Zhao Tong, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Dalian City, delivered a New Year's message to Taiwan compatriots. (Source: Dalian Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office)
Dalian, January 24 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Tong, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, extended sincere greetings and New Year's greetings to Taiwan compatriots through the Taiwan Network.
Kyushu sings to send the god dog, and the dragon welcomes the golden pig. On this occasion of celebrating the past and welcoming the new, on behalf of the Taiwan Work Office of the Dalian Municipal CPC Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Dalian Municipal People's Government, I would like to extend sincere greetings and good wishes to the vast number of Taiwan compatriots, as well as leaders at all levels and people from all walks of life who have long been concerned about and supported Dalian's work toward Taiwan.
2018 is the first year to implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a key year for winning the battle to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and solidly promoting the "13th Five-Year Plan", and a year of in-depth promotion, continuous innovation and new breakthroughs in economic and trade cooperation and exchanges in various fields between Taiwan and Taiwan. The "Implementation Measures on Promoting Economic and Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation between Dalian and Taiwan" (hereinafter referred to as "Dalian Huitai 61 Articles") is an important measure for Dalian City to take the lead in sharing development opportunities with Taiwan compatriots; to explore Dalian, the media on both sides of the strait and taiwan compatriots and Taiwan businessmen to watch the series of activities in Dalian, to review the brilliant achievements made by the motherland in the 40 years of reform and opening up on the mainland of the motherland with the unique perspective and brushstrokes of The Taiwan compatriots, and to feel the vicissitudes and great changes in Dalian; and to successfully hold the Fourth Liantai Grassroots Forum and the Summer Camp for Marriage and Family Across the Straits, so as to promote the spiritual unity of compatriots on both sides of the strait Carry out a series of activities such as the 10th "Romantic Journey" Cross-Strait Cultural Study Camp of Dalian University of Technology, the first summer internship of Taiwan university students participating in the Dalian Commodity Exchange, the Chinese culture study camp of Taiwan university students, the internship of teachers and students of Taiwan Ocean University and Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology with the "Yukun" round of internship at Dalian Maritime University, etc., to enhance the recognition of Chinese culture by Young people in Taiwan; the Liantai Campus Football InvitationAl tournament and the Liantai Basic Education Forum have received enthusiastic responses and expanded new fields of exchange; the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Municipal Association of Taiwan has become a new force for integration. A broad stage to optimize new resources and show a new look.
Looking forward to 2019, we will focus on the new era, meet new challenges, resolutely implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party and the decision-making and deployment of the central government's work on Taiwan, firmly seize the development opportunities for the implementation of the country's new round of revitalization strategy for the old industrial base in Northeast China, uphold the concept of "one family on both sides of the strait", focus on improving the level and scale of exchanges and cooperation in various fields between Taiwan and Taiwan, fully implement the measures of the state, provinces and municipalities to benefit Taiwan, continue to expand the benefit and sense of gain of the grass-roots people in Taiwan, and strive to create a new situation in Dalian's work toward Taiwan. It will make greater contributions to promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. (Joint report by Taiwan.com and Dalian Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office)