Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with Taiwan's
Kuomintang Party Vice Chairman Lin Yi-shih on Thursday.
Chen said at the meeting that thanks to concerted efforts by the
two parties and people, cross-Straits relations were moving toward
peaceful development and activities by Taiwan separatist forces
were being checked.
But he warned that separatists still pose risks through trying
to seek independence by way of so-called "constitutional
change."
Chen hoped that the youth across the Taiwan Strait would work
for the Chinese nation's rejuvenation and bear the historical
responsibilities to fight the separatists and promote cross-Straits
peace and development.
Lin, also head of the Chinese Kuomintang Youth League (Young
KMT), said the youth's actions would decide the future of
cross-Straits relations. He hoped the youth from the Chinese
mainland and Taiwan would have profound exchanges at the forum.
The forum, which opened on Friday, is the first meeting
co-sponsored by the KMT Youth League and the Chinese Communist
Youth League (CCYL).
The two sides will publish a "Cross-Straits Youth Forum
Consensus" at the end of the gathering, which is aimed at deepening
cooperation and exchanges between young people across the Taiwan
Strait in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology.
(Xinhua News Agency December 15, 2006)
