KMT's Wu leads delegation to China forum

Wu and his delegation were warmly welcomed by Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Council under China's State Council, upon arriving at Changsha's Huanghua Airport aboard a chartered flight operated by the Xiamen Airlines.

The delegation was made up of representatives from various political parties, government agencies as well as the academic and industrial sectors.

Wu said at the Huanghua Airport that it took two hours and 20 minutes for the delegation to fly from Taipei directly to Changsha, sharply down from some six hours needed four years ago, when Wu visited Changsha. “Both sides of the Taiwan Straits should cherish such an achievement scored as a result of peaceful development of cross-strait ties over the past year,” Wu continued.

Wu said that the main purpose of the Taiwan delegation is to attend the fifth cross-strait forum on economic and cultural exchanges, which was jointly launched by Chairman Hu Jintao of the Chinese Communist Party and Honorary Chairman Lien Chan of the Kuomintang in 2005.

Prior to his departure earlier in the morning, Wu also told reporters before boarding a chartered flight at Taipei's Songshan Airport that the topics of the forum — the fifth of its kind — will focus on education and culture.

Both sides will exchange views on how to preserve and ensure the continuation of Chinese culture while trying to innovate, Wu said, noting that other topics on agendas will include cross-strait cooperation in the promotion of the culture industry and cross-strait educational exchanges.

The KMT head also noted that President Ma Ying-jeou has expressed hope that the two sides can work together to compile a new, more comprehensive Chinese dictionary.

Wu reiterated that the forum, which began as an annual meeting between the KMT and the CCP, is no longer limited to KMT and CCP participants, noting that fewer than 25 percent of this year's delegation are KMT members.

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