Kaohsiung Mayor Han Guoyu (left). (Picture source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News" file photo)
Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News" reported that Hanguo Yu returned to Taiwan from Singapore and Malaysia on February 28. Although the amount was not very large, he was at home recently after returning to Taiwan. After 3 days of rest, I still suffer from soreness and physical weakness. In addition, the cross-strait group meeting held this afternoon will discuss the trip to the mainland in March. South Korea will also visit the United States in April. Exchanges and economic efforts have become the main focus of Kaohsiung. Some media commented, "The promotion performance of the cross-strait group will inevitably affect 2020." issue".
Han Kuo-yu will chair the first "Cross-Strait Working Group" meeting during his tenure today, which has attracted much attention from the outside world. The 27 panel members include Li Zhenghong, president of the Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association, Chen Zhonghe, , president of the Shenzhen Taiwanese Business Association, Wang Qingxiang, president of the Guangzhou Taiwanese Business Association, and Wu Jiaying, president of the Xiamen Taiwanese Business Association. It is reported that the meeting focused on agriculture and fishery Product sales, promotion of tourism, attracting the return of funds from Taiwanese businessmen, etc. "The Shanghai Taiwanese Association recently stated that it will organize a delegation to Kaohsiung from the 11th to the 15th of this month." It also intends to hold a talent recruitment event in April to build a bridge for young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Hong Kong’s China Review News today published a commentary reporting that although Kaohsiung City had a cross-strait working group when Chen Ju was in power, Han Kuo-yu’s recognition that “ the 1992 Consensus is the anchor of cross-strait relations” enabled him to conduct discussions and exchanges with the mainland. , which is completely different from the cross-strait working group of Ju City Government which has almost no function and exists in name only.
In addition, according to the Kaohsiung City Government Research and Examination Committee, three themes have been finalized for the first meeting of the cross-strait group, namely promoting cross-strait urban agricultural and fishery product production and marketing cooperation and establishing a regular consultation platform; comprehensive food, housing, transportation, and entertainment related Supporting measures will be implemented to encourage mainland tourists to visit Kaohsiung; a single service window will be established to attract Taiwanese businessmen to return. All members of the Kaohsiung City Council will be invited to participate. In addition to providing opinions, the first meeting is also expected to be open to the public.
Among the 27 people working on cross-strait work, there are a total of 6 heads of municipal government bureaus, "including the Director of Education Wu Rongfeng, the Director of Economic Development Fu Hezhong, the Director of Tourism Pan Hengxu, the Director of Agriculture Wu Fangming, the Director of Information Wang Qianqiu, the Research and Examination Committee Chairman Li Mingyi", it can be seen that in addition to tourism, investment, and agriculture, education is also an important part of the Kaohsiung City Government's future promotion of cross-strait exchanges. Han once said that members of the cross-strait group will include city councilors, including three from the Kuomintang, two from the Democratic Progressive Party, one from the "Power of the Times" and one without party membership.
