Special correspondent for this newspaper Chen Lifei
Fu Kunqi, executive director of the Chinese Kuomintang Policy Council, and his party returned to Taiwan from a two-day and two-night trip to Beijing on the 28th. On the 29th, they showed off the landing results non-stop. Just as all walks of life on the island called on the DPP authorities to actively respond to the mainland's goodwill, the Green Camp began to question Fu Kunqi in turn.
"One small step for the Kuomintang, one big step for the two sides of the Taiwan Strait"
Taiwan United News Network summarized Fu Kunqi's trip to Beijing and said that in addition to communicating with relevant mainland departments and Taiwanese businessmen from Taiwan, the delegation of the Kuomintang public opinion representatives also followed the Car related. On the 27th, accompanied by Pan Xianzhang, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Fu Kunqi and his delegation visited the Innovation Operation Center of the Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone in Daxing. Fu Kunqi said that Taiwan is a very densely populated place. If artificial intelligence self-driving cars can drive on the streets of Taiwan in the future, I believe it can reduce many vehicle collision accidents. "For such a new and bold experiment, I hope both sides of the Taiwan Strait will cooperate." On the afternoon of the 28th, their last trip was to visit the Beijing Auto Show. The Kuomintang and his entourage got on board one after another to experience car models that had no way of appearing on the Taiwanese market. According to a report from Taiwan's China Times Electronic News on the 29th, Fu Kunqi and others returned to Taiwan late at night on the 28th. After getting off the plane, he immediately said in a joint interview with the island's media that the trip was "in terms of sightseeing, tourism, agricultural products, and destinations, etc." There are a lot of gains... Of course this is just the beginning, and we will continue to work hard." We hope that both sides of the Taiwan Strait will break through the cold winter of the past and usher in a new spring moment.
html On the 29th, Fu Kunqi and 16 "legislators" who visited the mainland together held a press conference on "Cross-Strait Ice-Breaking Peace Tour and Revitalizing Taiwan's Various Industries" at the "Legislative Yuan" venue (pictured). He concluded that this peaceful ice-breaking trip not only reduced cross-strait tensions, but also allowed the two sides to start comprehensive exchanges. "Although this trip is a small step for the Kuomintang, it is a big step for Taiwan after the cross-strait disconnection for eight years." People have brought back fruitful results, including the launch of direct flights between 30 major mainland cities and Taiwan, the opening of online applications for Taiwan entry permits in 20 densely populated cities including the four major municipalities, and the expansion of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products into the mainland market. Regarding the tourism issue that is of greatest concern to the island, Fu Kunqi said that Taiwan has set a limit of no more than 2,000 mainland tourists a day, while the mainland has more than 30 provinces, and 2,000 people a day is simply a drop in the bucket. In the past, the number of mainland residents visiting Taiwan was nearly 5 million a year, and 15,000 people entered Taiwan every day. "The 2,000 people a day set by the Mainland Affairs Council does not meet the actual demand."In addition to the mainland's goodwill shown in the above-mentioned results, Taiwan's "China Times" noted on the 29th that Fujian Province announced a new batch of policies to benefit Taiwan and the people on the 28th, including supporting the development of Taiwanese enterprises, encouraging employment and entrepreneurship, and training and internships. There are 13 major aspects in total. Among them, there are four items to facilitate Taiwanese people to communicate, work and live in Fujian, such as setting up a "Taiwan compatriots area" on the Fujian Zhengtong app, providing Taiwanese working in the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone with an income tax balance subsidy "free of application and instant enjoyment", We will improve the "Fujian Online Service Platform for Healthcare and Insurance for Taiwan Compatriots", launch the "Fuma City Pass" card for the people of Matsu, and provide discounts on public transportation and designated hotel accommodation in Fuzhou, creating a "Fuma City Living Circle".
The Democratic Progressive Party refused to respond and instead raised questions
Zhao Shaokang, the former chairman of Taiwan's China Broadcasting Corporation, said on Facebook on the 29th that since the beginning of this spring, Ma Ying-jeou's second landing has cooled down cross-strait tensions, and then Fu Kunqi and his delegation visited the mainland. It announced the opening of direct sea and air flights from 30 major cities to Taiwan, the opening of tourism from Fujian to Matsu, etc. It also agreed to re-import Taiwanese pomelo. Statistics show that as long as 40,000 more people visit Matsu a year, the revenue will increase by NT$500 million, benefiting Matsu-related industries and the people. As for opening up the import of pomelo, especially after the Hualien earthquake, it is very important to improve the livelihood of farmers on the island. He said that the Kuomintang has opened the door for Lai Qingde, and Lai Qingde should quickly catch the ball and give a positive response to cultivate cross-strait goodwill and reduce the spiral of hostility.
However, the DPP authorities did not appreciate it.Taiwan's "Deputy Minister of the Interior" Hua Jingqun said on the 29th that after the disaster, private rental houses and short-term hotel accommodation can generally meet the housing needs of the victims. The follow-up direction is to expand the provision of rental houses. "The urgency of modular housing is not so high at the moment." . This statement is obviously a rejection of the mainland Red Cross organization’s provision of modular housing to Hualien.
On the same day, the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus held a press conference, claiming that Fu Kunqi's trip was a "tour to betray Taiwan." Wu Siyao, Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party Caucus, said that these ten people are happy to be the "props and supporting actors" of the mainland, and have repeatedly promised to strive for the opening up of prefabricated housing, agricultural and fishery products, and tourism. "Is this what Taiwan really needs? Or Fu Kunqi dare not Refuse?" She also asked what Fu Kunqi had discussed with the relevant parties in the mainland. Did he agree to return to Taiwan to amend the "anti-osmosis law", and did he agree to eliminate the barriers to the mainland's import of Taiwan's high-tech products or technologies?
All walks of life call on the Democratic Progressive Party to "stop being indifferent"
Li Zhenghong, chairman of the National Federation of Taiwanese Enterprises, said that many Taiwanese business presidents rushed to Beijing from other places to attend discussions with Fu Kunqi and his delegation. Everyone hopes that tourism can resume as soon as possible and Taiwan can open up. Agricultural products are sold to the mainland, and economic and trade exchanges can return to as close as before. It is especially hoped that cross-strait exchanges can get back on track and the factors that are unfavorable to cross-strait exchanges such as the "reverse osmosis law" will be changed. Wu Jiaying, honorary president of the Xiamen Taiwanese Association, said that the mainland is expected to open up the import of pomelo and other products. This is not only the first step in the mainland's gradual opening up, but also a breakthrough after Fu Kunqi's visit to the mainland. She hopes that the Lai Ching-te authorities can think about Taiwan's role in cross-strait development. Positioning, realistic understanding of people's livelihood issues and close to public opinion. Tourism operators on the island called on the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to "take the ball well" and first lift the "ban on group tours" from traveling to the mainland. Kuomintang "legislator" Wang Hongwei said bluntly that after the direct sea passenger flights between Pingtan and Taiwan are restored in the future, the mainland will also resume group tours for Fujian people to Taiwan. "This can be said to be a timely rain for Taiwan's tourism service industry."
Chen Jianzhong, a senior Taiwanese media person, wrote on the 29th that the DPP does not recognize the "1992 Consensus" and has always believed that expanding cross-strait exchanges is "unsafe, detrimental to votes, and cannot be left unchecked." It is also necessary to use the "anti-infiltration method" to put electronic shackles on all cross-strait exchanges, and then use the cyber army to expand the encirclement and suppression of "local collaborators." However, Lai Ching-te's vote rate in this year's election was only 40%, and he was also defeated in the "legislator" seat. This proves that the younger generation on the island is obviously unwilling to worsen cross-strait relations. deterioration". Chen Guan'an, chairman of the Taiwan Chinese Youth Public Participation Association, wrote on the 29th that the mainland's measures to thaw the cross-strait relations caused by the freeze in cross-strait relations in the past eight years, starting from humanitarian, economic, trade and tourism purposes. The more serious the political opposition, the more important people-to-people exchanges will be. “This is also the direction that the opposition parties should work towards in the future.” A commentary published in Taiwan's "United Daily News" on the 29th stated that the mainland's policies towards Taiwan are positive and interlocking, and relevant Taiwan departments must no longer ignore them with an ostrich mentality. ▲
