Ye Xuanping, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, made the pledge in his report on the work of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to the Fourth Session of the Ninth CPPCC National Committee, which opened in Beijing Saturday, March 3.

Over the past year, Ye said, the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee offered active cooperation with the central authorities in the general arrangements of work toward Taiwan in the light of the changes in the political situation in Taiwan and, by holding forums and lectures and during reception of foreign visitors or foreign tours by CPPCC members, actively disseminated the principles of "peaceful reunification; one country, two systems" and the eight-point proposal advanced by President Jiang Zemin.

Together with other departments, the CPPCC National Committee organized a cross-Straits seminar of opposing Taiwan independence and promoting the peaceful reunification of the motherland" and issued a joint statement, carried out active exchanges with parties, groups and personalities of Taiwan that advocate for "one China", and gave full scope to the role as a bridge of CPPCC members and other personalities of Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese and worked together with them to promote the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland.

The CPPCC National Committee will, by exploiting fully the extensive contacts and smooth communications channels of the CPPCC, continue to promote the economic and cultural exchanges and the exchange of visits between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits and strengthen its ties with overseas Chinese and work together for the great cause of the peaceful reunification of the motherland. It will organize activities to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution and further display the spirit of Dr. Sun Yat- sen and other revolutionaries who dedicated themselves to the unification of the country, national unity and invigoration of the Chinese nation.

(People’s Daily 03/03/2001)