China News Agency, Beijing, February 23 (Reporter Zheng Qiao) The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference in Beijing on the 23rd.

Spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said after introducing the relevant situation of the youth innovation bases on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the next step will be to continue to support the bases and demonstration sites to become bigger and stronger, and to create a better environment and provide better services for Taiwanese youth to come to the mainland. .

  Ma Xiaoguang introduced that in order to help young Taiwanese come to the mainland to pursue their dreams and realize their dreams, the mainland has actively built a platform. Since 2015, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has authorized the establishment of 78 youth employment and entrepreneurship bases and demonstration sites on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, including 59 bases and demonstration sites. 19, covering various platforms such as parks, schools, business incubators, enterprises and social groups.

These bases and demonstration sites hold various exchange activities, provide internships and employment positions, mentoring and training for Taiwanese youths, and help Taiwanese youths in internships, employment, entrepreneurship and innovation in the mainland.

According to statistics, by the end of 2021, the bases and demonstration sites have served and settled in more than 4,500 Taiwanese youth investment companies and entrepreneurial teams, more than 20,000 Taiwanese youths who have practiced, employed and started businesses, and nearly 200,000 people have participated in various exchange activities.

  In 2021, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will set up two new cross-strait youth employment and entrepreneurship bases, namely Chengdu (Xingdian) Cross-strait New Economic Entrepreneurship Park in Sichuan, and a cross-strait youth cultural industry incubation base in Furong District, Changsha, Hunan.

By focusing on serving start-ups and employing professional teams to operate, we provide Taiwan youth and entrepreneurial teams with services such as business incubation, business consulting, and capital and market connection.

  Ma Xiaoguang pointed out that in the next step, we will continue to support the bases and demonstration sites to become bigger and stronger, and to create a better environment and provide better services for Taiwanese youth to come to the mainland. He also welcomes more Taiwanese young friends to these bases. , Demonstration site internships, employment and entrepreneurship, and achieve greater development of their own.

  The 2022 postgraduate admissions test for Taiwanese universities in mainland China is imminent.

Following a detailed introduction by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on the new changes in the mainland's admissions policies for Taiwan in 2022 on the 15th of this month, Ma Xiaoguang once again stated at the press conference that the registration and admission process for Taiwanese students will be further optimized, and candidates will be more convenient to register and have more opportunities for selection. Admissions services are more detailed.

It is believed that with the sustained, rapid and comprehensive development of the mainland's economy and society, it has and will continue to bring broad development opportunities to Taiwanese students.

We sincerely hope that the majority of Taiwanese students will make the right choice, seize the opportunity and win the future.

  At the press conference, Ma Xiaoguang also introduced the recent situation involving Taiwan-funded enterprises and Taiwan compatriots under the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

  Ma Xiaoguang said that as of February 21, the current round of the epidemic in Suzhou involved 18 employees of 2 Taiwan-funded enterprises, including 4 Taiwan compatriots, 2 of whom were diagnosed and 2 were asymptomatic.

Suzhou has more than 150,000 Taiwan compatriots and more than 12,600 Taiwan-funded enterprises.

Except for the above-mentioned two enterprises that are closed and controlled according to regulations, the situation of other Taiwan compatriots and Taiwan enterprises is generally stable, and their production and life are normal.

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