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Hu to meet Lien and KMT delegation
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-04-07 08:55 General Secretary of the
Communist Party of China Hu Jintao will hold discussions in Beijing with Lien
Chan, honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang party, on April 16, after a KMT
delegation attends the first cross-strait economic and trade forum, according to
KMT policy committee convener Tseng Yung-chuan, China News Service reported
today.
About 60 KMT representatives will attend the discussions. Hu will appear
before the discussions for official photographs to be taken, Tseng said.
The two parties are also scheduling a confidential talk between Hu and Lien
on April 15. Details concerning the talk have not been settled, according to the
report. It will be the second meet between the two after their historic meeting
in April 2005.
During his visit to the mainland, Lien will also visit a cenotaph of Dr. Sun
Yat-sen in Beijing's Xiangshan. He will go to his hometown of Zhangzhou in
Fujian Province to worship his ancestors after visiting Shanghai, Hangzhou,
Fuzhou and Xiamen.
An estimated 300 participants, including officials from both parties and
representatives of enterprises, academic and research organizations from both
sides will be present at the first cross-strait economic and trade forum,
beginning April 14 in Beijing, the report said.
In April last year, a KMT delegation led by Lien paid a visit to the
mainland. It was the first in 56 years since the People's Republic of China was
established.
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