."

If the DPP adheres to such stance, we cannot see the "goodwill" in its so-called "goodwill" acts, said Fan.

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