(Two sessions express) Taiwanese representatives talk about the "pineapple incident": the DPP authorities "political pumping", regardless of the well-being of Taiwan compatriots
China News Service, Beijing, March 7 (Reporter An Yingzhao) The mainland has suspended the import of pineapples from Taiwan (Taiwan called "pineapples") recently. Political manipulation by the DPP authorities has aroused concern.
During the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress, many Taiwanese National People’s Congress representatives said that the mainland’s relevant measures were legitimate and ordinary. The DPP authorities should strengthen quarantine and solve the problem of pineapple entrained insects. They should not blindly "shake the pot" and ignore the well-being of Taiwan compatriots.
It is understood that the mainland's suspension of the import of pineapples from Taiwan stems from multiple detections of harmful organisms, which is a normal biological safety precautionary measure.
Fu Zhiguan, a representative of the Taiwanese National People’s Congress and vice chairman of the National Taiwan Federation, said that in terms of quality, pineapples from Hainan and Guangdong are not inferior to Taiwan, but the mainland has still imported from Taiwan for many years, which is a manifestation of goodwill and goodwill towards compatriots on the island. Sincerity.
"Just like ordinary people doing business, an old customer patronizes this store every time, but one day the product quality is substandard and the merchant will yell at him if he doesn't buy it temporarily. How can there be such a reason?"
"In fact, the agriculture of the two sides of the strait are highly complementary. Taiwan's breeding and management technologies can be fully integrated with the mainland's land resources and consumer market." Fu Zhiguan said that the Taiwan authorities should devote their energy to solving their own biological epidemic prevention problems. In order to create conditions for pineapples to return to the mainland market.
Taiwanese representative Cai Peihui said bluntly that agricultural products with biosafety issues should of course not be exported. The DPP authorities did not deliberately do a good job in agricultural bio-epidemic prevention. It is neither appropriate nor popular to politicize pure agricultural trade issues.
In fact, the hype about the "pineapple incident" is not the first time that the Taiwan authorities have used "deliciousness" to entrain "private goods."
In 2019, Tsai Ing-wen’s team, which is competing for re-election, used Hong Kong’s “Regulations Amendment Disturbance” to stigmatize “One Country, Two Systems” and the mainland’s Taiwan policy, to exaggerate the so-called “sense of national subjugation” and to exaggerate negative sentiment towards the mainland on the island. The image is likened to selling "dried mangoes."
Fu Zhiguan believes that the Taiwan authorities' hype of the "pineapple incident" is exactly the same as the earlier sales of "dried mangoes", both for the purpose of demonizing the mainland's Taiwan policy in an attempt to achieve "political pumping."
Such so-called "deliciousness" is not only unsweetened, but also should be vigilant.
From the statements in the Taiwan-related part of the government work report, the mainland emphasizes that the direction of "improving the systems and policies that guarantee the well-being of Taiwan compatriots and enjoy equal treatment in the mainland" is consistent.
"Some politicians in Taiwan used the'pineapple incident' to smear and attack the mainland, and maliciously interpreted the technical issues in agricultural trade. In fact, they tried to evade their own responsibilities by'dumping the pot' of the mainland." Representatives of the National People's Congress, National Taiwan Xu Pei, vice chairman of the United Nations, said that the mainland's suspension of Taiwan's pineapple imports is reasonable and necessary, and it is a manifestation of the epidemic prevention department's effective protection of the interests and well-being of the mainland people.
The Taiwan authorities should think more about how to improve cross-strait relations and strengthen exchanges between agricultural departments, instead of blindly engaging in political manipulation and harming the well-being and interests of the grassroots in Taiwan.
Taiwanese representative Zhang Xiong pointed out that the so-called "political suppression" by the Taiwan authorities does not exist at all. The mainland has always adhered to the concept of "cross-strait one family". The "14th Five-Year Plan" and the draft outline of 2035 long-term goals also emphasized the need to continue to implement Taiwan. Policies and measures to benefit the people allow Taiwan compatriots to share development opportunities.
"I believe that the mainland will provide equal treatment to Taiwan compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises in a larger and wider field in the future, deepen cross-strait integration and development, and enhance the well-being of family members on both sides of the strait."
"Agricultural products themselves are not complicated. What is complicated is the hearts of the people." Taiwanese representative Liao Haiying said that the Taiwan authorities should understand that problems can only be solved if the hearts of the people are righteous and with a benevolent, pragmatic, and fair attitude.
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