Vice premier: Cross-Straits agricultural cooperation promising
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-19 09:47
BEIJING -- Cross-Straits agricultural cooperation has a promising future and
it should be promoted, said Vice Premier Wu Yi on Wednesday.
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (R) talks with
Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan at a banquet in
Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 18, 2006. Wu held the
banquet Wednesday night in honor of the representatives of the
Cross-strait Agricultural Cooperation Trade Fair.
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Wu made the remark at a reception banquet with a delegation from Taiwan
headed by Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien Chan, who arrived in Xiamen on
Wednesday to attend a cross-Straits agricultural cooperation trade fair on
Oct.19 and 20.
She said agricultural cooperation is an important part of cross-Straits
economic relations and that the forum held in Hainan Province on Tuesday was a
success.
She hoped the trade fair would bring along more exchanges and cooperation in
agriculture between the mainland and Taiwan.
As a major part of the forum, the trade fair will provide a platform for the
two sides to expand cooperation in agriculture. The fair is expected to attract
more than 4,000 people.
During his stay in Hainan, Lien visited Taiwan-invested agricultural firms
and met with Taiwanese business representatives.
The 20 proposals passed at the forum include incentives to Taiwanese farmers
and agricultural enterprises to invest in the mainland. Those who do so will be
granted favorable treatment with regards to project approval, land use,
infrastructure development, financial support and quarantine
measures.
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