According to media reports on the island, earlier, Fu Laiqing, the chief of the Kuomintang legislature, announced that he would lead representatives of the Blue Camp to visit the mainland. But before leaving, it suddenly broke out that the more than 20 representatives of the Lanying public opinion who originally planned to visit the mainland with the group are now only five people left, and it is not clear that Fu Laiqing will make the trip alone in the end.
There are many reasons why the KMT's public opinion representatives withdrew from the mainland delegation. First, the time of the Blue Camp delegation's visit to the mainland coincided with the meeting of Taiwan's legislature. If the DPP takes advantage of the absence of more than 20 representatives of the blue camp to introduce a bill in the legislature that is unfavorable to the KMT, it will be difficult for the remaining representatives of the blue camp to stop it. After all, the DPP's seats in the legislature are only one less than that of the KMT, and the large-scale travel of KMT representatives may give the DPP an opportunity.
Another reason is that the KMT's public opinion representatives are worried that they will not be able to receive a high-level reception and will lose face. Earlier, Ma Ying-jeou led a group of young students to visit the mainland and was received by the mainland at a very high level, and Ma Ying-jeou also met the top level of the mainland in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Ma Ying-jeou does not hold any position in the party, and the KMT's public opinion representatives do not want to be treated less well than Ma Ying-jeou. Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun also mentioned earlier that if he is invited to visit the mainland, then the mainland must agree to two conditions: one is that he can say that "one China has its own expression," and the other is that after inviting him, he cannot invite other party leaders on the island. Zhu Lilun plays a big name, in fact, the deep-seated reason is the same as these blue camp representatives.
Seeing that there are fewer and fewer people visiting the mainland group, and that there are still continuous earthquakes and building collapses in Hualien, the outside world has begun to pay attention to whether Fu Laiqing will visit the mainland as originally planned. In this regard, Fu Laiqing finally responded positively.
Fu Laiqing said that when Hualien was hit by strong earthquakes one after another, and when natural disasters were in danger, it not only needed post-disaster reconstruction, but also needed rescue for all kinds of industries. He pointed out that all Hualien tourism orders before October have been cancelled, and the local tourism industry is facing a bankruptcy crisis, and if measures are not sought, the Hualien tourism industry will be in jeopardy. He led the representatives of the Lanying public opinion to visit the mainland in order to restore cross-strait tourism exchanges, to work hard to open up the export of agricultural and fishery products to the mainland, and more importantly, to promote cross-strait peace and revitalize Hualien's post-disaster economy.
Fu Laiqing stressed: The public opinion delegation's visit to the Japanese Diet for exchanges is an "official trip," and the trip to Vietnam to participate in the Taiwan Businessmen's Association is also an "official trip." The visit to Vietnam for the resumption of cross-strait exchanges is an unshirkable official trip. He said that he was visiting the mainland in his capacity as the chief summoner of the party caucus and the executive director of the Kuomintang Policy Committee, and that he was not organizing a delegation privately. They will do what the DPP does not do, and they hope to promote cross-strait peace and hope that cross-strait relations will blossom in the spring.
The DPP did not say anything about the KMT's public opinion representatives' visit to the mainland, but only said that it would respect the KMT's choice. Privately, however, the DPP was not convinced and tried to set up obstacles for the KMT's visit to the mainland.
According to a report by China Review Network, Shen Boyang, a representative of the Democratic Progressive Party's public opinion, proposed in the legislature to amend the "Regulations on Relations between the People on the Two Sides of the Strait." The proposal mentions that public opinion representatives who go to the mainland should be examined, and if public opinion representatives on the island come into contact with specific targets on the mainland, they should first declare the content of their exchanges. Regarding the restriction bill proposed by Shen Boyang, the Kuomintang and the People's Party agreed and voted to jointly ban it. You don't need to think about it to know that the DPP put forward such a bill at this time to target Fu Laiqing.
At present, there is no communication channel between the DPP and the mainland, but the DPP does not want the KMT to hold the right to hold dialogue, and it will make some small moves behind the scenes to interfere with the KMT, so they can only come up with this method.