The relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have
improved in various aspects in the past year after Chinese
President Hu Jintao
made public his four-point guideline on cross-Straits relations,
Xinhua said in Beijing Friday.
The news agency said, however, the fighting against "Taiwan
Independence" activities and "secessionist forces" has remained
arduous and complicated.
The door for dialogues between political parties from
cross-Straits has opened. The inter-Party exchanges and dialogues
between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan based
Kuomintang, People First Party and New Party had won applause from
both home and overseas, it said.
In the meantime, the Mainland and Taiwan have made progress in
various fields including trade, tourism, education and banking.
Xinhua said the "Taiwan Independence" forces had been
effectively curbed and the positive factors that check the
secessionist activities have become more than before.
It said the momentum has grown for the peaceful and steady
development of cross-Straits relations.
On March 4, 2005, Hu put forward the guideline, saying "never
sway in adhering to the one-China principle, never give up efforts
to seek peaceful reunification, never to change the principle of
placing hope on the Taiwan people, never compromise in opposing the
'Taiwan Independence' secessionist activities."
(Xinhua News Agency March 4, 2006)