The Chinese mainland will firmly carry out the policies and
guidelines on Taiwan affairs set up by the 17th National Congress
of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and resolutely oppose
"Taiwan independence" activities, an official in charge of
Taiwanese affairs said in Beijing Friday.
"The Chinese mainland will never allow anyone to make Taiwan
secede from China in any name or by any means," said Zheng Lizhong,
executive deputy director of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC
Central Committee.
He said the Chinese mainland would continue to promote the
peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and peaceful
reunification.
"We will sincerely rally the Taiwan compatriots to strive
together for the prosperity of the Chinese nation," he said.
Zheng made the remarks when attending the meeting held by the
Cross-Straits Relations Research Center on studying Chinese
President Hu Jintao's report to the 17th CPC National Congress.
More than 50 researchers on cross-Straits relations attended the
symposium.
Chinese Presidents Hu Jintao said in the report that the forces
for "Taiwan independence" were stepping up their secessionist
activities, seriously jeopardizing the peaceful development of
cross-Straits relations.
"The Chinese mainland side is ready to conduct exchanges,
dialogue, consultations and negotiations with any political party
in Taiwan on any issue as long as it recognizes that both sides of
the Straits belong to one and the same China," he said.
He also proposed, on the basis of the one-China principle, to
discuss with the Taiwan authorities on the formal ending to the
state of hostility between the two sides, signing of a peace
agreement and constructing a framework for peaceful development of
cross-Straits relations.
"We will make every effort to achieve anything that serves the
interests of our Taiwan compatriots, contributes to the maintenance
of peace in the Taiwan Straits region and facilitates peaceful
national reunification," he said.
(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2007)