Commentary: Pragmatic promotion, looking forward to the normalization of cross-strait exchanges

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 25th: Pragmatic promotion, looking forward to the normalization of cross-strait exchanges

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Jianxing and Wang Chenghao

　　In the past three years, cross-strait exchanges have been affected by the epidemic and the artificial barriers set up by the DPP authorities. However, the mainland has continued to promote cross-strait exchanges and deepen integration and development. .

At the beginning of this year's Spring Festival, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and various parts of the mainland have carried out a series of condolence activities to Taiwan compatriots, sending holiday blessings, listening to opinions and suggestions, helping to solve difficulties, and showing the true feelings of respect, love and benefit to Taiwan compatriots.

A variety of compatriot friendship activities are held online and offline, and people and netizens on both sides of the strait have released short videos of New Year's greetings, expressing their desire to strengthen exchanges, vividly reflecting the affection of a family on both sides of the strait.

　　The warm rain, the clear wind and the freezing weather, hope and love each other.

As Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on many occasions this year, peace, development, exchanges, and cooperation are the common aspirations of compatriots on both sides of the strait.

People eagerly look forward to the facilitation of cross-strait exchanges and exchanges, and strongly appeal to the DPP authorities to remove all artificial obstacles as soon as possible based on the well-being of the people.

　　Compatriots on both sides of the strait have a strong desire for normal exchanges and exchanges, and the most urgent task is to restore the normalization of cross-strait exchanges as soon as possible.

Under the strong appeal of all walks of life on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the active efforts of the mainland, the "miniature three links" passenger air route, which has been suspended for nearly three years, will be partially resumed in January.

On February 1, the mainland's aviation authorities urged Taiwan to resume cross-strait direct flights through the contact channel of the "Cross-Strait Air Transport Agreement", and proposed to give priority to restoring 16 destinations that Taiwan compatriots reported more concentrated.

　　While promoting cross-strait personnel exchanges, the mainland will continue to promote cross-strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation.

From declaring that they will continue to facilitate the import of Taiwanese food to the mainland, and helping to restore the import of Taiwan’s agricultural and fishery products to the mainland, to releasing the policy information that Taiwanese high school graduates can apply for admission to mainland universities through three channels this year, all of them have been well received by the Taiwanese society and the general public. Enthusiastic praise.

　　The positive and pragmatic move of the mainland to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation and benefit the compatriots soon received positive responses from all walks of life on the island.

　　After the Spring Festival holiday, Hong Xiuzhu, the former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, came to the mainland for a visit.

Afterwards, Xia Liyan, vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang, led a delegation to visit, and relevant parties on both sides of the Taiwan Strait jointly organized a number of exchange activities.

A few days ago, Huang Yicheng, chairman of the Taiwan Cross-strait Agricultural and Fishery Exchange Development Investment Association, and Zheng Mingkun, chairman of the Taiwan Mazu Friendship Association, led a delegation.

According to media reports on the island, business groups such as the Taiwan Federation of Industries, the General Chamber of Commerce, and the Association for the Advancement of Industry and Commerce have also launched plans to visit the mainland.

　　People from all walks of life in Taiwan have actively voiced their voices, calling on the DPP authorities to comply with public opinion and remove obstacles to cross-strait personnel exchanges and exchanges as soon as possible.

Zuo Zhengdong, a professor of political science at National Taiwan University, said that it is very important for the two sides to understand each other and accumulate goodwill through non-governmental exchanges. This is the social environment needed for cross-strait peace and stability. The DPP authorities should reduce restrictions.

Lin Weicheng, chairman of the Taiwan Young Entrepreneurs Association, said that exchanges are the consensus of both sides of the strait, and only by becoming a trend can the well-being of the people be improved.

Lin Bofeng, chairman of the "Three Three Associations" of Taiwan's industrial and commercial organizations, said bluntly that comprehensive opening up is conducive to the development of Taiwan's economic, trade and tourism industries, and the cross-strait direct flights should return to the pre-epidemic state.

　　However, in stark contrast to the urgent demands of the general public and the goodwill of the mainland to "build bridges and pave the way", the DPP authorities still use the epidemic as an excuse to block cross-strait exchanges and are unwilling to remove various man-made obstacles.

Continue to limit the "miniature three links" passengers to Kinmen, Matsu citizens and local mainland spouses, throw out the rhetoric of "under evaluation" for the resumption of direct flight destinations, and "high uncertainty" reasons for the opening of mainland tourists to continue to move out of the mainland... ...The actions of the DPP authorities in disregard of public opinion and damage to people's livelihood have aroused strong dissatisfaction from all walks of life on the island.

　　The "China Times" editorial pointed out that reviewing the relevant policies of the DPP authorities clearly shows discrimination and double standards under political ideology. It can communicate with Europe and the United States where the epidemic is raging, but it has set many barriers for the mainland where the epidemic is relatively mild.

Netizens on the island pointedly criticized that the DPP authorities were full of political calculations when blowing cold wind when cross-strait exchanges were picking up.

It is even more chilling to prevent the mainland from mourning the delegation of Venerable Hsing Yun to Taiwan.

Its claim that "encouraging and supporting healthy and orderly cross-strait exchanges is a consistent position" is fundamentally duplicity.

"United Daily News" stated that if the DPP authorities continue to "resist China and protect Taiwan" to block cross-strait exchanges, they will be disgusted by the public.

　　Times and public opinion are like a mighty current, unstoppable.

The plan for a year lies in spring.

Compatriots on both sides of the strait look forward to the gentle breeze blowing across the strait and the constant flow of exchanges. They look forward to planting the seeds of hope in spring, cultivating thousands of miles of mountains and rivers together, and harvesting a beautiful vision together.

We sincerely hope and firmly believe that compatriots on both sides of the strait will continue to get closer, walk together with one heart, and work together to create the long-term well-being of the Chinese nation.