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Mainland Willing to Provide Water to Drought-hit Island Province

Chinese mainland is willing to provide fresh water to Jinmen (Kinmen), Mazu (Matsu) and Penghu islands, Chen Yunlin, director of Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said Thursday in Beijing.


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Chinese mainland is willing to provide fresh water to Jinmen (Kinmen), Mazu (Matsu) and Penghu islands, Chen Yunlin, director of Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said Thursday in Beijing.

The island province has suffered its worst drought in 10 years, especially in Jinmen, Mazu and Penghu areas where water shortage has threatened people's daily life.

The central government is extremely concerned with this situation and would like to ship fresh water as soon as possible to Jinmen, Mazu and Penghu from Fujian Province, the official said.

Meanwhile, the central government is also considering the possibillity to lay water pipelines to link Jinmen, Mazu and Fujian Province, in an attempt to thoroughly solve the problem of water shortage there. "Technically, there is no problem", he added.

Chen expressed deep concern over the drought in Taiwan. "The Taiwan compatriots are our siblings, and we suffer as much as they do in their times of hardship," he said.



By People's Daily Online


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