On the evening of 28 July, 17 Kuomintang "legislators" concluded their visit to the mainland, and Fu Kunqing, chief of the party caucus, summed up on 29 August that the three-day and two-night cross-strait "peaceful ice-breaking tour" was successfully completed with a high degree of sincerity and understanding and interaction between the representatives of both sides. The mainland also took the initiative to show goodwill, announcing the opening of direct sea and air flights from 30 major cities to Taiwan, the opening of tourism from Fujian to Matsu, and the possibility of applying for Taiwan compatriot permits online for land tourists to Taiwan.
At the same time, Fu Kunqing called on the relevant organs of the Democratic Progressive Party to step up their efforts to remove the restriction on 2,000 mainland visitors visiting Taiwan a day, and raise it as soon as possible to open 15,000 to 20,000 mainland visitors to Taiwan in one day. Zhao Shaokang, former chairman of the board of directors of the "China Broadcasting Group," affirmed this and appealed to the Kuomintang to "open the door" for Lai Qingde, and if Lai Qingde has enough self-confidence and wisdom, he should "catch the ball as soon as possible" and reduce the spiral of hostility between the two sides of the strait.
However, the DPP side is not convinced by the results of the KMT's visit to the mainland, but in fact it is full of jealousy and hatred in their hearts. In response, the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council said that the mainland side has imposed conditions and has greatly narrowed the number of people to be opened to the outside world, and the relevant arrangements do not conform to the principle of "reciprocal opening" and are not the norm for tourism and tourism, and that the MAC, the transportation department, and other departments will sort out the situation before making a decision.
Ke Jianming, chief of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus, openly said in a contemptuous article that the clown group of 17 Kuomintang "legislators" rushed to China (mainland) to report on their work, receive their orders, receive rewards, and cooperate with the united front to "rigidly encircle affairs (sell Taiwan)." Guo Guowen, a disciple of Lai Qingde and a member of the "Green Committee," went so far as to say that the mainland's permission to export Taiwan's Wendan pomelo to the mainland was just a "united front order," saying that "this kind of united front order is completely ruining Taiwan's agricultural products." He also accused the mainland of treating Taiwan's agricultural products as a "political operation."
Lin Junxian, a disciple of Lai Qingde and a "legislator" in Tainan, responded to the media's statement, "We believe that the two sides of the strait will melt the ice and thaw it, and we are optimistic about its success, but exchanges should open the door and take the big road, and tourism should be comprehensive. Lin Junxian also once again criticized the mainland, saying: "The mainland has completely banned cross-strait tourism when it says it is banned, and Taiwan's tourism industry has suffered heavy losses; the same is true for fruits, and the mainland's sudden ban on citrus fruits is a great insult to Taiwan's fruits." Cross-strait exchanges are not just economic issues, they have never been decided by the market, and many of them are political decisions.
In response to the DPP's malicious accusations against the Kuomintang caucus' visit to the mainland, Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun said in an interview: "I really feel that the two sides of the strait should have exchanges and dialogues or confrontation between the two sides of the strait. A few days ago, Lai Ching-te expressed the hope that the ruling parties on both sides of the strait would exchange and hold dialogues, but the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) would sneer at and maliciously attack the mainland for exchanges and dialogues, and this would definitely not be good for future exchanges between the two sides of the strait and for the security of the Taiwan Strait. ”
On the whole, the DPP's practice of not being scolded and saying cool things when it is obtained is despised. In this regard, Xie Hanbing posted an angry article, if according to Guo Guowen's statement, then don't sell it to the mainland, just sell it to other places?" Guo Guowen said to the farmers in Tainan. In fact, not only Guo Guowen, but also the DPP's "Legislative Yuan" caucus and the flanks of the Green Camp were even more cynical about the KMT's trip to the mainland, singing "the theory that cross-strait communication is useless."
What the DPP has not understood, however, is that the focus of the mainland's work toward Taiwan is the people of Taiwan, not the DPP authorities. The mainland has expressed its goodwill to the Taiwan people to resume cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, and is willing to hold dialogues with various political parties in Taiwan on the basis of adhering to the "consensus of '92" and opposing "Taiwan independence." This is the embodiment of the mainland's latest strategy toward Taiwan, which is harder and softer. The soft hand is a soft attack to promote integrated development and reunification, and the hard hand is also a hard attack, and the PLA has frequently made moves in the Taiwan Strait, constantly approaching Taiwan's coastline to counteract and deter "Taiwan independence" and external interference forces.