A youth forum for young people from the Chinese mainland and
Taiwan was held on Friday to discuss exchanges and cooperation.
In a sense it will be young people on both sides of the Taiwan
Strait who will determine the future of cross-Strait relations,
said Sun Yafu, deputy director of the Taiwan Work Office of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
We maintain that young people of both sides should beef up
exchanges, enhance communication, deepen feelings and build
consensus to set up a bridge of hope for forging cross-Strait
relations of peace, stability and development, said Sun.
More than 150 youth delegates from the Chinese mainland and
Taiwan attended the one-day forum, the first exchange activity
jointly organized by the Communist Youth League of China and the
Young KMT.
The forum is regarded as a further extension of exchanges
between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang
(KMT).
Young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be
pioneers, promote prosperity and development for both sides, acting
as inheritors and transmitters of traditional Chinese culture,
promote peace across the Taiwan Strait and working to rejuvenate
the Chinese nation, said Luo Haocai, Vice-Chairman of the National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference.
Hu Chunhua, first secretary of the Secretariat of the Central
Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, pledged to
vigorously promote cultural exchanges between young people on both
sides to boost mutual trust and cooperation.
In an interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the forum, KMT
vice-chairman Chiang Pin-kung said the forum has created
opportunities for peace and development across the Taiwan
Strait.
The purpose of these efforts is to advance the common interests
of compatriots on both sides under a framework of peace, stability
and development, said Chiang.
He called on the youth to shoulder their responsibilities in
cross-Strait relations.
(Xinhua News Agency December 16, 2006)