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PFP Chairman arrives in Shanghai for forum
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-14 16:31

James Soong, chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan, arrived in the
Chinese mainland city of Shanghai Wednesday afternoon to attend a
non-governmental forum of elites.

Chen Yunlin (R), director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, greets James Soong, Chairman of
the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, upon his arrival at Pudong
airport of Shanghai, Sept. 14, 2005.[Xinhua]

Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee and Luo Shiqian, deputy secretary of the
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC, met Soong, other major PFP
members and experts from Taiwan at the Pudong Airport.

This trip to Shanghai, Soong said upon arriving at the airport,is not
only one of reconciliation, but also a trip of cooperation and economic
and trade exchanges.

He said Shanghai is an important base for Taiwan business people as the
city has risen to be a major economic and trade center in the world and
the Yangtze River Delta.

The upcoming first session of the non-governmental forum of elites from
both sides of the Taiwan Straits, which will formally open Thursday, is
jointly sponsored by the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee
and the Policy Research Center of the PFP.

The forum is regarded as a major step in implementing the communique of
talks between General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Hu Jintao
and PFP Chairman James Soong in May.

James Soong, Chairman of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan, delivers
a speech upon his arrival at Pudong airport of Shanghai, Sept. 14, 2005.
[Xinhua]

Prior to his departure, Soong said in Taipei the forum aims to stabilize
relations across the Taiwan Straits and seek more peaceful and better
lives for the people. He will exchange views with the mainland side on
cross-Strait economic and trade development and direct air links.

Without a stable cross-Straits relations, said Soong, there will be no
sustained economic growth. Better lives, stable cross-Straits relations
and economic rejuvenation are in the best interest of the people.

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