The Chinese mainland will always keep the promise as made to
Taiwan people, said Dai Xiaofeng, official with Taiwan Affairs
Office of the State Council.
He said Wednesday that the mainland has already solved several
issues for Taiwan people, such as same education fees for Taiwan
students, more easy accesses for inbound and outbound trips, and no
taxes on imported agricultural products.
Charter flights were operated for the second time during the
Spring Festival.
In order to guarantee the quality of the pandas being sent to
Taiwan, a special expert team was organized, he noted. They went to
Sichuan province, which was a redundant of panda resource, to pick
two lovely animals. Over 100 million people voted for the name of
the pandas before the traditional Spring Festival, he added.
Dai said his office tried to urge the Taiwan authority to allow
in mainland visitors since the mainland decided so last May. The
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will further promote
relevant jobs, such as detailed technological issues.
He said the mainland has made full preparations for residents
visiting Taiwan. He hoped the Taiwan authority can adopt a more
active attitude to promote the job in order to benefit the two
sides.
(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2006)
