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General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to 18th Straits Forum encouraged compatriots on both sides of the strait to unite their efforts. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China, sent a congratulatory. letter to the 17th Strait Forum on June 6. Compatriots on the island should come to the mainland more for exchanges in order to objectively and truly understand the mainland, said Lin Yanchen, a doctoral student at Peking University.
Trade between Fujian Province and the island of Taiwan saw robust growth in 2021 to exceeds 100 billion yuan ($15.78 billion) for the first time, while more firms and individuals from the island also came to Fujian for growing business and job opportunities, according to the Fujian provincial government report.
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Island needs 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
By GT staff reporters Published: May 24, 2021 09:13 PM
The COVID19 vaccine BNT162b2 co-developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech Photo: Courtesy of BioNTech
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority in Taiwan Island which tried to politicize Chinese mainland-made coronavirus vaccines has met with fierce rebukes from business leaders based in the mainland.
Chen Shih-chung, head of Taiwan s health department, asserted there were no companies from the island applying to his department to purchase vaccines from the mainland, when commenting on news that a number of Taiwan companies - including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co - are to bring mainland-made vaccines to the island.