Taiwan Urged to Reopen Dialogue with Mainland on Basis of '1992 Consensus'

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Taiwan Urged to Reopen Dialogue with Mainland on Basis of '1992 Consensus'

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council on Wednesday urged Taiwan to reopen dialogue with the Chinese mainland on the basis of "1992 consensus".

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The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council on Wednesday urged Taiwan to reopen dialogue with the Chinese mainland on the basis of "1992 consensus".

Office spokesman Li Weiyi made the remarks on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the constructive "Wang-Koo Meeting" held in Singapore on April 27-29 in 1993.

The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) on the mainland, headed by Wang Daohan, and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taiwan, led by Koo Chen-fu, reached a verbal consensus in 1992 to the effect that "both sides of the (Taiwan) Straits adhere to the one China principle" and "strive for the reunification of the country".

Li expressed the hope that Taiwan may work to break the political deadlock and improve cross-Straits relations on the basis of admitting the "1992 consensus".

Only when the Taiwan authority admitted the "1992 consensus" can Wang Daohan, head of ARATS, visit Taiwan, Li added.

Taiwan Urged to Accommodate Representative Offices by Mainland Firms

The Chinese mainland Wednesday urged Taiwan authorities to allow its bankers, insurers, securities brokers as well as airlines and shipping firms to set up representative offices in Taiwan.

Li Weiyi said the Chinese mainland always kept a positive attitude towards the setting up of branches and representative offices on the mainland by Taiwanese banks, insurers and securities houses, as financial exchanges and co-operation were conducive to strengthening economic and trade ties across the Taiwan Straits.

Since last year, eight Taiwanese banks have applied for representative offices on the mainland. Two applications have been granted and the remaining six are being reviewed, Li said.

As many mainland financial institutions also wished to set up representative offices and branches in Taiwan, Li said he hoped that Taiwanese authorities would handle their applications in the principle of "fairness, equality and mutual benefit".

In the same spirit, Li said the Chinese mainland had approved four Taiwanese airlines and several shipping firms to set up offices on the mainland, and he hoped the Taiwanese authorities would grant mainland firms the same opportunity.

In response to a question from a Taiwan journalist on whether the mainland would offer its willingness for co-operation should Quemoy and Mazu islands under Taiwanese administration decide to buy water from the mainland, Li said the mainland was taking a positive attitude towards anything that was in the interests of compatriots in Quemoy, Mazu or any other part of Taiwan.

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