New preferential policies on Taiwan reflect people orientation (2)

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The preferential policies announced on Sunday have drawn wide attentions from both sides of the strait.

Many delegates from Taiwan said the decision to allow residents in 13 mainland cities to apply for individual tourism to Taiwan would send ripples of excitement across the island.

Chang His-tsung, a spokesman for Taiwan tourism authority, called the 13 cities "top choices" in an interview with Xinhua.

The cities are located in different regions of the mainland and the choice fully considered the convenience of cross-Strait flights, Chang said.

Wang Hongyuan, head of China Quanzhou International Techno-Economic Cooperation (group) Taiwan branch, was glad to see Quanzhou on the list as more than seven million Taiwan compatriots have their ancestral homes as well as relatives in the city in Fujian Province.

"I have often been asked when people from Quanzhou could visit Taiwan independently, and now it comes true," he said.

Syu Kuen-chin, a Taiwan expert on trade and employment market, said the over-crowded job market on the island had prompted many graduates there to consider "going west" and seeking a job on the mainland.

"The mainland's favorable policy will certainly attract more Taiwanese students to the mainland for education and career," Syu said.

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