Integrate the two sides of the strait and seek common development-a summary of the 13th Straits Forum

【Direct Strait Forum】

　　Guangming Daily reporter Gao Jianjin, Wang Jinhu, Ma Yuehua

　　The 13th Straits Forum was held in Xiamen recently.

The forum thoroughly implements the important instructions and requirements put forward by General Secretary Jinping during his inspection in Fujian, and continues to focus on "expanding non-governmental exchanges and deepening integrated development", and adopts a combination of online and offline, centralized and decentralized hosting methods to carry out various activities. Exchange activities.

The main venue is located in Xiamen, and related activities will be held in the Hepingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone of a districted city in Fujian Province.

　　A total of 56 events were held in this forum, among which, offline events invited representatives of relevant political parties in Taiwan, representatives of Taiwan organizers, as well as Taiwan’s industry elites, heads of associations, industrial and youth women, towns and villages, agriculture, fisheries and water conservancy, folk beliefs, etc. 5000 guests from all walks of life Among them, about 2,000 Taiwanese guests were invited during the concentrated event.

Focus on people-to-people exchanges

　　The Straits Forum’s 3rd Creative Graffiti Competition has the theme of "Integrating Cross-Strait Drawing Homeland". Through graffiti, a popular form of young people, it enhances the cognition and understanding of Chinese traditional culture among young people on both sides of the strait, and makes cross-strait exchanges more accessible. vitality.

Since the competition started in May this year, it has been openly soliciting papers from major universities and social organizations on both sides of the strait, and nearly a hundred original design drafts have been received.

Experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait formed a joint jury to select five works shortlisted for the offline competition, and graffiti on the wall at Jimei Taisha, adding a colorful landscape to this Straits Forum.

　　The current Straits Forum highlights the characteristics and needs of cross-strait youth integration and innovation, and further organizes activities such as the Cross-Strait Youth Forum and Cross-Strait Creative Graffiti Competition, and newly organizes Fujian-Taiwan Science and Technology Education Integration Development Activities, Cross-Strait New Media Development Exchange Forum, and Fujian-Taiwan Youth Business Forums, etc., promote youth exchanges, and constantly promote the in-depth integration of Fujian and Taiwan youths, and encourage them to pursue their dreams and move forward with their dreams.

　　Focusing on the livelihood hotspots of the grassroots people on both sides of the Strait, the Straits Forum held Red Cross, Livelihood Meteorology, Public Welfare, People’s Forum, and forums for employees, women, and people with disabilities, fully demonstrating that cross-strait non-governmental exchanges cannot be stopped or cannot be stopped under any circumstance. Determining, and indispensable determination and confidence, promote the deepening and solidification of grass-roots exchanges.

Pay attention to economic development

　　"Fujian and Taiwan are highly complementary in agricultural cooperation and exchanges and have unique advantages." said Wu Jiaying, executive vice president of the National Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprise Association. Continue to increase, the vast rural area will provide good development opportunities for practitioners on both sides of the strait. Taiwan’s excellent agricultural varieties, advanced planting and processing technology, modern management and development concepts, plus the vast land of the mainland, good policies, and a huge market , The close cooperation between the two sides of the strait in agriculture will surely bring the common prosperity and development of the villages."

　　This forum closely follows the "14th Five-Year" development plan, and focuses on current economic development hot topics, sharing and demonstrating the new achievements of cross-strait innovation and integration development and the all-round promotion of high-quality development and transcendence in Fujian in the post-epidemic era; focusing on rural revitalization and technological innovation , Green economy, digital economy and other themes, organize cross-strait urban and rural community development and social governance forums, cross-strait characteristic township exchanges and cooperation and rural industry integration development forums, etc. to discuss topics such as cross-strait township building, forest health and high-tech industry docking, and promote High-quality development; holding a matchmaking meeting for Taiwanese talents in Southwest Fujian (Xiamen), etc., to provide more than 1,600 high-quality internship jobs for Taiwan’s youth, encourage and support more Taiwan compatriots to actively integrate into the new development pattern, take root and deepen the "first home", and share Policy dividend.

Demonstrate the effectiveness of integration

　　"At the end of last year, I came to the mainland of my motherland to develop and founded a company in Xiamen. In June of this year, I saw the Yellow River for the first time in Gansu. It felt like walking into a history textbook. I was very excited. After bringing the water back, many Taiwanese friends knew, "Is the water in the Yellow River really yellow?" said Huang Kaijia, founder of Yunlaiji Cultural Tourism (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., "From this, we can see that, Taiwan’s youth do not understand mainland culture. Therefore, I hope that through my own efforts, using the power of new media and the perspective of Taiwan youths in the mainland, I can better and more fully show the real mainland that I have seen. Taiwanese youth."

　　This forum focused on promoting financing with accommodating benefits, promoting financing with benefits, and promoting financing with emotions, fully demonstrating the positive effects of Fujian's exploration of new roads for cross-strait integration and development of Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises to land in the first home.

Through the holding of exchange activities such as the Cross-Strait Business Cooperation Forum, the Cross-Strait Financial Forum and the Taiwan Enterprise Development Summit, and inviting representative Taiwanese and Taiwanese enterprises in various fields to combine their own experiences, in-depth talks about their employment and entrepreneurship, internships and training, and jointly build the first The wonderful story of the homeland, the Taiwan compatriots' awareness of "a cross-strait community with a shared future" and their awareness and pride in participating in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation have continued to increase.

　　This forum also focused on the themes of ancestral culture, intangible cultural heritage, and academy culture. It held the same name as the same clan village association, cross-strait traditional skills (intangible cultural heritage projects) exhibitions, cross-strait academies forums, etc., especially relying on the unique resources of localities and cities. Matsu, Guandi, Zhuzi, Chen Jinggu and other folk cultural exchanges promote and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the strait.

　　"Guangming Daily" (December 13, 2021 Edition 04)