More mainlanders to visit Taiwan as individual tourists: spokeswoman

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Authorities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will allow more residents of mainland cities to visit the island as individual tourists in 2013, a mainland spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Expanding the list of eligible cities will be done in an active, yet prudent and step-by-step manner, Fan Liqing, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a regular press conference.

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