Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 1st. As the new year of 2021 is approaching, Liu Jieyi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, published a report entitled "Strengthen Confidence and Create a New Bureau" in the first issue of "Cross-Strait Relations" in 2021. New Year's greetings, I would like to extend my best wishes and sincere greetings to the Taiwan compatriots!

  The following is the full text of the congratulatory message:

Strengthen the confidence and create a new bureau

——New Year's message to Taiwan compatriots

Liu Jieyi, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council

  As the new year is approaching, on behalf of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, I would like to extend my best wishes and sincere greetings to the Taiwan compatriots!

  The year 2020 that has just passed is an extraordinary year.

Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, we have transformed the crisis response situation, cultivated new opportunities and opened up new opportunities, and made solid progress in various undertakings and achieved world-renowned achievements.

Major strategic results have been achieved in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The economic growth rate will first turn from negative to positive. The task of poverty alleviation has been completed on schedule. New progress has been made in all aspects. The overall social situation has remained stable. The "13th Five-Year Plan" has successfully concluded. Beidou No. 3, Struggle News of major scientific and technological projects such as Zhe, Chang'e 5, and Long March 8 are frequent. Great historical achievements have been made in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has continued to increase.

These great achievements made the Chinese people feel proud and fully demonstrated that the Communist Party of China is the most reliable backbone of the Chinese people, and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the country's governance system have significant advantages.

In the golden autumn of October, the Communist Party of China successfully convened the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee, which comprehensively drew a magnificent blueprint for economic and social development in the next 5 to 15 years. The magnificent picture of a new journey for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation slowly unfolded.

  2020 is also an extraordinary year for cross-strait relations.

After the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, we insisted on people first and life first, sincerely cared for Taiwan compatriots like the mainland people, properly arranged for Taiwan compatriots stranded in Hubei to return to Taiwan, carefully treated Taiwan compatriots diagnosed in the mainland, and continued to share with compatriots on the island Epidemic information and prevention and control materials have opened fast channels for Taiwanese compatriots to return to work in some areas where Taiwan compatriots are concentrated, and fully support Taiwanese enterprises to resume work and production as soon as possible.

The majority of Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises want to be with us, stand with us, dedicate love and convey warmth in various ways.

Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises actively donated money and materials, and Taiwan medical staff resolutely joined the front line of fighting the epidemic. Taiwanese youth actively participated in voluntary service and became the most beautiful "retrograde".

As compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait work together to fight the epidemic, many touching stories and advanced models have emerged. Many Taiwanese representatives honorably attended the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic.

The true feelings of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait that they look forward to each other and help each other have enriched the great anti-epidemic spirit and have become a powerful driving force for the development of cross-strait relations.

  This year, in the face of the DPP authorities' intensified obstruction and destruction, the compatriots on both sides of the strait have moved closer and stronger.

We adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, continue to deepen cross-strait integration and development, and promote exchanges and cooperation to overcome difficulties.

We continue to improve policies and measures to facilitate the study, work, and life of Taiwanese compatriots in the mainland of the motherland. We have introduced Taiwanese teacher appointment and management measures, and continued to promote the construction of Taiwan's youth entrepreneurship service center. A total of more than 300 entrepreneurial mentors and 115 entrepreneurial bases in Taiwan have been included.

We actively promote cross-strait connectivity, support Fujian's exploration of new paths for cross-strait integration and development, and promote the "small four links" between Fujian's coastal areas and Kinmen and Matsu.

As of the end of October 2020, Fujian has supplied a total of 9.6 million tons of water to Kinmen and started to supply water to Matsu from December 2019.

Taiwan’s youth are not afraid of suppression by the DPP authorities, and are determined to pursue their dreams and realize their dreams in grassroots communities on the mainland and in the western counterparts in poverty alleviation positions. Many Taiwanese youths have won honorary titles in the labor unions, youth, and women’s federations at or above the prefecture and city level.

The broad masses of Taiwan compatriots actively responded and participated actively in more than 500 exchange activities such as the 12th Cross-Strait Forum, the 2020 Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit Annual Meeting, the Cross-Strait Zhongshan Forum, and the Third Cross-Strait Youth Development Forum.

These vivid facts have written a new footnote that "the two sides of the strait are one family", demonstrate the positive energy of the cross-strait community with a shared future, and fully demonstrate the unstoppable trend of cross-strait exchanges and cooperation.

  This year, in the face of an extremely severe and complex external environment, the mainland of the motherland became the only major economy in the world that achieved positive growth, and the trend of stable and long-term economic growth was consolidated.

The majority of Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises continue to value development opportunities and broad prospects in the mainland, and are confident of taking root in the mainland.

A number of major Taiwan-funded projects have successively increased capital and expanded production, and cross-strait financial cooperation has achieved new breakthroughs. The first fully-licensed joint venture securities company has landed in Xiamen and 8 Taiwanese companies have been listed on A-shares.

Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises have a sense of gain in sharing the development opportunities of the motherland.

The "31" and "26" policy measures to promote cross-strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation have been continuously implemented, and the "11" new measures to help Taiwan enterprises resume work and production have achieved results, new infrastructure policy briefings and expansion of domestic sales lines The series of promotion activities opened up new channels and new opportunities for Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises.

From January to November 2020, cross-strait trade increased by 13.8%, and the trade volume reached US$235.69 billion, bringing Taiwan a trade surplus of approximately US$127.73 billion.

Facts have proved that only with a strong motherland as a support, will Taiwan compatriots have more room for development and Taiwan will have a future.

  This year, in the face of the complex and severe situation across the Taiwan Strait, we firmly safeguarded and vigorously defended national sovereignty and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

External forces are frantically using the Taiwan issue to create trouble for the Chinese on both sides of the strait. The DPP authorities have been collaborating with external forces, relying on foreign forces, and "seeking independence" and provocative words and deeds have escalated.

These actions are the root cause of harm to the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, harm the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait, and run counter to the well-being of the Taiwan compatriots.

"Taiwan independence" is a dead end and will only bring serious harm to Taiwan.

We will never allow anyone or any force to invade and divide the sacred territory of the motherland.

Once such a serious situation occurs, the Chinese people will definitely hit it head-on.

More and more Taiwan compatriots have realized that only when cross-strait relations are good, will Taiwan compatriots be better; only when the evil of "Taiwan independence" is eliminated, there will be peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan compatriots can live and work in peace.

I hope that the broad masses of Taiwan compatriots can see the historical direction and the general trend of the times, recognize the future and where their interests lie, resolutely oppose the split of "Taiwan independence" and the "chess pieces" manipulated by external forces, and work with us to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait and seek peace and common prosperity. Protect and share peace.

  In the new year, the Communist Party of China will usher in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party. The "two centenary" goals are about to achieve historical intersection, and the new journey of building a modern socialist country is set sail.

In the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Taiwan compatriots will certainly not be absent.

The grand blueprint drawn by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is a glorious prospect and a common historical opportunity for compatriots on both sides of the strait.

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement General Secretary Jinping’s important expositions on work with Taiwan, especially the spirit of the important speech at the 40th anniversary of the publication of "A Letter to Compatriots in Taiwan". The Party Central Committee’s decision-making and deployment on Taiwan work, adhere to the one-China principle and the "92 Consensus", resolutely curb separatist activities in "Taiwan independence", improve institutional arrangements and policy measures to ensure the well-being and equal treatment of Taiwan compatriots, intensify cross-strait economic and trade exchanges, and promote cross-strait exchanges Cooperation to promote the peaceful development and integration of cross-strait relations and advance the process of the motherland's reunification.

We firmly believe that as long as the compatriots on both sides of the strait think in one place, the road to peaceful development of cross-strait relations will become wider and wider, and the prospects of compatriots on both sides of the strait for co-creation and sharing of national rejuvenation will become brighter and brighter and bear the people on both sides of the strait. The grand blueprint of well-being and yearning will surely be transformed into a beautiful reality.

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