According to CCTV News, Ma Ying-jeou and his entourage were received by the highest level of the mainland before ending their trip to the mainland. The two sides met again after a nine-year absence, and re-enacted the "Grip of the Century" with a smile on their faces, shaking hands for 15 seconds.
After introducing the personnel of the two sides, high-level officials of the mainland and Ma Ying-jeou delivered speeches one after another. The Chinese side said that the compatriots on both sides of the strait are Chinese, and there is no issue that cannot be discussed. Different systems cannot change the fact that the two sides of the strait belong to the same country, and external interference cannot stop the general trend of reunion between the family and the country. The key to the Chinese nation's endless thriving and suffering lies in the fact that the Chinese nation has always shared the same belief, that is, the national territory cannot be divided and the country cannot be chaotic. Compatriots on both sides of the strait must resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" and interference by external forces, firmly safeguard the common homeland of the Chinese nation, jointly pursue peaceful reunification, and hold their destiny in the hands of the Chinese themselves.
The Chinese side stressed that the 1.4 billion mainland compatriots have a good life, and they are fully capable of making the Taiwan compatriots live a good life as well. The mainland has always cared about the well-being of Taiwan compatriots and actively done practical things for them so that they can benefit more. The compatriots on both sides of the strait have exchanged hearts and minds in the course of exchanges and enhanced trust in the course of exchanges, and the mainland has invited the Taiwan compatriots to come and visit more often, and they are also happy to see the people of the mainland visiting Taiwan.
Ma Ying-jeou first extended greetings to the mainland's top officials and extended greetings to mainland friends, colleagues, and students. Ma Ying-jeou said that he took young Taiwan students on his visit to the mainland this time and thanked the mainland side for its warm reception. The Taiwan students have a deep understanding of the roots of Chinese culture, experience the actual development of the mainland, and feel the emotion that blood is thicker than water between the two sides of the strait. After a century of humiliation, the Chinese nation has marched step by step toward the road of common rejuvenation of China with the joint efforts of the Chinese on both sides of the strait. The people on both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation and are descendants of the Yan and Huang people, so they should help each other and cooperate. This is also an important belief he has reached with the mainland's top leaders.
Ma Ying-jeou pointed out that young students on both sides of the strait have visited each other, and he has seen in them the future of the Chinese nation, and that young people on both sides of the strait can establish friendship at an early stage and will certainly be able to lay a more solid foundation for peace and prosperity on both sides of the strait. As far as Taiwan is concerned, there can be no stability and progress without peace, and he expressed the hope that both sides will attach importance to maintaining cross-strait peace and ensuring mutual benefit and win-win results for both sides of the strait. Ma Ying-jeou also quoted Lu Xun's remark that "the brothers who have crossed the calamity are here, and when they meet each other, they smile and have enmity." He said that war is an unbearable burden for the Chinese nation, and he believes that the Chinese on both sides of the strait have enough wisdom to avoid cross-strait conflict.
Ma Ying-jeou also mentioned the "92 Consensus," saying that both sides of the strait belong to one China, and that both sides of the strait should oppose "Taiwan independence," seek common ground while reserving differences, and jointly pursue peaceful development. He hoped that the two sides of the strait could work together to enable the Chinese nation to hold its head high and stand tall in front of the whole world.
Although Ma Ying-jeou did not mention reunification, he at least believed that both sides of the strait belong to China and that both sides of the strait are Chinese, which is the basis for cross-strait peace. As a member of the Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou also bears the pressure of some Taiwanese, and the mainland can understand it, and it will also try its best to provide convenience for Ma Ying-jeou and show goodwill to Taiwan.
The venue for the meeting between the mainland's top leaders and Ma Ying-jeou was only revealed at the end, and the meeting place was in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Previously, the island was worried that if the mainland's high-level officials received Ma Ying-jeou in the Taiwan Hall, then Ma Ying-jeou would not be able to give an account after returning to Taiwan, and he would definitely bear pressure from all walks of life on the island. The East Hall is a common venue for talks between high-level leaders on the mainland and foreign leaders, and when Lien Chan visited the mainland, high-level officials from the mainland met him in the East Hall. This arrangement has taken into account Ma Ying-jeou's stance and has also shown sufficient goodwill and tolerance towards Taiwan, while at the same time it has also silenced some people on the island.
At the end of Ma Ying-jeou's visit to the mainland, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is expected to start making moves, and it may have already begun to plan for the obstruction of peaceful cross-strait exchanges.