"We act highly cautiously to involve them in politics."

By the end of 2009, Fujian had approved 10,042 Taiwan-funded enterprises with investments of more than $21 billion.

Deng said Taiwan people have made lots of contributions to Fujian's economic development and that local government should take care of their needs and rights.

In August last year, Zhangzhou officials took the national lead to select eight people from Taiwan who live in the city to be jurors in trials involving Taiwan people, as the number of such cases was on the rise due to more exchanges across the Straits.

"The initiative, launched upon their requests, has helped to improve the transparency of trials involving Taiwan people and boosted their trust in mainland courts and laws," said Zhao Jing, vice-mayor of Zhangzhou.

When asked whether more jurors from Taiwan will come to Fujian, he said: "This is just a pilot project introduced in Zhangzhou and won't be expanded shortly."