Cross-Strait economic forum kicks off in south China

The sixth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum kicks off in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 10, 2010. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)The Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular forum between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) Party, opened Saturday in the southern city of Guangzhou.

The forum, the sixth of its kind since it was first held in 2006, will focus on cross-Strait cooperation in green energy, energy conservation and environmental protection.

Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, said the forum was held as the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties achieved new progress.

The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), reached between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in late June, signaled that cross-Strait economic ties had entered a new stage of mutual benefits, he said while addressing the opening ceremony.

More than 400 people from Taiwan and the mainland are expected to attend the forum on Saturday and Sunday in Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong Province.

A cultural and educational symposium will also be held at the weekend to review the implementation of joint proposals put forward by delegations from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan during the previous forum.


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