China News Service, Beijing, April 22 (Zhu Hezheng Qiao) "During the new crown epidemic, Taiwanese fitness coach Liu Genghong, who lives in Shanghai, has driven the fitness fever of people on both sides of the strait through new media. This is the most typical example of new media promoting cross-strait integration and development recently. Example." Chen Guiqing, an associate researcher at the Taiwan Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in Beijing on the 22nd.

　　On the same day, the 9th Dajiang Forum and the 2nd Think Tank Forum were held in Beijing, and many scholars participated in the discussion.

When discussing the sub-topic of "Implementing 'Three Integrations' and Exploring New Roads for Cross-Strait Integration and Development", Chen Guiqing said that small screens breed a big blue ocean. In recent years, cross-strait new media exchanges have been very active, laying a solid foundation for promoting cross-strait integration and development.

　　He pointed out that the superimposition of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the major changes unseen in the world in a century has made the current integration and development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait face an objective dilemma.

In addition, since taking office, the DPP authorities have restricted cross-strait exchanges by obstructing mainland information and media from entering the island, constantly inciting people's hostility towards the mainland.

　　Chen Guiqing believes that increasing new media exchanges will help break through the above dilemma.

He pointed out that the new media can create a favorable public opinion environment for promoting mutual understanding through love, and also provide a new path for effective communication between people on both sides of the strait who are currently inconvenient to travel on the ground.

　　Recently, mainland new media platforms such as Douyin, Station B, and Xiaohongshu have been widely welcomed by Taiwanese people. Chen Guiqing believes, "Youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait use such platforms to carry out specific exchanges. An aerobic exercise ... can form a common life experience and memory, which plays a key role in enhancing the friendship between the compatriots on both sides of the strait and promoting the peaceful development of the two sides of the strait."

　　Talking about the future development of new media across the Taiwan Strait, Chen Guiqing pointed out that the current use of new media varies, and we need to be alert to the spread of certain factors that endanger the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.

At the same time, it is necessary to attract more people on both sides of the strait, especially young people, to participate in new media exchanges, encourage everyone to create more artistic content for life, and contribute to promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and consolidating the foundation for peaceful reunification across the strait.

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