Xinhua News Agency reported that these measures are designed to restore cross-strait communications, enhance market access, and improve political dialogue, although many are contingent on compliance with Beijing’s stance against Taiwan independence.
This announcement followed a meeting between Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where they discussed the importance of peace and reconciliation.
Details of the 10 incentives:
- Establishing a regular communication channel between China’s Communist Party and Taiwan’s opposition
- Encouraging the full resumption of direct flights across the Taiwan Strait
- Permitting residents from Shanghai and Fujian to travel to Taiwan
- Relaxing restrictions on Chinese tourism to the island
- Facilitating sales of Taiwanese food and agricultural goods in China
- Simplifying inspection standards for food and fishery products
- Allowing Taiwanese TV dramas, documentaries, and animations in China
- Increasing cultural and media exchanges, subject to content conditions
- Promoting economic and trade collaboration mechanisms
- Encouraging wider people-to-people exchanges
Xinhua indicated that media content would be acceptable if it meets criteria for “correct orientation, healthy content, and high production quality,” while food-related initiatives would depend on a political backdrop opposing Taiwan independence.
No immediate response was provided from Taiwan’s government.
China remains unwilling to engage with President Lai Ching-te, whom it labels a separatist, despite its efforts to mend relations through the opposition and restore exchanges that have been disrupted in recent years.
