In his meeting with Honorary chairman of the Kuomintang Party Wu Po-hsiung on Thursday, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, put forward a four-point proposal for furthering cross-Straits ties. This will have a far-reaching influence on benign interaction between the two parties and will inject new vitality into cross-Straits cooperation in a wide range of fields.

Wu is leading a delegation on a three-day visit to Beijing that started on Wednesday. The visit, his sixth to Beijing, coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival. That compatriots on both sides of the Straits celebrated the same festival with same rituals and customs carries the message that we belong to the same family, which has added an extra cordial touch to Wu's trip.

The meeting was Xi's first with a high-ranking KMT official since he became CPC chief in November. There were high expectations before the meeting that this high-level exchange would set the tone for cross-Straits interaction for the next five years. Xi's proposal has made such expectations well-founded.