China News Service, Hangzhou, October 10th (Guo Qiyu) During the National Day holiday, Taiwan compatriot Sun Guangzhi brought friends to Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province for inspection and play.

Since he came to the mainland from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to invest and start business in the 1980s, Sun Guangzhi has taken root in the mainland for more than 20 years.

　　Zhejiang and Taiwan are geographically close to each other, and they are closely related to each other.

In the past ten years, Zhejiang has introduced a number of measures to benefit Taiwan to share development opportunities with Taiwan compatriots, and create a good business environment to "introduce Taiwan investment from the east". Tell the story of integration and development.

　　Economic and trade cooperation takes the lead in "breaking the ice"

　　Since the resumption of exchanges between the two sides of the strait, Taiwanese businessmen who dared to venture and fight took the lead to invest in and set up factories in the mainland, starting an "ice-breaking" journey of cross-strait exchanges and cooperation.

　　Minth Group is a Taiwan-funded enterprise that has been rooted in the mainland for many years. From a small company in Ningbo Xiaogang Industrial Development Zone in 1992, it has developed into a listed group with more than 30 production plants.

Qin Ronghua, chairman of the board of directors of Minth Holdings Group, believes that the development and growth of the company is inseparable from the support of mainland policies and the opportunities of reform and opening up.

　　"Today, leveraging on the opportunities of Zhejiang's digital reform and digital economy, we are building a digital, networked and intelligent 'factory of the future'." Qin Ronghua introduced.

　　Over the past ten years, Zhejiang has implemented the strategy of "introducing Taiwanese investment from the east". As of June 2022, Taiwanese businessmen have invested in more than 11,100 projects in Zhejiang, with the actual funds in place exceeding US$30 billion. Zhejiang has become an important gathering place for Taiwanese businessmen to invest.

　　Economic and trade exchanges between Zhejiang and Taiwan are inseparable from the implementation of real projects.

Since 2013, Zhejiang has continued to hold Zhejiang·Taiwan Week activities, and has signed a total of 341 Taiwan-funded projects with a contract value of 28.5 billion US dollars, injecting new vitality into Zhejiang's economic growth and adding new functions.

　　At the same time, Zhejiang has consistently created a favorable environment for the development of Taiwanese and Taiwanese enterprises.

For example, after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the province immediately launched service measures to relieve difficulties for Taiwanese and Taiwanese companies. Taiwanese companies in Zhejiang have enjoyed a total of more than 300 million tax reductions, fee reductions, rent reductions, and interest reductions.

Taiwan-funded projects signed.

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　　Young Footsteps "Crossing the Sea" Chasing Dreams

　　In the ten years of Zhejiang-Taiwan exchanges, youth has always been the most dynamic and hopeful element.

　　In May this year, by the West Lake in Hangzhou, young faces gathered from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the 5th Cross-Strait Youth Development Forum arrived as scheduled.

Over the past five years, more than 2,200 young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have shared friendship and joined hands on the stage of the Youth Development Forum.

　　In 2018, 76 implementation opinions on benefiting Taiwan were released to provide convenience for Taiwanese youth.

In 2019, five measures to benefit Taiwan, including providing 3,000 internship jobs for Taiwanese youth each year, were released.

In 2020, 8 measures to benefit Taiwan will be launched, covering training and internships, entrepreneurship and employment, e-commerce, and financial assistance.

In 2021, the "Three Special Actions" to serve Taiwanese youth will be launched.

In 2022, a "one-stop" digital service platform for benefiting Taiwan policies will be launched - "Zheli Tairong".

　　At each youth development forum, Zhejiang always announces measures to benefit Taiwan as scheduled, and sincerely welcomes Taiwan youth to come to Zhejiang to study, find employment and start a business, and to pursue, build and realize their dreams in Zhejiang.

　　"After coming to the mainland for 8 years, I have seen the continuous improvement of the overall entrepreneurial environment in the mainland and the continuous improvement of the corresponding support system, so no matter how big the dream of young people is, this land can carry it." Co-founder of the restaurant brand "Ba Shi Jin Tang" , Taiqing Zheng Zhirong said after starting a business in Zhejiang.

　　In the case of ordinary Taiwanese youths, one of the measures to benefit Taiwan is constantly being refined and implemented.

According to incomplete statistics, in recent years, there have been nearly 8,000 Taiwanese youths in Zhejiang for internships, employment, and entrepreneurship, and more than 1,400 Taiwanese youth entrepreneurial projects.

The 10th anniversary of the combination of "Fuchun Mountain Residence".

Photo by Wang Gang

　　Folk fusion gradually becomes a story

　　In the past ten years, as more and more young people cross the shallow strait, they have achieved a series of "cross-strait stories".

Nearly 20,000 "cross-strait couples" are the most affectionate bond between Zhejiang and Taiwan.

　　"In the early days, cross-strait marriages were mostly based on mainland couples unilaterally flowing into Taiwan to live and settle in Taiwan. Today, more and more 'cross-strait couples' choose to settle in the mainland after marriage. From one-way flow to two-way development, it reflects the changes in cross-strait cross-sea marriage and love. Integration." Zhou Baohua, president of Hangzhou Taiwan Association, said.

　　Zhejiang also sincerely invites Taiwanese folks to participate in the tide of exchanges between Zhejiang and Taiwan.

"The most basic units on both sides of the strait are 'neighborhoods', and the ones most closely related to ordinary people are also 'neighborhoods'. Through the exchanges between people on both sides of the strait, Taiwan compatriots can truly know the mainland." One came to Hangzhou to participate in the "Neighborhood of Zhejiang and Taiwan" Festival," said the Taiwan compatriot.

　　In the past ten years, more than 13 million people from Taiwan have come to Zhejiang to visit relatives, travel and visit, and more than 14,900 exchange groups from Zhejiang have visited Taiwan in more than 91,000 person-times.

Especially under the epidemic situation, the two sides of the strait have innovated "online" and "cloud" communication methods. In the past two years, more than 300 Zhejiang and Taiwan "cloud" exchange activities have been organized.

　　In 2011, under the joint promotion of people of insight from both sides of the strait, "Fuchun Mountain Residence", which has been separated for many years, was exhibited in Taipei, which became a story in the history of Chinese art.

In 2021, the 10th anniversary commemorative meeting of "Fuchun Mountain Dwelling" will be held in Hangzhou. Calligraphers and painters from both sides of the strait will join hands to create, reproducing the story of "combining mountains and rivers".

　　A painting connects the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. This is the common root of the souls of the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and it also represents the common wish of both parties - the painting must be a perfect match, and the people will be reunited.

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