Artists from Taiwan and the mainland stage a puppet show during the Ninth Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian province, in June. Jiang Kehong / Xinhua A growing number of the island's residents ar relocating, lured by new policies, financial incentives and a wider range of opportunities, as Zhang Yi reports. 'Since I opened my first store in Sichuan province in December, the mainland's business potential has exceeded my expectations. I now have four stores, said Ken Huang, an entrepreneur from Taiwan. The 37-year-old owner of a handbag brand was among 8,000 people from the island who participated in a weeklong trade exhibition at the Ninth Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian province, last month. Most of the attendees were seeking opportunities to expand their businesses in the mainland and exploring the possibility of trading internationally. Last month, communications and exchanges between people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits continued to rise, despite recent setbacks in political ties. Although tourism and business activity are developing rapidly, high-level communications between the mainland and Taiwan have been at a low point for more than a year. The relationship between the two sides had been developing constructively based on the 1992 Consensus, a formula for relations between Taipei and Beijing rooted in the understanding that there is only one China, and opposed to Taiwan independence. Things changed in May last year, when the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan denied the existence of the 1992 Consensus, consigning dialogue to the deep freeze. That means the Straits Forum - composed of 21 major trade fairs, symposiums and exhibitions - is now the biggest platform for people from both sides of the Straits to seek career opportunities and better lifestyles. During a speech at the forum, Yu Zhengsheng, China's top political adviser, announced a series of new policies to be rolled out in the coming months to benefit Taiwan residents in the mainland, and help them enjoy the same status as mainlanders in terms of financial and public services. A growing presence The new policies have been formulated as a response to the growing number of people from Taiwan settling in the mainland. According to a report conducted in April by 1111 Job Bank Co in Taiwan, about 700,000 Taiwan residents live and work outside the island, with about 350,000 of them working in the Chinese mainland. Meanwhile, research conducted in March by the Global Views Survey Research Center in Taiwan suggested that nearly 60 percent of Taiwan residents ages 20 to 29 would be willing to work, study or invest in the mainland. Last year, the number of new businesses in the mainland owned by Taiwan residents rose 32 percent, and by February, nearly 4,000 sole proprietors from the island were operating in the mainland. More than 20 new policies will be released in the coming months to help Taiwan residents find their feet in mainland cities. paper wristbands
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They'll cover the National Congress from fresh angles A total of 1,818 overseas journalists, including correspondents from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan, have registered to cover the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. That is 6.7 percent more than those who covered the 18th CPC National Congress five years ago, Hu Xiaohan, director of the congress's press center, said at a media reception attended by more than 500 overseas journalists on Monday. Hu said the foreign journalists come from 134 countries, about 20 percent more than in 2012. For the first time, the press center opened an official WeChat account, which provides online information for journalists about the agendas, notices and other items of interest. The center first developed a registration system for media applications, accepting those from foreign media and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Everybody is waiting for what the congress is to come out with, said Kajubi Mukajanga, executive secretary of the Media Council of Tanzania. He attended a forum on the Belt and Road Initiative with media organizations from several countries earlier in the day. He said he will focus on China's stability, economic growth and poverty alleviation efforts at the congress. Many journalists are looking at China's endeavors in areas like poverty relief. Mukajanga said China's poverty alleviation is a truly alternative way of doing things. Bipul Pokhrel, vice-president of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, said media can work with the government to enhance poverty alleviation. Media can support the government. It's possible to create change for good. That's a great message from China to us, he said. Aly Diouf, a journalist from Senegal, said he is impressed with anti-desertification steps being taken in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. At every step, there are efforts - the national, provincial, municipal and district levels. Things are being done to enable people to leave poverty and live with dignity, Diouf said. The congress allows us, as African journalists, to experience China in our own way. We Africans see there are positive things here in the Chinese (system). Contact the writers at [email protected]   Huang Kunming (center), executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, leads a group of officials in a toast to welcome Chinese and foreign journalists who will be covering the 19th CPC National Congress at a reception on Monday in Beijing. Feng Yongbin / China Daily (China Daily 10/17/2017 page3)
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