Trade across Taiwan Strait continues to grow in 2025: spokesperson

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan-funded enterprises on the Chinese mainland maintained stable operations in 2025, with investment from Taiwan and cross-Strait trade also posting steady growth, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Speaking at a regular press conference, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, noted that 6,423 new Taiwan-funded enterprises were established on the mainland in the first ten months of 2025, with actual utilized Taiwan capital hitting 1.75 billion U.S. dollars, up 53 percent year on year.

Of these new ventures, 2,043 are based in Fujian Province, on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait, with utilized capital from Taiwan reaching 670 million U.S. dollars.

Chen added that cross-Strait trade volume reached 285.395 billion U.S. dollars from January to November in 2025, up 7.3 percent year on year.

Highlighting the mainland's efforts to facilitate cross-Strait personnel exchanges, he said cross-Strait airlines operated over 610 passenger flights weekly last year.

Chen also cited data showing that the Xiamen-Kinmen ferry service recorded over 1.75 million passenger trips in the January-November period of 2025, representing a 45.77 percent year-on-year increase.