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Chairman Jia Qinglin of China's top advisory body Wednesday
pledged continued efforts to implement the basic principle of
"peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" to promote
the reunification of the motherland.
"We must always adhere to the one-China principle and firmly
oppose any form of separatist activities for 'Taiwan
independence,'" Jia said in his report on the work of the Standing
Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
"We will never allow anyone to separate Taiwan from China in any
form," he told the second session of the 10th CPPCC National
Committee, which opened Wednesday.
It is the common aspiration of the sons and daughters of the
Chinese nation worldwide to see the reunification of the
motherland, he said.
Noting that the CPPCC, with the representation of compatriots of
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and returned overseas Chinese, has a
unique advantage and role to play in promoting national
reunification, Jia said it will continue to cooperate closely with
related work units and expand personnel contacts with Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan, as well as with overseas Chinese, for concerted
efforts to realize the complete reunification of the
motherland.
Jia also called for substantial efforts to actively promote
personnel contacts and economic and cultural exchanges across the
Taiwan Strait, carry forward the fine traditions of the Chinese
culture, and promote the understanding and recognition of the basic
principle of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems"
among the people in Taiwan.
The CPPCC will further carry out the principle of placing hope
on the Taiwan people, forge the closest possible contact and ties
between the people across the Strait, and unite the patriotic
forces of all ethnicities and all walks of life in Taiwan who
support the reunification of the motherland.
The CPPCC will also strengthen ties with overseas Chinese, both
returned home or still abroad, and their relatives to continue
supporting the endeavor of Chinese all over the world to fight
"Taiwan independence" for the accomplishment of the reunification
cause at an early date, said its National Committee chairman.
(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2004)
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