James Soong, chairman of Taiwan's People First Party (PFP) is scheduled to visit the mainland from May 5 to 12, according to official sources.

Under an arrangement made by the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the PFP, Soong is expected to visit Xi'an, Nanjing, Shanghai, Changsha and Beijing.

On April 24, Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of CPC Central Committee, met with Chin Chin-sheng, secretary general of the PFP, and exchanged views on the relationship between the two parties and the arrangements for Soong's mainland tour.