"We welcome the efforts made by any individuals or any political parties in Taiwan toward the direction of recognizing the one-China principle," President Hu Jintao said in Beijing Friday.
He said the Chinese people will do their best to seek peaceful reunification of the motherland but will never tolerate "Taiwan independence".
"We will continue to make our greatest efforts with the utmost sincerity to seek the prospects of peaceful reunification. Meanwhile, we will never tolerate 'Taiwan independence' and never allow the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist forces to make Taiwan secede from the motherland under any name or by any means," said Hu, while attending a joint panel discussion of CPPCC members representing the Taiwan region Friday afternoon.
As China's top advisory body, the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) is now in an annual full session of its 2,000-strong-member National Committee.
"Tremendous and complicated changes have taken place on the Taiwan island in recent years, and the intensified activities of the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist forces have posed a grave impact on the peaceful and stable development of across-Straits relations," said Hu, citing the Taiwan authorities' pursuit of a "creeping independence" by means of "rectification of Taiwan's name" and "desinification".
"The Taiwan authorities have deliberately provoked antagonism across the Taiwan Straits and tried every means to undermine the status quo that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one and the same
China," said Hu.
Evidence has shown that the "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces and their activities are increasingly becoming the "biggest obstacle for the development of cross-Straits relations" and the "biggest real threat to peace and stability in the region around the Taiwan Straits", the president said.
"If we do not oppose and check the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist forces and their activities resolutely, they will certainly pose a severe threat to China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, ruin the prospects of peaceful reunification, and harm the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation," he added.
The president acknowledged that at present, some "new and positive factors" that are conducive to checking the "Taiwan independence" secessionist activities have emerged in the cross-Straits relations, and the tense situation across the Straits has developed "certain signs of relaxation."
However, "the struggle against the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist forces and their activities remains stark and complex," he said.
Hu put forth a four-point guideline on the development of cross-Straits relations "under the new circumstances".
"First, adhering strongly to the one-China principle," he said. "Adherence to the one-China principle serves as the cornerstone for developing cross-Straits relations and realizing peaceful reunification of the motherland."
Although the mainland and Taiwan are not yet reunified, the fact that the two sides belong to one and the same China has remained unchanged since 1949. "This is the status quo of cross-Straits relations," said Hu.
"The sticking point in the current development of cross-Straits relations lies in the fact that the Taiwan authorities have refused to recognize the one-China principle and the '1992 Consensus' which embodies this principle," said the president.
Dialogues and talks between the two sides can be resumed immediately, and can be carried out on whatever topics and issues, as long as the Taiwan authorities acknowledge the "1992 Consensus", said Hu.
"We can talk about the official conclusion of the state of hostility between the two sides, the establishment of military mutual trust, the Taiwan region's room of international operation compatible with its status, the political status of the Taiwan authorities and the framework for peaceful and stable development of cross-Straits relations, which we have proposed," Hu said.
"We can also talk about all the issues that need to be resolved in the process of realizing peaceful reunification," he added.
"We welcome the efforts made by any individuals or any political parties in Taiwan toward the direction of recognizing the one-China principle," said Hu.
"No matter who he is and which political party it is, and no matter what they said and did in the past, we're willing to talk with them on issues of developing cross-Straits relations and promoting peaceful reunification as long as they recognize the one-China principle and the '1992 Consensus'," he added.
Hu urged the Taiwan authorities to stop all activities for "Taiwan independence" and return to the path of recognizing the "1992 Consensus" at an early date.
(Xinhua News Agency March 4, 2005)
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